I feel Thanksgiving is the holiday that more than any other means family, home and tradition, particularly the traditions of childhood. My family lived in Weymouth until I was 15, but we always spent a lot of time in Rochester where my mother grew up. While Weymouth put our family in the middle between the […] Read more »
The Rochester Women’s Club will be having their annual Christmas wreath sale on Saturday December 3 from 9 am to 1 pm and Sunday December 4 from 9 am to 2 pm. The Women’s Club is located at 37 Marion Road, Route 105, in Rochester. This event is a scholarship fundraiser. The Rochester Women’s […] Read more »
Howard Tinkham and his extended family have worked the land in Mattapoisett for over 100 years. For Howard, that constitutes his entire life. Now on the eve of his 100th birthday, a celebration is being planned to honor not just the fact of his chronological age but also to thank the man who has done […] Read more »
The November 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission included a rather innocuous Request for Determination of Applicability for 26R Pine Island Road filed by Craig and Elaine Bovaird. The agenda item read, “Applicant proposes to rebuild a stone wall and plant two trees together with an After the Fact authorization to cut three trees […] Read more »
Sippican Woman’s Club is making plans for the winter holiday season and beyond. On Friday, December 2, members and guests will join for Holiday Luncheon at the Wamsutta Club followed by a guided tour of the holiday-decorated Rotch-Duff-Jones House in New Bedford. Nonclub members are welcome to join us. Luncheon is $30 and tour […] Read more »
Tri-Town Against Racism invited the public to the third in a series of “Community Conversations,” focusing November 14 on “The Importance of Representation in Literacy” during the 90-minute session at the Stroud Center on the Tabor Academy campus in Marion. Representation of diverse groups in school and public libraries became a hot topic in the […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed a plan on November 10 that would place a seven-building, 47,568 square-foot, self-storage facility on 14.93 acres on Cranberry Highway. Petitioner JPF Development’s technical consultant, Bill Madden of G.A.F. Engineering, said the applicant was seeking a special permit for the plan because the proposed use does […] Read more »
Lori Jean Westgate, 63, of Rochester, formerly of Wareham, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 16, 2022, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River. She was the daughter of the late Abiel E. and Christine F. (Leavestrom) Westgate. She was born in Wareham and lived there most of her life before moving to […] Read more »
To the Editor, Mattapoisett has just concluded a vigorously contested election. My congratulations and thanks to all the local candidates and their supporters for both participating and conducting themselves in a manner that a republican democracy strives to achieve. I was fortunate to be a poll observer during the day of the election. […] Read more »
Due to inclement weather last weekend, the Mattapoisett Land Trust has rescheduled our stone wall building workshop to Sunday November 20. We hope you will still be able to join us. This upcoming Sunday from 10-11 am, we are meeting at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Foundation parking area on Angelica Avenue in Mattapoisett. […] Read more »