The Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts (FCAM) is pleased to announce that Cayce, Kentucky’s fire chief met two Massachusetts fire chiefs at the FCAM Conference Wednesday, after FCAM helped to coordinate the donation of a tanker truck to the Cayce Fire Department following the destruction of all their apparatuses in a tornado late last year. […] Read more »
Bob Espindola, president of the South Coast Bikeway Alliance and the Southeastern Regional Economic Development District, appeared before the Marion Select Board on March 2 looking to establish the most-feasible route for the shared-use path through Marion. “If other towns endorse the same route, we’ll be in a much better position to secure […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Free Public Library continues to explore sustainability with March events. Join us for a trio of programs that bring awareness to environmental issues and food consumption. We begin with Michael Moore, author of We Are All Whalers: The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility, speaking virtually on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:00 […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will meet on March 17, at 11:00 am at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church in Reynard Hall. Our speaker for this meeting will be Robin Lepore, Board Member of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path and member of the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club. She’ll will provide an update on all things Bike […] Read more »
In conjunction with Mattapoisett resident Charles W. Stockbridge Marine and Landscape Painting Exhibit at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library from March 15 to April 14, Stockbridge will be setting up his easel at the library and painting an oil painting in the style of French impressionist Claude Monet – all in approximately one hour. Come […] Read more »
Last week saw the beginning of the MIAA state tournaments for boys’ and girls’ basketball as well as boys’ hockey, and Old Rochester Regional sports programs had a near perfect week to kick off the postseason. On March 3, the ORR girls basketball team started things off strong in its Round of 32 game […] Read more »
The arts touch even the most jaded soul with beauty, intellectual stimulation and moments of sheer joy. Thus on March 2 as Jill Sanford prepared to give the third in a series of presentations focused on early American art, a wave of sweet anticipation ran through the audience. Through her study of art […] Read more »
The complicated task of preparing the annual school budget is something that for years has frustrated the Marion Finance Committee in part due to a process the committee considers alien to a transparent presentation of facts on the part of the Old Rochester Regional School District. While the mechanics of the school budget […] Read more »
Our Curator’s Show Part II included not only the displays of artifacts inside, but also, outside, a tour of the Woodside Cemetery’s veterans’ graves and a (tongue in cheek) tour of the two outhouses behind the Museum. While outhouses, also called necessaries and, locally, backhouses are well known to many of our older residents, […] Read more »
Get some exercise, make new friends and support a good cause at the 29th annual Buzzards Bay Swim on Saturday, June 18 in New Bedford and Fairhaven. Registration is now open at www.savebuzzardsbay.org/swim. The Buzzards Bay Swim is an exciting outdoor experience that welcomes swimmers of all abilities and fitness levels ages 11 and […] Read more »