The Marion Art Center is pleased to present two concerts to celebrate Spring. Aoife Clancy was born and raised in Co Tipperary Ireland and grew up in a family steeped in music. Her father Bobby Clancy was a member of the group “The Clancy Brothers” and at an early age introduced her to old […] Read more »
The March 31 meeting of the Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee was held to finalize their 2025 grant reviews and to discuss possible allocation of funds to a housing category. Chairman Chuck McCullough said that the category for housing had been rather stagnant for a number of years, and even though area-wide discussions […] Read more »
Easter is fast approaching and with it returns snatches, bits, and pieces of childhood memories. As a child, it was a day to eat chocolate before breakfast and dress up in new Easter outfits. It was celebrated in a secular fashion; my parents didn’t attend any type of organized religion. They did, however, […] Read more »
July 4 will be here before we know it and so will the 53rd running of the Mattapoisett Road Race, “4 on the 4th”. Begun in 1971 by Bob and Doris Gardner, 15 runners raced from Point Connett to Shipyard Park. Since then, the route has changed a few times, and now, over 1000 runners […] Read more »
The public is invited to join us as we observe Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday, April 13 at 10:00 am. Palm Sunday is a Christian celebration that marks the beginning of the Holy Week leading to Easter Sunday. It commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entrance into Jerusalem when people laid down palms and branches before him […] Read more »
The presentation of the final recommendation by the Marion Historic District Study Committee for the proposed historic district took place Wednesday, March 26. Chair Will Tifft began the presentation by stating the proposed bylaw would likely make it to Town Meeting and that this meeting would be to answer any questions. Tifft stated, however, […] Read more »
High school girls who compete in boys’ sports are necessarily treated differently, and as a result they can miss out on the camaraderie so essential to the experience. At the end of her first winter of wrestling, Mila Boucher is grateful for the manner in which the Middleborough High School wrestling team made her feel […] Read more »
Cushing Cemetery is holding its bi-annual meeting Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 am in the Marine Room at the library. All cemetery members and trustees are urged to attend. The public is also invited. Read more »
Winter is over and spring is here so the Historical Society will once again have meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Rochester Historical Museum at 355 County Rd., Rochester. Meetings will start at 7:00 Pm and be followed by refreshments and conversation. Our first meeting will be Wednesday, April 16 […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved a new neighbor for Lloyd’s Market, with a plan to build a shed and remove a tree at 10 Hartley Road next to the store. The commission rendered a Negative Determination of Applicability to wetlands protection bylaws for applicant Daniel Sullivan’s proposal to clear approximately 400 square feet […] Read more »