The SHS and the Marion Art Center present author Carol Wallace discussing her latest book, Our Kind of People, October 5 at 7:00 pm, to be held at the Marion Art Center Theater.             Carol Wallace has written more than 20 books, including the New York Times bestseller To Marry an English Lord, which was […] Read more »

            The Mattapoisett Friends Meeting has one more donation collection date before their October 8 yard sale. The Friends are accepting clean, saleable items on Saturday, October 1 between 10:00 and 12:00. Please, no clothing, books (except collectables), or electronics (TVs, computers, or anything that requires special disposal.) They are not accepting large furniture items, […] Read more »

Pumpkin Palooza at the Cushing Community Center, Route 6, from 1 to 3 pm on October 29. Enjoy carving out a pumpkin that will be provided to you, enjoy music, refreshments, yard games, goody bags and smaller pumpkins and paint for the younger children. Fun for everyone. Preregistration required for a pumpkin to carve by […] Read more »

Starting October off in a big way, the Rochester Historical Society will be at the fair on October 1. We will be selling all things Rochester: T-shirts, 4 styles of sweatshirts, hats, denim shirts, books, boxes, tick-tack-toes, maps, as well as baked goods to keep up your strength as you wander the fair.             October […] Read more »

The Officers and Brethren of Pythagorean Lodge A.F. & A.M. cordially invite the public to attend and witness the installation of officer’s ceremony for the 2022/2023 Masonic year to be held Saturday, October 8 at 9 am at the Old Landing Wharf (adjacent to Burr Brothers), Front Street, Marion.             This will be a beautiful […] Read more »

Celebrate the 150th year of the Marion Natural History Museum on October 21 at 7pm, the event is free.             In 1872 Elizabeth Taber donated the building which houses the museum and the Elizabeth Taber library to “put some snap” into her hometown. Elizabeth herself donated her own natural history collections to our museum as […] Read more »

The US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Flotilla 65 will be starting its 12-week Boating Skills & Seamanship Course (BS&S) on Monday, September 26 from 7-9 pm through December 12 at 80 Middle Street, Fairhaven.             This 12-week comprehensive course is designed for both the experienced and the novice boater. It is taught by experienced Coast Guard […] Read more »

            The next meeting of the 2022/2023 Machacam Club season has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 5. We meet at the American Legion Eastman Post on Depot Street. Doors open at 5 pm for social time followed by dinner at 6 pm. Our speaker program begins at 6:45. We welcome New Bedford Fire Chief (Ret) […] Read more »

The Marion Art Center welcomes photographer John Wiliszowski, who will give an educational lecture, Photography’s Path to Digital Expression, on Saturday, October 15 at 10:30 am in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. Tickets are just $15 for MAC members and $20 for nonmembers. The presentation is an introduction to a series created for artists […] Read more »

            The Mattapoisett Free Public Library is celebrating Climate Preparedness Week from September 24 to the 30. Climate Preparedness Week was established by Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) in 2018 and seeks to inspire “learning, service and actions to better prepare our communities for extreme weather events and the effects of climate change.”             […] Read more »