Mattapoisett Library Director Jennifer Jones has found a way to not only give local residents a platform to discuss climate-change issues but useful, easy-to-understand information on various aspects of the topic. As Jones recently shared, “In January 2021, I applied for a grant from the Richard & Ann J. Prouty Foundation, Bank of America, […] Read more »
The magnificent, 3,000-gallon tanker truck soon to be shipped from the Rochester Fire Department to the tornado-ravaged community of Cayce, Kentucky, has been a gem of a piece of equipment for many years already. Acquired from Kent Island, the largest in the Chesapeake Bay, approximately 12 years after the 1988 tanker was built for […] Read more »
Rose Bowman, principal of Center and Old Hammondtown schools, has been helping children achieve their full potential for a very long time. For decades Bowman has either directly worked with children or assisted classroom teachers, and it has never gotten old, it has felt fresh and thoroughly rewarding. Just ask her and the first […] Read more »
On Christmas day, before the turn of the 20th century of the historic era of New England, lighthouses beaconed their beams and blew their fog horns to warn shipping lanes of potential dangers that might lie ahead. At that critical position as lighthouse keeper to the safety of nautical traffic for the decades ahead, […] Read more »
The well-known adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” isn’t really based in truth. I know plenty of old, I mean senior people (not dogs,) who have never left the learning curve and strive to obtain new knowledge every day. And that goes for the culinary arts too. For yours truly, […] Read more »
The Purrington Lecture Series hosted by the Mattapoisett Public Library has once again given those living in the local area the opportunity to hear directly from a globally-known author, this time in a recent appearance by Michael Tougias. Tougias has written 30 adventure novels, some geared towards young adults. But if you’re not a […] Read more »
They were loud, they were laughing, they were eager to show their support – the 2021 Christmas morning swim in support of Helping Hands and Hooves was nothing short of shear fun in spite of cold, dark rain. The 2021 event was the 17th year people have financially supported the work done by Julie […] Read more »
The eastern harlequin duck is one of the most brilliantly decorated creatures you will ever see as a bird watcher in both graphic design and flaming color put together in a high profile for the rugged and dramatic coastline it calls home. At this time of year, when we pass through the seasonal winter […] Read more »
John Middleton has been collecting the flotsam and jetsam he’s come across over years of beach combing. Each piece carried home simply because it could not be left behind to an unknown fate even if he wasn’t sure how he might use that broken bit of signage or weathered, water-soaked chunk of driftwood. […] Read more »
Neither Tri-Town Against Racism nor the Town of Mattapoisett is taking the weekend vandalism of the Free Little Diverse Library at Ned’s Point as a little thing. In a Tuesday email to The Wanderer, Mattapoisett Town Administrator Mike Lorenco wrote that he has visited the site, spoken with Police Chief Jason King and said […] Read more »