Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday informally reviewed a plan to place a 2.39-megawatt, ground-mounted photovoltaic solar array on 12.55 acres of a 30.2-acre parcel on Cushman Road. Andrew Hamill, representing petitioner Blue Wave Solar dba/BWC Snows Pond LLC, said a site-plan-review application and Special Permit-review application will follow what he introduced as an informal discussion […] Read more »
July 19 at 7:00, we will have music with Tom and Sheila Perry followed by our annual ice cream social. This will all take place at the Rochester Historical Museum located at 355 County Road. The first 2 drop-off dates for our August 5 & 6 yard sale are Friday, July 21 11:00-1:30 and […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is honored to announce that the 2022-23 Continuing Education Scholarship has been awarded to Rosemary Williams, a lifelong Mattapoisett resident. Rosemary holds a Bachelor degree in Music Theory from Berklee College of Music and is an early intervention Board Certified Music Therapist. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Social […] Read more »
To the Editor; In response to comments made at the Board of Health meeting of June 15, 2023 I offer the following: Prior to 2000 the present retention pond area at Silvershell Beach was mostly unused public land which was developed into a stormwater retention system to capture and treat polluted runoff from […] Read more »
One image displays brightly colored flowers at the bottom and a classic New England forest and American flag at the top. This painting is called “Cultivate” and is one of many meaningful paintings conducted by Old Rochester Regional High School rising senior Alia Cusolito. The image captures what it is like for a […] Read more »
Isaac Perry, Mattapoisett’s newly appointed Marine Resource Officer, was officially introduced to the town at the July 11 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board. Doing the introductory honors was Police Chief Justin King, who said Perry came highly qualified, had been a police officer in the towns of Marion and Rochester, a shellfish […] Read more »
The Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a Young People’s Concert on Friday, July 14. The concert will include an opportunity for children in the audience to play rhythm instruments with the band. The program is as follows: Children’s March – E. F. Goldman Looney Tunes Overture – B. Holcombe A […] Read more »
Shipyard Park, Mattapoisett FREE round trip shuttle transportation to and from the town wharf/Shipyard Park provided by the Mattapoisett Council on Aging. Pick up and drop off in the parking area next to Ying Dynasty. Saturday, July 15, 2023 shuttle – 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. • Sunday, July 16, 2023 shuttle – 8:00 a.m […] Read more »
What do you get when you combine, imagination, wine, food and an historic harborside location? Give up? You get the Great Community Picnic. This fundraiser has become an annual staple of summertime fun hosted by the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Mattapoisett Museum. This year the event is scheduled for Thursday, August 3, at […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board voted Monday night to not exercise its Right of First Refusal to purchase 7.3 acres at 109 Neck Road that are being taken out 61A agricultural protection land for development of a solar energy array there. But first, the board paused over Town Moderator and Finance Committee Chairman David Arancio’s […] Read more »