The colorful, eye-catching oyster catcher is a spectacular species of shorebird about as large as a crow, but whose black plumage is brightly contrasted with a long, red bill and, like many coastal creatures, equipped with a pair of long, yellow legs for wading in shallow shoals. By now, the oyster catcher has […] Read more »
They don’t consider themselves exceptional or even special for what they have done. It wasn’t really planned; instead just evolved out of circumstances surrounding the pandemic. But when a Mattapoisett couple found themselves able to help, they simply faced the need and made a difference. We’ll call them Mrs. BC and Mr. RC […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Neck residents are eventually going to have to move up, so they don’t have to move out. Flooding, not only from coastal storms of historic magnitude but a science-based projection of rising tides under sunny skies, threatens access to the approximately 250 residents of the neck at increasing levels in this century, […] Read more »
Not many local historical chronicles even mention Mattapoisett sea captain Oliver Allen, one of the Nantucket Allen clan who had settled in that part of what was then Old Rochester with his wife, Jeanne, by 1760. His brother, Thomas Allen, another master mariner, was also living in the busy port town with his family […] Read more »
If you do an internet search for the first English child born of Mayflower Pilgrims, Peregrine White’s name will pop-up. He was the baby boy born to a couple that took a leap of faith in the 1600s, boarded a ship in Amsterdam, and sailed toward an unknowable land and an equally unknowable future. […] Read more »
Window shopping or browsing in a mall was never my cup of tea, but that is not to say I didn’t enjoy shopping. I certainly did, especially during the end-of-season sales. Nothing felt better than entering a dressing room loaded down with new clothing, hoping a few pieces would fit me well. Oh, […] Read more »
V.A.S.E, the Sippican Elementary School parent-teacher organization, works every year to ensure that students experience enrichment activities beyond their classroom work. Through their efforts, Sippican Elementary students in past years have, among other options, attended live theater, heard speakers discuss bullying, and developed varied skills, such as fiber arts, knitting, and yoga, from […] Read more »
Marion Facilities Manager Shaun Cormier has those two football-size pieces that are missing from the Main Street facing upper facade on the Town Hall Annex building, but they are not going back up. “We’re going to try and duplicate that…. Unfortunately, they’re too far gone. There’s only so far you can go with […] Read more »
Although there are no less than 48 species of raptors that fall into this category for which Buzzards Bay is named, only 28 are true buzzards classified as ‘buteos.’ They are slightly smaller than eagles but have very broad wings that they lock to rise on currents of warm air, to be seen soaring […] Read more »
Not only did the clocks change over the weekend, but the Rochester Council on Aging also reignited its programming effective this week. “The building is back open, and we’re resuming all activities…. We’re still social distancing,” said Mike Cambra, the president of the COA’s Board of Directors. Slated to begin this week […] Read more »