In softly spoken tones, Katherine Dibble, former director of Public Service at the Boston Public Library, gave a presentation at the Mattapoisett Public Library on February 15 on the struggles of the suffragettes who fought the battle for women’s right to vote and won. While the world may know Susan B. Anthony as the most […] Read more »
Construction of Mattapoisett’s Phase 1b of the Shared-Use Path, aka, bike path is well underway. One year ago Representative William Straus, an advocate of the project, released the following statement: “I was excited to join state highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver at MassDOT’s Boston office today for the signing and award of the contract to construct the […] Read more »
Mornings are a time for quiet contemplation, organizing thoughts that may or may not become actions, a few ounces of courage from a cup of strong black coffee, and Harry. He is coming into middle age now, seven years that is. He wears his black and white with gray undertones quite spryly, tail curled in […] Read more »
Carey McCollester has a lifetime of experience in theater, but she expected more nerves for the dress rehearsal of Tabor Academy’s Winter Musical production of Mamma Mia! than what she expects when the curtain is raised for real at 7:30 pm on Thursday, February 13, at Hoyt Hall on the Marion campus. “For me personally, I find […] Read more »
On February 7, rain and high winds hit Southeastern Massachusetts, resulting in thousands of electrical outages. The hardest hit in the Tri-Town area was Rochester with more than 500 Eversource customers reporting wires down and service interruptions from mid-afternoon into the night. Gusts of over 70 miles per hour were reported by the National Weather […] Read more »
For more than a decade Mattapoisett’s Free Public Library has been at the heart of the community, keeping pace with evolving technologies and the needs of the people it serves. At no other time in the library’s history has it seen such swift-moving changes and associated demands. And there, deftly and expertly guiding this critical […] Read more »
Two new species of tropical “tuna” fish are now migrating further north to the South Coast of Buzzards Bay, surprising fishermen who catch them while going after striped bass and bluefish. They are the Atlantic bonito and the false albacore found primarily in more temperate waters around Florida and from the West Indies to Brazil. […] Read more »
In some Latin American cultures, it’s customary to say ‘see you later’ instead of ‘good-bye’. Adios has an air of uncertainty as to whether the parties will ever meet again; we say our ‘good-byes’ to a loved one who has passed away, to a house in which we lived as we close the door one […] Read more »
The first thing one sees when approaching a stack of Wanderers is our bold and colorful cover photo. Designing an attractive and interesting cover every week is something we at The Wanderer strive to accomplish with every edition we produce. We know what it takes to compose a great photograph and we know a potential cover when we see […] Read more »
The League of Women Voters, conceived and chaired by the leading suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920, has evolved over the decades. Supporting women and helping to register many thousands, campaigning for the creation of the United Nations, sponsoring the first televised presidential debates and, more recently, focusing on issues that negatively impact minorities, students, […] Read more »