The Marion Board of Assessors joined the Select Board at the latter’s public meeting on Tuesday night to conduct joint interviews of three candidates for the opening on the Board of Assessors created by the loss of longtime member Catherine Gibbs. Gibbs passed away on September 28 at age 92. Peter Winters, […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” is set to premiere on Thursday, November 17, at 7:00 pm, with additional performances November 18 and 19 at 7:00 pm and November 20at 2:00 pm at Old Rochester Regional High School. Due to an editing error, The Wanderer print […] Read more »
Beatrice Anna Marie (Zinselmeier) Escalante, 75, of New Bedford, formerly of Mattapoisett, died Monday, November 14, 2022 peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital after a period of declining health. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Albert and Beatrice (Kayser) Zinselmeier, she lived in Mattapoisett and New Bedford for most of her life. […] Read more »
Sippican Historical Society will present Gilded Age Speakers, December 3 at 2:00 pm at the Marion Art Center, 80 Pleasant Street. Reese Gilder-Palmer, great-grandson of American artist Helena de Kay and her husband, Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine editor Richard Watson Gilder, will speak on December 3 at 2:00 pm at the Marion Art Center. […] Read more »
On November 14, registered voters in Mattapoisett met for a Special Fall Town Meeting featuring a warrant of which nine articles proposed expenditures from certified free cash. Some weeks prior to Town Meeting, Mattapoisett received certification from state auditors that the free-cash figure was $2,200,000. On Monday night, voters were poised to make decisions […] Read more »
On November 11, 2022, at American Legion Florence Eastman Post 280, the Town of Mattapoisett once again invited residents to remember and celebrate military servicemen and women who have given their all, men and women who have sacrificed the comforts of family and home for a cause much greater than themselves – military service. […] Read more »
Join the Marion Natural History Museum and the Nasketucket Bird Club on Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00 am for a fall bird walk (Rain date Nov. 30.) The event is free. Great for new birders or those interested in learning more about birds. It will be an opportunity to see and hear local and migrating […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Congregational Church would like to invite the community to several special events to kick off the Advent season beginning with a beautiful Hanging of the Greens service on November 27 at 10 am where members present symbols of Advent such as a wreath and poinsettia onto the altar. The Holiday Fair will be […] Read more »
Good Morning Marion. It is my distinct pleasure as a Veteran and Service Member to recognize and honor our Nation’s Veterans. Today, we reflect on what it means to serve. We reflect on the driving factors to serve and the sacrifices that come with military service. Regardless of whether you served in the […] Read more »
The map that accompanies this article shows how much larger Rochester was in its early years. When “Rochester-town in New England” was incorporated on June 4, 1686, it stretched from the Plymouth line (today, about the middle of Wareham) on the east to Dartmouth on the west and reached inland to Middleboro. As time passed, […] Read more »