A crowd of onlookers surrounded Shipyard Park’s gazebo at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 18 as Mattapoisett town leaders recited the Declaration of Independence during Harbor Days. Hosted by the Mattapoisett Public Library, Museum, and Lions Club, the reading commemorated the 250th anniversary of the first reading of the Declaration in Massachusetts, which was […] Read more »
Cars packed the Mattapoisett village and tents lined Shipyard Park as families and residents of all ages arrived at the Town Wharf for the Mattapoisett Lions Club’s annual Harbor Days thispast weekend. The event has become a staple of Mattapoisett’s summer calendar forapproximately five decades thanks to its wide variety of crafts vendors, live […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional Tri-Town Education Foundation is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for its inaugural Fall Gala, which will be held on Thursday, October 8 at Century House in Acushnet. Community members are invited to attend an evening celebrating and supporting public education while helping raise funds to enhance […] Read more »
Retired 35-year faculty member at Tabor Academy and 33-year captain of the school’s 92-foot training vessel the SSV Tabor Boy James Geil of Marion has taken his experiences and brought them to live on the page. Geil told us, “In 2020, I began writing about my years on Tabor Boy and have sincepublished […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the Thirteen Colonies. Last week, Massachusetts and other New England militiamen are called to New York to aid in the city’s defense, as 10,000 Redcoats disembark on Staten Island. General George Washington is informed of the […] Read more »
In Mattapoisett, garden gazing is as much a rite of summer as tootling around the harbor in boats. Deanne Girouard is the epitome of a seaside gardener. Around her home in the heart of Mattapoisett Village, her passion for gardening has blossomed into breathtaking borders and colorful beds that stop passersby in their […] Read more »
As wildfires rage in the Canadian wilderness, the billowing smoke has begun to descend on the Northeast. Throughout this next week, the effects of the fires in Canada will thicken the air. Smoke from the wildfires, mainly occurring in Ontario and Quebec, began to drift south into Massachusetts earlier this week, darkening and […] Read more »
On Tuesday, the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club hosted their annual Taste of Mattapoisett in Shipyard Park under and around the big white event tent. Local food vendors occupied the outsides of the tent and more in trailers outside as patrons entered, spending $10 for 10 tickets. Tickets, in turn, were traded in, or spent, […] Read more »
Over the last few weeks, multiple local communities along the South Coast have issued alerts that their beaches would be closed, followed by a notice they were reopened a few days later. The Tri-Town was no different. On July 6, water samples were taken off Silvershell Beach in Marion. Tests yielded high bacteria levels, […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the Thirteen Colonies. Last week, the British lost the Battle of Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina, protecting Charlston, General William Howe made landfall on Staten Island with 10,000 Redcoats, and the Continental Congress approved the Declaration […] Read more »