Kenneth W. Stickney, 96, of Mattapoisett, died peacefully on Thursday, October 20, 2022. He was the husband of Olive M. (Anderson) Stickney. Born in Milford, MA raised in West Roxbury, son of the late Lloyd and Marion (Wheelock) Stickney, he lived in Fairhaven before moving to Mattapoisett in 1957. Kenneth worked as Chief […] Read more »
River Road abutters voiced their concerns over a proposed, two-lot subdivision located off Wareham Road adjacent to River Road when the Marion Planning Board met with Bob Rogers of G.A.F. Engineering on Monday night. Rogers, representing Danielle Realty Trust, detailed the drainage plan and pointed out that a nearly identical project had been […] Read more »
“I just decided that I would like to be a person who has read all of Shakespeare’s plays and that was going to be my New Year’s resolution.” Elizabeth Sylvia, Mattapoisett resident and published poet, explained the impetus behind her work. Working as an English teacher meant she had more than a passing […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club’s Fall production of Alice In Wonderland will be staged on November 17, 18, 19 at 7 pm and November 20 at 2 pm. Director Maxx Domingos and Assistant Director Sarah Whinnem are celebrating their second year as directors for the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club. […] Read more »
The public hearing having been closed at its last meeting, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals was eager on October 13 to vote accept Ken Steen’s application for a comprehensive permit as amended, corrected and encased in Town Counsel Jon Witten’s revised draft decision approving the site plan dated October 6 to build Heron […] Read more »
The neighborhood Coyote often visiting our backyards and seen running along country roads in the headlights of our cars has evolved in crossbreeding to be as large today as a German Shepard dog. The modern Coyote has become much bigger than the small, 25-pound western canine that we saw in a Walt Disney character […] Read more »
Hummingbirds with Dana Duxbury-Fox and Bob Fox on Thursday, October 27 at 7:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library and online. Email nbcbirdclub@gmail.com for information and the Zoom link. Dana and Bob have developed a new talk focusing on Hummingbirds, that spectacular bird family we love and think we know. They will begin […] Read more »
Creating a town out of unsettled land was the Proprietors’, founders of Rochester, task. Deciding what a town would need most, led them in 1683 to give Joseph Burge land, materials and access to water on the condition that he would build and operate a gristmill. Fourteen years later, they offered land to Anthony […] Read more »
On Wednesday, October 26, the Wareham Police Association is holding a blood drive from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Wareham Police Station. The event is in honor of two-year-old “Warrior Princess” Rylie Grace Dion. In June, Rylie was admitted to Boston’s Children’s Hospital due to swollen lymph nodes. The following month, she […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night said no twice, but in a very positive way. In two public hearings, the commission issued determinations that projects to build an agricultural storage shed at 0 Pierce Street and replace a failing septic system at 213 Walnut Plain Road will not impact nearby wetlands. The […] Read more »