I’ve read this story in one of the Museum’s scrapbooks several times and decided it was too good not to share. It’s a story involving !st Lieutenant Charles L. “Bucky” Cobb of Front St. in Marion. In WW II he served in the Pacific Theater flying P38 fighter planes. Cobb was stationed in New Guinea […] Read more »
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School will hold their 27th annual American Made Professional Arts and Craft Fair on Saturday, November 20 and Sunday, November 21, from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm each day. The Craft Fair is sponsored by Upper Cape Tech’s Parent Teacher Organization, which funds student activities, scholarships, and other school events. […] Read more »
To the Editor; I and also current, former and retired members of the Southcoast medical community, are writing to implore the Southcoast Board of Trustees to remove Keith Hovan from the role of CEO and President of Southcoast Hospitals. Hovan’s actions at his residence on November 6, 2021 demonstrate that he is unfit to […] Read more »
Beverly (Rounsevell) Dube, 70, of Mattapoisett, died Monday, November 15th, 2021 at home. She was the wife of Dennis Dube. Born and raised in Freetown, daughter of the late Robert and Ethel (Crossley) Rounsevell, she lived in Mattapoisett most of her life. Beverly enjoyed cooking, shopping, and going out to eat with her […] Read more »
The Town of Marion plans to dedicate a Select Board meeting in February 2022 to present a funding plan for the proposed new Department of Public Works facility to take to Town Meeting next spring. Speaking to the Select Board during its Zoom meeting Tuesday night, Town Administrator Jay McGrail said that the […] Read more »
The past week of MIAA tournament games saw multiple Old Rochester Regional High School teams close out their seasons. However, girls volleyball is unsurprisingly still going strong. The No. 4 seed in Division 3 played twice at home last week, notching shutout wins in both matches. On November 9, the Bulldogs hosted Groton-Dunstable in […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Bicycle and Recreational Path, Inc. (the Friends) are requesting that interested members of the community consider a donation to the Friends in their Giving Tuesday and year-end giving plans. “Given the funds recently approved by Congress for the construction of bike paths, this is a moment of opportunity,” observes […] Read more »
Did you know that nationally renowned 19th century architect Henry Hobson Richardson designed one of his first Shingle Style houses right here in Marion, Massachusetts? The Reverend Percy Browne House at 192 Front Street (sometimes referred to as the TenBrook House for a later owner and now owned by Tabor Academy) is just […] Read more »
Gathering in Mattapoisett on Veterans Day 2021 were people who came to participate in various ways. There were the veterans whose personal experiences in service to the United States were etched on their faces. There were the young trying their best to do their part in the solemnity of the moment. And there were the […] Read more »
On November 16 as the Mattapoisett Select Board discussed a variety of topics, one stood out as needing immediate attention. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco said that of the budgeted $80,000 for legal fees, nearly 60 percent had already been consumed, six months into the fiscal year. “We’ve been hit hard by legal fees,” […] Read more »