During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc. confirmed to the commissioners that a Chapter 91 waterways permit application has been filed on behalf of property located in Rochester. During the previous meeting, Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King had expressed the need to further […] Read more »
One of 15 Tri-Town residents who took part in the August 6-7 PanMass Challenge bike ride, Debbi Bacchiocchi, is eager to note that every participant has a story. “You can talk to 6,000 riders, and they will all tell you a story,” said Bacchiocchi, making a rough reference to the approximately 6,300 who […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Dog Walkathon will be held on Saturday August 27 from 8:00-12:00. Come strut your pup at your leisure. Sign up at Center School, Barstow Street, Mattapoisett. $25 donation and receive a 2022 T-shirt. Water stops provided for dogs along the half-mile or longer one-mile scenic walk around Mattapoisett village. All proceeds go to […] Read more »
Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board began with Chairman Tyler Macallister praising the response not only from Mattapoisett’s first responders but for all the first responders who worked to extinguish the Mattapoisett Boatyard blaze on August 19. “Police, fire, EMS all came together as one community,” he said. “Our hearts go out […] Read more »
Where were you in 1972? Were you a teenager in high school, hanging with your friends? Were you fighting in a war overseas that to this day is seen with a different lens? Were you in college, looking forward to a better life? Were you starting a family and hoping there wouldn’t be much strife? […] Read more »
Flutist Wendy Rolfe will present a benefit concert, “Birds & Flutes”, for the Sippican Lands Trust on Thursday, August 25, at 6 pm at 173 Spring Street in Marion. Rolfe’s “piffano” folk flute from Brazil, quena from Ecuador and “di-zi” from Beijing, China, will all evoke the sounds of birds and colorful landscapes. Her wooden […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 28, The Rev. Jeffrey Paull Cave, Retired Diocese of Atlanta, GA will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water Street next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. This is part of the 138th Summer Season of St. Philip’s with visiting clergy each Sunday. The 1928 Book of […] Read more »
For Phil Macomber, it was just a routine job of removing a fuel tank from a powerboat at the Mattapoisett Boatyard where he had worked for years, explained General Manager David Kaiser. There was an explosion that rocked the Ned’s Point neighborhood, then another and another. Macomber was seriously injured but thankfully survived after […] Read more »
On Friday, August 26, the Marion Concert Band will close its 2022 season with a concert in the style of the Boston Pops Orchestra. The program, which includes pieces by former Pops arranger Leroy Anderson and former Pops conductor John Williams, is as follows: Montmartre March – H. Wood Orpheus in the Underworld – […] Read more »
The fire that destroyed buildings, cars, and boats at the Mattapoisett Boatyard on Friday was most likely caused by the ignition of gasoline vapors during the replacement of a boat’s gas tank, said Mattapoisett Fire Chief Andrew Murray and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey. “Our hearts go out to the worker who was […] Read more »