The Sippican Woman’s Club will host the Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Friday, April 27 at the Kinsale Inn in Mattapoisett, at 11:30 am. It has been an eventful year, most notably, with the replacement of Handy’s Tavern’s windows. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Handy’s Tavern. The club will be celebrating this benchmark […] Read more »
Marion First Congregational Church Concert
“All nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres,” words from the hymn “This Is My Father’s World,” is an apt description for “Ring in Spring,” a concert on Sunday, April 22, at 4:00 pm in Marion’s First Congregational Church. Flutist Wendy Rolfe, soprano Patrice Tiedemann, and The Occasion Singers will combine […] Read more »
Machacam Club Meeting
The Machacam Club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 2 at the Legion Hall, 3 Depot Street. Social time is 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm. Our speaker this month will be Seth Mendell. Seth will give a Power Point presentation of the many images found in Clifford Ashley’s 6’ X 16’ mural […] Read more »
ORR Hall of Fame Golf Tournament
The second annual Old Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame Golf Tournament will be held at Acushnet River Valley Golf Course on Sunday, June 10. After a shotgun start at 1:00PM, a Team Best Ball Format with Callaway Scoring will be used. A $115 fee per player includes green fees, cart, steak dinner, prizes and tourney […] Read more »
A Room of One’s Own
Come, writers, to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s A Writer’s Day Away to find “a room of one’s own” on Sunday April 29 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This year’s worship facilitators are the poets Scott Withiam and Barbara Siegel Carlson. Both are published in literary journals, have collections of poetry, and have taught […] Read more »
Maconchu Club April Meeting
For the April meeting of the Maconchu Club of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, we will welcome multi-talented Hannah Moore and her husband, Michael. Hannah is President of the Tri-County Music Association and plays first trombone in the band and she presently teaches music in the Marion school system. She and her family have sailed all […] Read more »
Emergency Preparedness Training
Learn about your local Emergency Dispensing Site and how you can assist with its operations, which will benefit your loved ones and neighbors in the event of an emergency. Medical and non-medical volunteers are needed to assist with emergency preparedness. Part one of emergency preparedness training will be held on Tuesday, April 24 from 6:00 […] Read more »
The History of the Cast Iron Stove
The meeting of the Rochester Historical Society on Wednesday, April 18th will feature “The History of the Cast Iron Stove” by member, Skip Mull. Skip’s talk includes the stoves and how they work as well as information of local iron foundries. The meeting is at 7pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Road, […] Read more »
Marion Democratic Committee Meeting
The Marion Democratic Town Committee will hold its reorganization meeting at the Music Hall, Saturday, April 21 at 10:00 am. All Marion Democrats are welcome to participate electing a chairperson, vice chair, treasurer and secretary. For more information contact: Eileen Marum at 508-758-9751. Read more »
Sippican Choral Society Concert
The Sippican Choral Society will present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. Under the direction of Brian Roderick and accompanied by pianist Michelle Gordon, organist Dwight Thomas and a nine piece string orchestra, sixty plus voices will perform the Fauré Requiem in memory of long-time chorus member Marc Olson. […] Read more »