A ham & bean supper with entertainment to follow will take place on Saturday, November 19 at 5:30 pm. It will be held at The Knights, 57 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett. Tickets are $12 per person and can be purchased by calling Jim at 508-863-3496. Read more »
The next meeting of the Rochester Women’s Club will be held on Thursday, November 3 at 6:30 pm. We will be finalizing our plans for the upcoming Volunteer Appreciation Social to be held on November 9 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Yvonne Benton will be treating us again by sharing her knowledge of the “Bartender.” […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 1 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. New members are welcome. Read more »
The faith communities of Community Baptist, First Congregational, St. Gabriel’s, and St. Rita’s are co-sponsoring a flu clinic with the Marion Board of Health on Sunday, November 20 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at the First Congregational Church’s community center meeting room behind the General Store at 144 Front Street, Marion. Please remember to […] Read more »
On Sunday, November 6 at 2:00 pm, Mattapoisett Historical Society will host Greenwood (Woody) and Sharon Hartley, long-time Rochester cranberry growers, at the museum, 5 Church Street. The Hartleys will present a program on the culture of cranberries, our state’s biggest food crop (value $100 million), from planting through harvest. They will share stories about […] Read more »
Take a stroll through working farms in Fairhaven, Mattapoisett and Rochester with the Buzzards Bay Coalition during “Wednesday Walkabouts,” a series of four walks on Wednesday mornings in November. You’ll enjoy some fresh air and learn about the history of local farms that have been protected forever through a conservation restriction. On Wednesday, November 2, […] Read more »
The Junior Board of the Sippican Lands Trust invites all elementary school aged kids and their families to join us for a festive and fun Halloween Bash. The event will be held on Saturday, October 29 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the Great Hill Farm barn. A $5 donation for one child or $10 […] Read more »
The volunteer witches of the Marion Art Center have been brewing up plans for the annual Halloween Parade around the town on Monday, October 31. Costumed characters of all ages are welcome to be a part of this fun family event. Participants should meet at the Marion Music Hall (corner of Front Street and Cottage […] Read more »
Brian Harrington, a biologist with Manomet and its Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/), will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Nasketucket Bird Club. Brian is an expert in shorebirds, in particular Red Knots, and their migrations that are some of the longest in the bird world. His book, The Flight […] Read more »
On Saturday, November 5, the First Congregational Church of Marion will hold their sixth annual Chowder Tasting Cook-Off and Kale Soup Cook-Off. Doors open at 6:00 pm for hors d’oeuvres. Chowder/Kale Soup Tasting begins at 6:30 pm. Oyster crackers, wine, dessert and coffee provided. Tickets are $10. Admission is free for those who prepare their […] Read more »