On Friday, May 15 at 7:00 pm, the public is invited to the Marion Music Hall for the month’s Classic Film Friday Presentation, the 1940 drama, The Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford, it explores a share-cropping family’s trials and misfortunes during the Great Depression. Having served four years in prison for killing a […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society will hold a yard sale at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Rd., Rochester on Saturday, May 30 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Items for the sale may be dropped off at the Museum on the following Fridays: May 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 9:00 am to noon or […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Winters Farmers’ Market is coming to an end. The final week will be Saturday, May 9 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, located at the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School Gymnasium. The market will start to have some summer market vendors attending as well. Fresh vegetables, meats, cheeses, honeys, jams, coffee, […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The public and new members are welcome. Read more »
Mattapoisett Friends Meeting will hold a yard sale on Saturday, May 9 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm in the social hall behind the meetinghouse at 103 Marion Road, Route 6. For anybody who has done some spring-cleaning and would like to join the sale, please contact the Friends by May 6. An inside table […] Read more »
You are invited for supper on Friday, May 8 at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. Everyone is welcome. Open Table offers a delicious meal prepared by volunteers on the second Friday of every month, September through May, so this will be the last meal for the season. There is no charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. […] Read more »
Marion Town-Wide Cleanup & SpringFest will be held on Saturday, May 9. The Cleanup is from 9:00 am to noon at the Music Hall; SpringFest is from noon to 4:00 pm at Washburn Park. Litter and clutter beware! Streets will be cleaned and closets will be cleared as the Marion Tree & Parks Committee and […] Read more »
The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett River, sponsored by the Rochester Fire Department, will take place on Monday, May 25 starting at 8:30 am at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir, Snipatuit Road, in Rochester and finishing at the Herring Weir, River Road at Route 6, in Mattapoisett. The race is open to persons of […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum’s Summer Program is one of the most well known and well regarded in the South Coast area. Children from across the country visit us each summer and participate in the program. The programs are designed to be small groups, and registration is limited to 15 children per session. Our Life […] Read more »
There will be a Ballroom & Line Dancing Party on Saturday, May 2 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 57 Fairhaven Road, Route 6, in Mattapoisett. Music is provided by Dave Valerio; all proceeds benefit the Mattapoisett Council on Aging. Free parking and light refreshments are included. Tickets at the […] Read more »