The Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School cross-country team defeated visiting Bristol County Agricultural High School by a 22-35 score on September 20 for the Cougars’ first victory of the 2022-23 season. Old Colony senior Jacob Patnaude was the first overall runner to cross the finish line with a mile pace time of […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals began its September 22 meeting with membership moves. The board chose to promote alternate member Donald Spirlet to full member and picked Michelle Upton to become a new alternate member. Both recommendations must now be submitted to the Select Board for its approval. If approved by […] Read more »
As part of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Artist Series, South Dartmouth artist Amy Thurber, who takes inspiration from nature, will be exhibiting her ceramics and illustrations at the Library from October 15 – November 14. Amy has spent her life creating functional objects in clay and detailed illustrations reflecting the wonders of the […] Read more »
Joy Marzolf of the Joys of Nature will return to the library on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00 pm for a Purrington Lecture Series presentation featuring the “The Wilds of Southern Belize.” Located in Eastern Central America, Belize shares borders with Guatemala and Mexico. From the crystal blue ocean waters and inland to the […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Monday, October 10 at 7 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The public and new members are welcome. Read more »
Constance Keavy Martin, of Mattapoisett, widow of William B. Keavy and Richard A. Martin, passed away on Friday September 30, 2022 at home. She was 84 years old. Constance (Connie) was born in Brighton, MA, on May 18, 1938, daughter of the late William R. Harty and Edna B. Harty. She was predeceased by her […] Read more »
Ernest A. Deneault, 80, of Ft. Lauderdale died September 30, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He was the life partner of Robert M. Klein of Ft. Lauderdale. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Ernest H. and Beatrice (Frechette) Deneault, he lived in Mattapoisett, Duxbury and South Yarmouth before moving […] Read more »
Old Rochester School Committee member Frances Kearns, speaking for the Equity Subcommittee at the committee’s September 7 public meeting, spoke of its July meeting in which the membership discussed plans for the 2022-23 school year. Kearns noted that the creation of the subcommittee (originally known as the Anti-Racism Subcommittee) was the result of […] Read more »
If you are younger than the traditional retirement age of 65, the notion of an obituary might be strange, morbidly strange. But if you are 70 years of age and beyond end-of-life stuff like wills and trusts, yes, even what will be included in your obituary is a natural part of preparing for the inevitable. […] Read more »
Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Sunday, October 16 from 1:30–2:30 to hear Friends of Buttonwood Park President Richard Leary give a fascinating talk – Buttonwood Park: An “Olmsted” Park. He will share the story of New Bedford’s largest and most heavily-used park. This presentation is a part of Olmsted 200, a yearlong […] Read more »