The timing of the wind-down of the local elementary schools’ two-year improvement plans and the Old Rochester Regional School District’s Vision 2023 plan with the emergence of a new, outsourced, literacy-assessment program is music to the ears of the Mattapoisett School Committee. Darci Burns, PhD and Executive Director of Hill for Literacy, Inc., […] Read more »
Beauty is everywhere, always with us and sweet as honey. Beauty is in all that we see in the glories of nature, in the faces of children, in the wisdom of the aged, and in the promise of the young. Beauty is in the wonders we smell, in the flowers and in the fresh-mown meadows, […] Read more »
Earth Day 2023 is fast approaching, and the Rochester Women’s Club once again will be sponsoring this year’s town wide clean up on Saturday April 22 from 9 am -2 pm. Local groups or clubs, families, neighborhoods and town organizations are encouraged to join us as we do our best to sweep the streets of […] Read more »
Spring will be here soon and the historical society is gearing up for a busy season. Some of our events: April 19, meeting at 7:00 pm at museum 355 County Road, Rochester, celebrations through 1936 with a sneak peek at our exhibit Maps, Signs and Celebrations. Part 2 opening in September May […] Read more »
The Greater New Bedford Garden Club is offering two $1,500 scholarships to residents of the Greater New Bedford area who are high school seniors graduating in June and who are planning to attend a four-year college and pursue a degree in horticulture, landscape design, agriculture, forestry, conservation or environmental science. The goals of the […] Read more »
His wife owned a black 1953 Ford convertible in pristine condition that she rarely drove. I bought it for the princely sum of $600. I was 16 years old. I proceeded to sully its condition in various ways popular back in the days of little deuce coupes and candy red paint. In fact, I […] Read more »
The proposed bylaw changes for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting will be trotted out to one more Marion Planning Board meeting, according to Chairman Norm Hills. The draft summary of changes reviewed during the board’s February 21 meeting was nothing the members had not heard before, but Hills solicited questions and got some. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Womans Club invites potential members and interested local citizens to its March 16 monthly meeting, which will feature a program by Morgan Browning. Ms. Browning is a Mattapoisett resident, the recipient of the MWC’s Continuing Education scholarship, and is a full member of the MWC. She is also pursuing her doctoral degree in […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Skelly Preservation Services, in cooperation with the Mattapoisett Historical Commission, has completed a Historic Property Survey Plan for the Town of Mattapoisett. A survey plan serves to guide a community in identifying and documenting community-wide historic resources. Identification and documentation of community resources is the foundation […] Read more »
Abutters voiced their concerns and dismay that property adjacent to their homes on Beech Wood Road was going through conservation review. On February 27, a Notice of Intent filed by Carmelo Nicolosi for the construction of a single-family home with fill and grading in a buffer zone became a bit controversial when abutter Colleen […] Read more »