Marion’s landmark library building of Elizabethan architecture is also the Natural History Museum, both founded there on 8 Spring Street by Elizabeth Taber in the year 1867. For the past 152 years, they have served as Tabor’s upstairs-downstairs community flagship of higher education. In 1989, Elizabeth Leidhold, as seen in my illustration, became the current […] Read more »
The new front entrance to the Elizabeth Taber Library is finally complete. The doors were opened on Monday, May 27, when town officials, volunteers, library staff, patrons, townspeople, and family of the project’s benefactor, Peggy Repass, converged upon the handcrafted stonework for a special ribbon cutting celebration. “Is this not the most unbelievable entrance to […] Read more »
Once again the Marion Art Center (MAC) sparkled with creative genius as its latest exhibit opened on May 24. The gallery walls now display works from two very different painters; works that surprisingly balance each other without sharing a common theme or even painting style. From now until July 6, art lovers will enjoy the […] Read more »
The May 27 Memorial Day Observance held at Center School in Mattapoisett once again brought out a crowd. For decades, the Florence Eastman Post 280 of the American Legion has hosted this event. And while the local organization struggles to stay vital, the Legion has been supporting returning military personnel since 1919. It remains a […] Read more »
The Rochester Memorial Boat Race has seen torrents of rain some years, empty arid riverbeds in others, some with sweltering heat, and then, like this year’s Memorial Day, one with weather so perfect that it’s one slated for the record books. But on Friday after a dam burst and Grandma Hartley’s Pond was swiftly draining, […] Read more »
Memorial Day on May 27 was a day draped in sunshine and soft breezes – a perfect day for school bands, flags waving, and the collective memory of a grateful nation. Orchestrating the event for the Town of Marion Memorial Day Committee was Donna Hemphill, whose organizational skills kept the more than hour-long program moving […] Read more »
Along a stretch of inter-coastal waters that move to the beating heart of nature, the ebb and flow of tides, and surrounded by marshlands that support the health of those waters, lives a family who for the last decade have been cultivating oysters. At the same time, in a quiet pasture or backyard garden where […] Read more »
It’s considered the unofficial start of the summer, but it’s also the day the nation honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. armed military. Tri-Town’s traditional activities will continue again this year, so let’s hope for great weather and an even greater turnout to some of our favorite events of […] Read more »
The “One Book, Tri-Town” program has now officially concluded, but not without a grand finale that found the Mattapoisett Public Library meeting room packed to capacity on May 19 to hear best-selling novelist Barbara A. Shapiro talk about her book, The Muralist. For the past several months, Tri-Town residents have had the opportunity to participate in […] Read more »
As if a spring bike ride through the country roads of the Tri-Town and surrounding area isn’t already sweet enough, when you top that with a scoop of ice cream at every stop, you experience what should be known as a Tour de Crème de la crème. Sunday, May 19, was the day the Mattapoisett […] Read more »