On January 3, the Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee met to continue their review of grant applications received for FY24. As they had at the beginning of December, the committee studied each grant application and supporting documentation in an effort to formulate questions that applicants will be asked to respond to during face-to-face […] Read more »
Sparkling, sparkling showers of light swirl around me, Lifting my soul. Shimmering pinpoints of light dance all around me. Music fills the air and I am transported through the magical air. Spiraling upward, ever upward, past suns and moons and stars … glorious and ephemeral. Onward and upward I fly, filled with ecstasy and exhilaration, […] Read more »
On Wednesday, January 11, Justin Barrette, Museum Board Member and Chairman of the Nasketucket Bird Club, will be showing us the basics of the most popular birding apps. The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up, and these apps will be extremely useful while we identify birds in the field. We will meet at the […] Read more »
To the Editor; Gender Queer is not a “regular” book with text. It is a 240-page graphic novel (like a large comic book), and its explicit illustrations of sex acts – which are arguably pornographic – should have no place in any school in ORR. I read Gender Queer from cover to cover. […] Read more »
As the winter season depends, and the parade of holidays continues, many people find themselves in a more charitable frame of mind. Nothing puts us in the mood for helping others than short days, long nights and strings of lights glinting from nearby houses. But this year, among the usual patter of coat drives […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett is scheduled to begin the courtesy Christmas tree pickup beginning January 3 through January 20. Christmas trees should be placed curbside by 7:00 am on the day of your regularly scheduled rubbish pickup. Trees in plastic bags or with ornaments will not be picked up. Trees are also accepted at the […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Republican Party invites everyone interested to join us on Tuesday, January10 at 6:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow Street. Topics for discussion are: 1) Party Membership – We are growing rapidly but we welcome new members. If interested, please attend or contact by email: chairmattyrep@gmail.com; 2) GOP State Activities; […] Read more »
Need a distraction from the cold weather? Sign up to participate in one of our reading programs! Children from grades 3-6 are encouraged to join the Quahog Book Awards! Registration opens on Tuesday, January 17 for the Quahog Book Awards Program. There will be weekly beads, specialty events and great books! The program will […] Read more »
Nancy J. (Downing) Fletcher, 79, of Mattapoisett died Saturday, December 31, 2022 peacefully in her home surrounded by her family after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, Nancy was the daughter of the late Harry and Ellen (Heuberger) Downing. She was a lifelong resident of Mattapoisett who attended Fairhaven High School and later graduated […] Read more »
Carol W.”Bibe” (Winslow) Lawrence, 88, of Rochester, passed away on Dec. 31, 2022, in Nemasket Healthcare Center, Middleboro. She was the wife of the late Elmer H. Lawrence, Jr. and the daughter of the late Kenneth W. and Olive B. (Phipps) Winslow. She was born in Acushnet and lived in Rochester for many years. […] Read more »