The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club will perform “Macbeth” on May 21-22 as an outdoor film event at the high school. Based on “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by Sir William Shakespeare and starring Tyler Trudeau as Macbeth and Chloe Bean as Lady Macbeth, the cast includes Isabel Friedrichs, Lee Grondin, Jimmy Harrington, […] 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. Two candidates are running for open seat on the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen that is […] Read more »
The American Lobster is a classic coastal symbol of enormous national seafood environmental recognition steeped in history 400 years to the landing of the Pilgrims in Plymouth. Lobster had been so plentiful before then, the Mi‘kmaq natives easily found them along the water’s edge after a windstorm. They subsequently could be gathered by […] Read more »
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 »