There is something extraordinary happening at the Marion Art Center right now. Under the direction of Jodi Stevens and the board of directors, a new course has been charted, one that brings local youth to the forefront of the local art world. With the launch of the MAC’s Young Artist Program, a collaboration […] Read more »
In late winter, the great blue herons are the first to be seen with lumbering wing beats from over the horizon of Little Bay in Fairhaven. They are very noticeable in coastal flight with long S-shaped necks of their Florentine-shaped figurine profile, pointing the way toward open waters liberated from winter bondage. Their […] Read more »
It didn’t take more than a moment for Aliyah Jordan to know what she wanted to say. The question was how to say it, and her answer won first place out of 38 entries in Tri-Town Against Racism’s Black History Month Creative Expression Contest. Tri-Town Against Racism asked Grades 7-12 Tri-Town students for […] Read more »
All three of the Tri-Towns have a potential contest for a selectmen’s seat in the 2021 Annual Town Elections. Two chairmen, Rochester’s Paul Ciaburri and Marion’s Randy Parker, are both running for reelection. In Mattapoisett, longtime Selectman Paul Silva’s seat will be contested by Jodi Lynn Bauer, Nicki Demakis, and former Selectman Tyler […] Read more »
As Mattapoisett resident Brad Hathaway shifted through yellowing documents and old school papers drafted seven decades ago, he came across an assignment that made his heart tickle with joy. The professor had written across the top, “Good story, should be printed in some paper.” Hathaway could never have imagined as he typed his essay […] Read more »
Some of the repairs made in 2007 that set the 90-foot high flagpole in Shipyard Park in solid stead finally yielded to the elements last week, resulting in an upper section being disassembled for further examination. “There was a problem with one of the pulleys at the top of the pole,” said Mattapoisett […] Read more »
An era is ending as Melody Pacheco, assistant to the town administrator since 1991, is retiring on March 17. If you’ve had any dealing at all with Mattapoisett’s Town Hall, then you probably know Pacheco, aka ‘Mel.’ Before holding down the fort in the Selectmen’s office, she worked in the Clerk’s Office, the […] Read more »
People of a certain age will have memories of going to a drive-in movie theater. As little children, the back seat of the family car became a playground until it was time for the movie to begin. Then we’d be admonished to settle down with our buckets of popcorn, piles of candy, and tankards […] Read more »
Dr. John Howard, a member of the Marion Board of Health, was awoken on February 18 by the news that his garage at 62 Water Street in Marion was on fire. No one was injured but for a minor injury to a responding firefighter who was later treated at Tobey Hospital in Wareham and released. […] Read more »
Carolyn Longworth of Fairhaven is a retired director from the Millicent Library after some 25 years of dedicated service. After she retired, she was asked by the town’s selectboard to come to a meeting to review her distinguished record of achievement. She was very pleased when they read a proclamation of her diligence in working […] Read more »