Dan Briand has maintained his unique standing as the lone runner to participate in all 50 years of the Mattapoisett Road Race. A newly-minted Bourne resident nearing age 64, Briand was only a 13-year-old summer resident of Mattapoisett when he ran the inaugural race in 1971. Having grown up in Taunton and attending Coyle High […] Read more »
While it was disappointing for many to come to find out there would be no 50th running of the Mattapoisett Road Race this year, it turns out there were actually two races. The official “virtual” one, in which runners were only competing against themselves on a self-chosen course with an assignment to turn in a […] Read more »
Elizabeth “Liz” DiCarlo has been advocating for people on multiple fronts for more than 40 years. That statement of fact recently put DiCarlo in a special category of women from Massachusetts – she was named as a Commonwealth Heroine by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Her name was advanced by State Representative […] Read more »
If the world is a tempest right now, Seamus McMahon’s music is a timely salve. The Mattapoisett native who grew up playing jazz music at Old Hammondtown School and Old Rochester Regional (class of 2012) developed his skills at Berkeley School of Music, but instead of emerging with a whirlwind of competing sounds, his new […] Read more »
In a presentation entitled “The Bugs That Bug You,” Blake Dinius, the entomologist educator for the Plymouth County Extension, hosted a webinar on Monday aimed at educating county residents on Tick and Mosquito Biology, Ecology and Bite Prevention. The theme of the webinar was “blood-feeding” and included a historical sketch mixed with educated guesses as […] Read more »
On June 30 the skies may have been gloomy, but faces were beaming with joy as local officials along with project planners, engineers and construction teams ceremonially broke ground for Mattapoisett’s New Fire Station. On hand to celebrate the moment were State Representative William Straus, Selectmen Jordan Collyer and John DeCosta, retired Town Administrator Mike […] Read more »
If you are a bird watcher along the coastline of Buzzards Bay, loons may still appear coming in from the ocean where they spent the winter. They started inland in spring when warmer water and prevailing onshore breeze pointed them northward in the direction of the Atlantic Flyway along with other sea bird migrations. They […] Read more »
When Ted North pulled out of the Planning Board race at the end of April, he cited the coronavirus pandemic in a letter to the editor and wrote that “Marion voter interest would be best served by returning all board incumbents to office.” The Town of Marion apparently agreed, voting Norm Hills back onto the […] Read more »
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ed Scholter first came to Mattapoisett in the late 1950s through an invitation from Jack and Alan Fales, who were stationed at the Newport (Rhode Island) Navy base with him. At the wharf, he met others with a passion for cars (the “wharf boys” or “barn crew”), where he affectionately became […] Read more »
Zach Mendes finally has the green light to use his new baseball cleats. The 11-year-old Marion native wasn’t allowed to break out his new kicks, not even for a private lesson. Not until there was a chance he’d have the opportunity to use them in a game. “I was begging my dad to wear my […] Read more »