Thanks to the generosity of the Marion Arts Center, the students and teachers of Sippican Elementary School were treated to a May 7 performance by the Toe Jam Puppet Band. With Tom Poitras on guitar and back-up vocals and Vinny Lovegrove as front man and master of hilarity, the Sippican lawn came to life […] Read more »
Editor’s note: The Wanderer invited candidates in contested races (more candidates than open seats) to write up to 350 words explaining their candidacy. Questions submitted by the League of Women Voters South Coast helped provide talking points for the candidates. Five candidates are running for three open seats on the Marion Planning Board, including incumbent […] Read more »
Plymouth County Commissioner Jared Valanzola and County Treasurer Tom O’Brien were in Rochester on April 30 to present Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar a check for $113,132.25, the town’s third COVID-19 reimbursement check under the CARES Act. The funds cover approximately $60,000 for Rochester’s contribution to the school lunch program, the message board in […] Read more »
A day before the Marion Board of Selectmen held its regularly scheduled meeting, they met on May 3 with Town Administrator Jay McGrail at the Police Station to truncate what easily could have been an arduous process taking months. Impressed with an internal candidate during the first wave of interviews brought about by […] Read more »
The April 28 meeting of the Mattapoisett Bike/Pedestrian Committee, whose purpose in part is to study the impact of safety options and improvements on public ways, failed to reach a quorum. The planned “kick-off meeting” for the Complete Streets Projects was a fumble. Invitations had been sent to the Highway Department and the […] Read more »
The untimely passing of John DeCosta, a 58-year-old man who dedicated his life to his family, friends, and in service to the hometown he loved, sent shockwaves through Mattapoisett on April 29. On April 13 at the beginning of the Board of Selectmen’s meeting, DeCosta spoke directly to the townspeople, assuring them that […] Read more »
On Earth Day and all this week, Spring was springing, birds were singing, and children were helping to clean up the roadsides, while turkey buzzards were circling overhead as scavengers to rid of dead bodies killed by speeding traffic. The arrival of turkey vultures soaring over highways is usually one of the first signs of […] Read more »
Have you ever heard of boiling mushrooms? Most likely not. But many learned this trick on April 20 when the Sippican Lands Trust hosted chef and mushroom hunter Chad Hyatt. The virtual talk is part of a new series of talks and presentations that the SLT has planned. Hyatt spoke from the epicenter of his […] Read more »
As a high school freshman from Fairhaven participating in the Whaler volleyball clinic for the first time, Kailee Rodrigues was involved in a warm-up drill when her catch-and-release skills caught some attention. The instructors were surveying the floor and making teams when they saw Rodrigues and saw four years into the future. “The first time […] Read more »
Judith Rosbe didn’t start her professional life as an author. She had, in fact, studied English and history for a career as an educator. Then Rosbe decided to become a lawyer, a career choice that lasted for 30 years. There were years of building her career coupled with years of nurturing her children. One […] Read more »