Join Mattapoisett Land Trust’s Community Engagement and Stewardship Manager, Colleen Andrews, for a guided hike on Friday January 13 at 12:30 pm. Enjoy the beginning of the new year by stepping outside and enjoying the fresh air. The hike will start at the MLT Prospect Road parking area in Mattapoisett and will be between 1.25-1.5 […] Read more »
Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell hopes to keep any of the commission’s work done in house if possible. In his Point Road Bike Path update to MOSAC’s December 7 public meeting, Rockwell told fellow members that he realized the town’s Department of Public Works has been performing some excavation-type work […] Read more »
Are you overwhelmed, anxious and just don’t know where to begin to organize your papers, closets, drawers, etc.? Join with members of the Sippican Woman’s Club on Friday, January 13 at 6:00 pm at our clubhouse, 152 Front Street when Kristi Santelli will walk us through the process she uses to help to purge, declutter […] Read more »
To the Editor Thank you Tom and Frances Kearns, for your strength in speaking truth to power. Over the past few months, we have been increasingly concerned at the reports of racial bullying and harassment of LGBTQ students in our Mattapoisett schools and on the school buses. Additionally, we are alarmed at the attempts […] Read more »
Robert Burns first wrote the song “Auld Lang Syne” in the year 1788, based upon several older folk songs that were intended to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. The song can mark the end of a funeral service or a graduation ceremony. It can […] Read more »
As you may remember, a while ago I asked if anyone knew anything about an old wooden water tower on Quaker Lane. It had been taken down in 1984. I was lucky to hear from Craig Parker who moved in to the property across the street in 1966. He remembered the water tower and its […] Read more »
Drop by Munro Preserve between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm on Monday January 16 to craft your own pinecone bird feeder to hang in your backyard. Mattapoisett Land Trust will have a tent set up and all supplies needed for you and the family to make pinecone bird feeders. The Munro Preserve is located […] Read more »
For nearly as long as humans have attempted to communicate via the written word, libraries or repositories of writings have been in existence. Consider religious scripture stored in amphoras deep within caves such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or Rome’s first library, opened roughly around 114 A.D. by Emperor Trajan. While these early […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board voted 2-1 on Thursday afternoon to select Evan Lehrer as its new town administrator. Lehrer, 33, was last among three finalists to be interviewed Thursday by the Select Board. The Sandwich native and father of three has been serving Mashpee as its town planner the past five years. He has also […] Read more »
Claire M. (Koelsch) (Warren) Pratt, 87, of Mattapoisett, formerly of Canton, passed away peacefully Dec. 28, 2022 at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Boston, a daughter of the late Frank and Isabelle (McClennon) Koelsch. Claire was a professional crossing guard in Canton and West Bridgewater. With her husband of 55 years […] Read more »