In visiting the April Herring migration under the bridge on Route 6 just east of Mattapoisett Neck Road, you can tell herring are running out of the ocean into the river by a clamorous gathering overhead of gulls, ospreys and crows swooping down to feast on easy pickings of bait fish driven to the surface […] Read more »
In 2020, Adam Murphy ran against Woody Hartley for the latter’s Select Board seat and lost. Murphy is back in the race this year, this time running against Select Board Chairman Brad Morse, whose term is up. The term is three years. Morse is running for reelection in one of only two […] Read more »
Rochester resident Kyle Medeiros is following in his mother’s footsteps, not only in his pursuit of a career in medicine but in the willingness to put those footsteps through all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18. Kyle’s mother, Sandrine Medeiros, who works as program manager for the child and […] Read more »
Godspell the musical, which gained great acclaim when it was first performed in the early 1970s, has been a staple of many high school drama productions for decades. But for the Old Rochester Regional High School drama club, it is also a musical with history in the school. It was first performed 25 years […] Read more »
On April 2 at 6:22 am, the Mattapoisett Fire Department responded to a fire at the bike-path bridge originally built over the Eel Pond River near the entrance at Mattapoisett Neck Road, which is currently closed to the public. According to Fire Chief Andrew Murray, the fire was reported by a neighbor living on […] Read more »
It is a fair statement that no one gets closer to the drama of a real crime than those charged with reporting it as news. The real time investigatory work done by law enforcement is followed in minute detail as the reporters strive to tell the full story with clarity and, yes, compassion for […] Read more »
The Kestrel falcons were adorable little sparrow hawks less than a foot long with black stripes under their eyes and down the side of their face to reduce glare from the sun, while hunting high in the sky. Since the year 1966, their species title tied to the falcon birds of prey, Kestral falcons […] Read more »
We are so fortunate to have vital and active historical societies in the Tri-Towns, especially when they join forces to bring programming to those of us thirsty to learn more about our heritage. On March 24, through the cooperative efforts of the Mattapoisett Museum and the Sippican Historical Society, a presentation offering insights […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett will have two candidates running for one open seat on the Select Board after Chairman and incumbent Jordan Collyer returned papers to the town clerk’s office on March 25, joining relative unknown Donald R. Lamarr, who returned papers two days earlier. The winner gets a three-year term. The other two […] Read more »
For the second straight year, the Town of Marion will see four or more candidates running for two open seats on its Planning Board at the May 13 election. Five actually pulled papers, but John Rockwell chose not to return them for Planning Board; he will run for reelection to the Open Space […] Read more »