Throughout the coastal waters of New England, the annual migration of river herring has been a seasonal “must see” event. Watching thousands of small fish swim upstream to natal waters, traveling from saltwater oceans to freshwater streams and ponds, is one of nature’s miracles. Yet these marine animals, like most living things on the plant, […] Read more »
Courtesy of the League of Women Voters, Mattapoisett residents enjoyed the chance to meet some of their 2019 Annual Election candidates on April 27 – all running uncontested now, after Seth Hiller dropped out of the Board of Selectmen race earlier this month, essentially handing the election to incumbent Jordan Collyer for a sixth term […] Read more »
The ladies who luncheon together every Friday at the Bay Club know how to enjoy themselves. They reserve a long row of tables lined end to end and, on days like May 24, they cram as many seats in as they can while sipping blood orange mimosas and chatting, laughing, and celebrating their fortune of […] Read more »
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 »