It’s that time of year. Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Nasketucket Bird Club for a fun and educational birding walk. This birding walk will be led by Justin Barrett of the Nasketucket Bird Club. It will be a lovely, relaxed morning in nature and an opportunity to learn about local wildlife. Justin will […] Read more »
On April 28, the Mattapoisett Congregational Church welcomed their new settled pastor, Rev. Michael Frady. Ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 2012 and a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School, Reverend Frady will be the church’s 29th settled pastor. He was particularly drawn to MCC because he senses […] Read more »
Donna L. Hubbard, 77, of Marion died Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a long illness. She was raised in Mattapoisett and lived in town for most of her life. Donna spent much of her time lovingly caring for her son, Paul, until his passing in 2009. She enjoyed having […] Read more »
Distances vanish with today’s computer programs that allow meetings to take place with participants thousands of miles apart. And so it was on April 24 when the Mattapoisett Select Board met (remotely) with Colleen Tierney, finalist for the vacant position of Mattapoisett Free Public Library. After the interview, the board recessed to Executive Session […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee has doubled down on the Select Board’s rejection of the Old Rochester School District’s $12,000,000 debt-exclusion request that will appear on the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting to be held on Monday, May 13, at Rochester Memorial School. In the previous hour before the Finance Committee’s public meeting on […] Read more »
The Marion Garden Group is hosting its biannual plant sale on Saturday, May 11, at Marion’s Bicentennial Park. The sale runs from 9 am to noon. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted. Members have been digging, splitting and repotting a wide selection of beautiful perennial plants, herbs and shrubs that have thrived in […] Read more »
H5N1 or “Bird Flu” is a naturally occurring virus among wild aquatic birds, also known as wild waterfowl, throughout the world and can infect domestic poultry like chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Infected birds may or may not become sick but can infect other fowl. The virus is shed through saliva, nasal secretions and feces. It […] Read more »
The Annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday May 13 followed by the Town Election on Friday May 17. If you wish to vote at the town meeting OR the election, you must register to vote by Friday May 3. The Town Clerk’s office will be open until 5:00 on that day, or you […] Read more »
On April 25, a joint meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board and Finance Committee was held. Taking each of the 23 articles now officially to be presented at the Annual Town Meeting on May 13 at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium, the two boards reviewed each article, determining whether or […] Read more »
The regional advocacy group Tri-Town Against Racism (TTAR) is relocating the mail-box-sized “Little Free Diverse Library” that once stood in front of the Rochester Plumb Library to the Rochester Women’s Club building, 37 Marion Road, with a grand unveiling on Saturday, May 4, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Rhonda Baptiste, vice president of […] Read more »