Are you ready for some spooktacular fun? Dust off the cobwebs and sharpen those scary pencils! Your best Halloween artwork could be on the cover of The Wanderer and you could win a cash prize! Submit your best original Halloween drawing, photo, compilation, or artwork to enter for publication on our October 29 cover. Deadline for submitting […] Read more »
This colorful diving duck is considered by bird watchers to be the crown jewel of coastal waters because of a wild pattern of bold, dark crescent markings and white stripes on its body, and a gleaming white triangle on its head, bordered by a chestnut streak bordering a royal black crown on its head. […] Read more »
Four recently retired, municipal employee relations were honored Tuesday afternoon for their long tenure and service to Mattapoisett and its residents at an outdoor ceremony. The four retirees are former Library Director Susan Pizzolato (11 years), former assistant Harbormaster Bob Ketchel (25 years), and Highway Department employees Jay DuPont (19 years) and Roger Fleurent (12 […] Read more »
Josephine “Jo” Pannell by anyone’s reckoning was a force of nature. Her seemingly tireless volunteerism which lasted for decades marked her as a “go-to” person in Mattapoisett when something needed doing. From the Girl Scouts to the elderly, from supporting the library to cherishing and preserving the town’s history, Jo was a woman for […] Read more »
Willy Wonka’s Grandpa Joe seems like a good man at first glance, but let’s not be too generous with our seal of approval. He’s allegedly been bedridden for years and unable to bring anything to the table, literally or figuratively. While he’s stretched out in bed with his wife and in-laws, Charlie valiantly supports these […] Read more »
The plan to restore the 57 acres of retired cranberry bogs off of Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett to something approaching their pre-agriculture state has traction. On Tuesday afternoon, neighbors and potential recreational users were invited by Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Town of Mattapoisett to a public gathering for an update on the plan to […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett received notification recently that a case that had been wending its way through the United States Land Court and more recently the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination was brought to a close when the commission dismissed the case. The issue was whether or not a condominium complex that had been permitted as […] Read more »
As more senior citizens begin a Medicare journey necessitated by the ravishes of aging and illness, educating seniors on how to understand Medicare summaries, pamphlets, annual guide books, and a whole host of other health care documents is also necessary. Add to this the threat of fraud, identification theft, and plain old ordinary clerical errors, […] Read more »
Beavers can best be described as Mother Nature’s ecosystem-beneficial engineers, by building dams that benefit both people and wildlife. They work day and night to industriously produce and sustain enriching backwaters of slow-moving ponds and streams for every creature imaginable that breeds life into an otherwise-sterile habitat. They create homes for water-loving birds, mammals, insects, […] Read more »
When she visited Elizabeth Taber’s Acushnet grave with her three-and-a-half-year-old twin brothers in tow, Greta Agnew wanted to know why they called Elizabeth Taber “Marion’s Fairy Godmother.” The seven-year-old, rising second-grader from Winwood, Pennsylvania, had many more questions spurred on by a growing fascination for history while riding her bicycle around Marion. With little in […] Read more »