Tickets are now on sale for the Tri-County Symphonic Band’s 17th Annual Benefit Pops Concert. The concert is a collection of music from “The Fabulous Fifties” and it will be held on Sunday, June 9at 2:00 pm. There will be a Social Hour with food and drink at 1:00 pm. The concert will take place in […] Read more »
Join author and historian Carol Cohen for a look into the life of Eleanor Roosevelt at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Saturday, May 4at 3:00 pm. During this presentation, meet Eleanor Roosevelt at her home, learn about her role as a human rights activist, and inspect many primary sources that were very much a part […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Fire Station Building Committee will participate in an LWV Meet & Greet the Candidates running for town offices hosted by the League of Women Voters (LWV) to be held on Sunday, April 28from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm in the Library meeting room at 7 Barstow Street. Architect’s renderings and site plans will be […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (MAC) hosts ArtWeek 2019 with several FREE events for kids and families. Come to the MAC on Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am – 11:30 am for the Process Art Party: Found Object Instruments with instructor Benares Angeley from Children’s Art Lab in Mattapoisett. In this instrument-making workshop, we’ll use recyclable materials to […] Read more »
The Machacam Club will hold its’ May meeting on Wednesday, May 1. The meeting will be held at the 3 Depot Street Legion Hall. Social time begins at 5:30 pm with dinner beginning at 6:00 pm. Our own Chef Colby is offering a diner style meat loaf dinner. Our guest speaker is member Dick Langhoff: his […] Read more »
Vernal pools are a vital breeding habitat for resident amphibians and invertebrates such as wood frogs, spotted and blue-spotted salamanders, and fairy shrimp. The Mattapoisett Land Trust (MLT) is once again offering an introduction to vernal pools and instructions as to how to certify them through a field trip into the Old Aucoot District. On […] Read more »
On March 26, the ORR School Committee voted unanimously to approve a project to renovate ORR’s main athletic field, track, and auditorium. Voters in Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester will now vote on the project at their spring Town Meetings (Marion and Mattapoisett on May 13 and Rochester on May 20) and, if passed at Town […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition invites you to join us for a public meeting on Thursday, April 25at 6:00 pm at the Center School Cafeteria, 17 Barstow St., Mattapoisett, to learn about a project to restore wetlands and improve trails at the Coalition’s popular Mattapoisett Bogs property on Acushnet Road. The Coalition acquired the 220-acre property from […] Read more »
Everyone is invited to hear award-winning poet Dzvinia Orlowsky on Saturday, April 27at 3:00 pm. She will have copies of her new book “Bad Harvest” available for purchase and signing. Dzvinia Orlowsky is a Pushcard Prize winner and founding editor of Four Way Books. She has published six collections of poetry. She serves as Contributing Poetry […] Read more »
Alewives Anonymous, Inc. (AA) will host its annual meeting and quahog chowder supper for members, guests, and others interested in the world of alewives (herring) on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 5:00 pm to be held at the Council on Aging Senior Center, Dexter Lane, Rochester. After the annual meeting, a program by UMass Dartmouth Phd […] Read more »