And now for something completely different. On Friday, March 11, at the end of another busy week handling the town’s business, a call came into the Select Board’s office from a concerned citizen reporting what they believed was illegal shell fishing in Hiller Cove off Aucoot Road. As he prepared to leave Town Hall […] Read more »
The first sign of spring may be Turkey Vultures circling overhead to clean up carcasses killed by speeding cars that they can locate miles away worth their keen sense of smell. The flight of a Turkey Vulture is easy to recognize by its profile of a lazy circle overhead with the purpose to find dead […] Read more »
The Grade 2 basketball playoffs brought out the best in March 10 action at Center School in Mattapoisett. The Warriors earned their spot in the championship game with a big, 10-2 victory over the Heat, while the Knicks advanced to the title game, narrowly edging the Celtics, 10-8. In the final, 10-2, the Warriors defeated […] Read more »
The Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts (FCAM) is pleased to announce that Cayce, Kentucky’s fire chief met two Massachusetts fire chiefs at the FCAM Conference Wednesday, after FCAM helped to coordinate the donation of a tanker truck to the Cayce Fire Department following the destruction of all their apparatuses in a tornado late last year. […] Read more »
The arts touch even the most jaded soul with beauty, intellectual stimulation and moments of sheer joy. Thus on March 2 as Jill Sanford prepared to give the third in a series of presentations focused on early American art, a wave of sweet anticipation ran through the audience. Through her study of art […] Read more »
Graham Correia sensed he was in the right place when he realized how much he savored a cup of coffee with a stranger in a country store somewhere in Pennsylvania. “I was in my glory in those 30 minutes,” said Correia, who says he is learning to place value on every experience that […] Read more »
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School junior Finn Pereira has created the winning design for the 2022 Harbor Days t-shirt (center image). The Mattapoisett Lions Club’s Valerie Kane worked with students at Old Colony to create potential designs for the t-shirt, and Pereira’s design is the result of an online vote. The Harbor Days […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Conservation Commission played a small role in providing a wounded veteran with the peace of mind of a home adapted to their needs when they met on February 28. Coming before the commission with a Notice of Intent application filed by Cheryl Peterson PE, Homes for Our Troops, for construction of a four-bed […] Read more »
The Great Horned Owl is the largest master of the skies along the south-facing shore of Buzzards Bay, relying on both sight and sound for hunting prey, and is a modern living example of convergent evolution from fossils dating back some 50,000,000 years. It ranges in size equal to the snowy owl, 4½ […] Read more »
Further exploring ways to aid sustainable living pursuits while at home, the Mattapoisett Public Library recently hosted a presentation by Joy Marzolf. Marzolf’s accomplishments in the world of nature is a long list. From rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife to educating people of all ages about an immense variety of animals and insects […] Read more »