The fifth and sixth grade students from the Rochester Memorial School Drama Club will be performing “Sherlock Holmes’ Mystery at the Manor,” a two-act comedy/mystery adapted from Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. John Watson, head to Devonshire, England to solve the mystery of a large hound haunting the […] Read more »
It’s finally official! April 25 marked the official commencement of the expansion of the Mattapoisett bike path, and state officials, local officials, and the folks of Mattapoisett all gathered at the YMCA grounds at the end of Reservation Road to celebrate this latest phase of the bike path, one that will further connect area residents […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Land Trust (MLT) in partnership with the Mattapoisett Public Library hosted a presentation of the documentary “Straws” on April 17 as part of their ‘Skip the Straw Campaign’. The short film, which has received numerous accolades, tells the story of straws and how a seemingly innocuous item – one that nearly every human […] Read more »
On Spring Street in Marion, the Elizabeth Taber Library has stood since the year 1872. It is an historic landmark of Victorian architecture and houses both the library and the Natural History Museum. The building was donated by Elizabeth Sprague Pitcher Taber (1791-1888). She had grown up here to become a schoolteacher and eventually marry […] Read more »
Standing behind a table covered in equipment and with a projection screen ready to go, John Berg, inventor, scientist, and engineer, prepared for his presentation at the Mattapoisett Museum on April 11. The assembled had come to hear Berg speak about the LED lighting system he and his team at Carpe Diem, a Franklin company […] Read more »
It’s hunting season at Peirson Woods in Marion – Easter egg hunting season, that is – and on Sunday, April 14, nearly a dozen or so local children armed with their Easter baskets led a successful hunt indeed, managing to round up over 600 eggs left hidden by a benevolent Sippican Lands Trust. The annual […] Read more »
There is something very special about hearing writers, or, more specifically, poets read their own works. By reading words they have imagined to hold a particular flavor, color, thought, or meaning, the listener is invited fully into that moment with the writer. Such was the case on April 15 when a dozen local writers read […] Read more »
Folks, we’ve all dreamed about being a sweepstakes winner like the people we see on TV, and some of us have even entered our names once or twice. “I’ll never win,” many of us might have said, or, perhaps, “Nobody ever wins these things.” But the truth is, people actually do win these sweepstakes. Just […] Read more »
The second annual Boat Building Seminar took place under clear skies on Saturday, April 4, a perfect spring day in the lot next to the Rochester Fire Department. Art Benner, chairman of the Boat Race Committee, greeted each visitor and got them started with registration, a map of the Mattapoisett River course, race rules, and […] Read more »
In May of 2018 during a Bulldog Block in Señora Carreira’s Spanish classroom, Lily Govoni, Class of 2019 at Old Rochester Regional High School, expressed her desire to create a knitting club to teach other students how to knit. Lily is a very kind and talented student, and Señora Carreira did not hesitate to say, […] Read more »