April sees the heavens light up with the continuing nova light explosion and a meteor shower. As said before, compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, the South Coast has pretty good dark skies. We are very fortunate in that regard. For the astrophysicist in us all, please use this month’s guide to assist […] Read more »
Be a Worm, a Bird or a Flower: Celebrate Spring with MLT and storyteller Jackson Gillman on Saturday, April 5 at 11:00 am Mattapoisett Land Trust invites you to bring the kids to “Spring into Action and Song” with Stand-Up Chameleon Jackson Gillman. This is the second show in this quarterly series Celebrate the Seasons […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met Wednesday, March 26 and began with two continued hearings. Kevin Medeiros of 0 Cross Neck Road (number of address would be assigned after construction) was seeking a Notice of Intent for the construction of a new single-family dwelling. The public hearing’s constant was not present, though after no questioning, […] Read more »
The new headquarters of the Marion Department of Public Works is nearing completion and will be enclosed for the first time by week’s end, according to the town’s Facilities Director, Shaun Cormier. “All the garage doors are getting installed,” said Cormier. “The sheetrock is up. Some of the finish HVAC is going in […] Read more »
The Friends of Plumb Library are pleased to announce their Spring Book Sale. The sale will take place from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday April 25 and from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Saturday April 26 in the Library’s Downstairs Program Room. This area is handicapped accessible via a lift. On sale will be […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26. Enrichment Teacher Chelsey Lawrence organized Sippican’s 2025 Science Fair, which included work from 60 participants who entered about 40 projects. “We had an amazing Science […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee started and ended its meeting Monday with presentations of the FY26 school budgets that will be decided on at the May 19 Annual Town Meeting. The request for Rochester’s portion of the FY26 Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School budget will be $1,844,044. Superintendent Aaron Polansky shared via a written […] Read more »
The Marion Marine Resource Commission (MRC) met on Wednesday, March 19 and following the correction of a formatting error on the minutes from their last meeting, February 24, the commission began discussions on harbor management, capital projects, and the FY26 budget. The group began by talking about the citizens’ petition to remove the […] Read more »
Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street this month. The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, at 6:00 pm has been postponed. However, interested teens can contact Amanda Lawrence at alawrence@sailsinc.org for information on future meetings. TAB is intended for students between 12 and 18 who seek a leadership […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on March 24 with an agenda that was straightforward. Three Requests for Certificates of Compliance were swiftly dispatched, two were approved for Patrick and Jean Breault, 6 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road, and another for James Stowe, 5 Seamarsh Way. A Request for an Amended Order of Conditions was […] Read more »