Writing Your Own Obituary: A free writing workshop with Judith Rosbe. September 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 10 am-12 pm – How would you like to be remembered? What do you think is important about your life? What makes an obituary interesting to read? Join us for a free writing workshop with Judith Rosbe. […] Read more »
The 138th Summer Season at St. Philip’s concludes with morning services and a 4:00 pm Hymn Sing The Rev. Jeffrey Paull Cave, Retired, Diocese of Atlanta, GA., will conduct morning services at 8:00 am and 10: 00 am on Sunday, September 4 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water Street next to the […] Read more »
The Marion Marine Resources Commission Monday night heard dire warnings about the future of the town harbor’s management from Harbormaster Isaac Perry. Perry said the commonwealth’s new Police Act regulations, which require police-officer-level training for harbormasters and their staffs, might wipe out operations like his as stand-alone departments. “It looks like we’d be […] Read more »
With escalating changes to weather patterns that forebode a future landscape alternately turned to deserts and/or underwater due to sea-level rise, it poses a question in the mind of many: What can I do to affect change? Many months ago, Mattapoisett Library Director Jennifer Jones reached out to the community after learning of a […] Read more »
Join us on Tuesday, September 6 at 6 pm for a two-hour program with Russ Cohen, expert forager and author, to explore edible wild plants and mushrooms found in the South Coast area. The South Coast is home to over 80 species of edible wild plants, some of which are more nutritious and/or flavorful […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow Street, is celebrating Library Card Sign-up Month with a raffle for two prizes for teens and adults who register for a new library card or use their card throughout the month of September. The Children’s Department will have a raffle for children too. With a library card, you […] Read more »
There is end in sight for the Enforcement Order issued to the Marion Golf Club, 10 South Drive, for unpermitted tree and brush-cutting activity. Three members of the Marion Conservation Commission walked the site on August 20 and during their August 24 public meeting interacted with Brian Madden from LEC Environmental Consultants. Representing […] Read more »
Sippican Woman’s Club will hold our first Fall meeting on Friday, September 9 at 12:30 pm at our clubhouse “Handy’s Tavern”, 152 Front Street, Marion. Weather permitting, we will meet in the backyard. This will be a welcome back gathering for members and guests. If you are not a member and would like to find […] Read more »
Old Colony Highlanders (OCH) Bagpipe Band, that practices in Lakeville, travelled to Brunswick, Maine on August 20 for a bagpipe band competition and came home with a second place overall out of 7 bands, including a first place in drumming and ensemble. Bagpipe band competitions in the eastern United States are overseen by the […] Read more »
To the Mattapoisett community and its supportive neighbors, Friday, August 19th will be a day that the residents of Mattapoisett will never forget. Though it was a very challenging day for the Town, it was also a moment in which the entire community can be proud of because of the acts of heroism displayed […] Read more »