For years, the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club has hosted “Taste of the Town” under the tent during Harbor Days Week. In summer 2021, for the second year in a row, this will be a “Taste of the Town Without the Tent,” as members look forward to a full in-person return in 2022. As a “Thank […] Read more »
On Sunday, July 4, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church by the Town Beach in Mattapoisett will be visited by the Rev. Robert Malm, Retired Rector, Grace Church, Alexandria, Virgina. Services using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer will be held at 8:00 am and 10:00 am. Masks are required at this time and all are welcome. Read more »
For the first time since August of 2019, the Marion Concert Band will be live in concert! On Friday, July 2, the Marion Concert Band will open its 2021 concert season with a program of patriotic music in celebration of Independence Day. The program is as follows: National Emblem March – E. E. Bagley Captain […] Read more »
The Speaker Series of the Sippican Historical Society presents Maxwell King on Thursday, July 8, at 7:00 pm via Zoom, presenting: “The Good Neighbor: The life and work of Fred Rogers – A focus on the qualities that made Mister Rogers successful as an educator and a trusted exemplar of society’s best values.” Maxwell […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Special Town Election is scheduled for Tuesday, July 27, at Old Hammondtown School, 20 Shaw Street. The polls will be open from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm. Those wishing to obtain an absentee ballot may do so by submitting a request in writing to the Town Clerk, Catherine Heuberger, P.O. Box 89, Mattapoisett. The […] Read more »
Kicking off our Summer Reading Program at Mattapoisett Library will be a participatory outdoor concert for the whole family. Davis Bates and Roger Tinknell, two award-winning musicians and storytellers. will be hosting a concert, “Tails and Tales,” on Tuesday, July 6, at 6:30 pm. Come down to the library to celebrate nature, reading, animals, and […] Read more »
On Saturday, July 3, at 10:00 am, the Marion Art Center will present Reading Frederick Douglass Together, a public reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in Bicentennial Park, located at 1 Spring Street in Marion. Bicentennial Park is located directly across the street from the MAC, […] Read more »
Hurrah! Things have finally turned around with Covid and life is getting back to some kind of normal. We have the OK to hold our Agricultural Fair. It will be August 21. We are working very hard to get our fair book together and printed with the hope it is available mid-July. If you are […] Read more »
The 2021 statewide Summer Library Program (SLP) theme is “Tails and Tales”! The Plumb SLP will follow this theme by offering seven weeks of animal-focused free “things to do” for children (ages 3-12), teens (13+) and adults. The Plumb SLP began June 21 and concludes August 9. Registration for the SLP is required. Please register […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition will hold its 28th annual Buzzards Bay Swim, a 1.2-mile open-water swim across outer New Bedford Harbor. The swim is a signature outdoor event held by the Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting clean water in communities across the Buzzards Bay region. In the past 28 years, the Buzzards Bay […] Read more »