In response to the Marion Board of Health’s objection to a statue of Elizabeth Taber holding her smoking pipe, the Sippican Historical Society has decided to consider the board’s request and extinguish the plan to include the pipe in the life-sized bronze statue of Marion’s benefactor. In a letter to the Board of Health, Judith […] Read more »
December 9 was the 25thyear of the Marion Holiday Stroll, an event originally conceptualized as a festive way for village businesses to give back to the communities they serve and that patronize their establishments. Which is why the Holiday Stroll is more than the extraordinary arrival of Santa via lobster boat and his grand tour […] Read more »
The U.S. Auxiliary Coast Guard was founded by two acts of congress, first in1939 to replace the Coast Guard Reserve, and then in 1941 to establish the organization to promote and protect recreational boating safety in all coastal regions of the 50 states and its territories. As a national organization, it is divided into regional […] Read more »
The children of Marion are lucky to have a police chief with friends in high places, and it doesn’t get any higher up on the globe than the North Pole. Marion Police Chief John Garcia just so happens to know Santa Claus – or, at least, knows someone who knows someone who knows Santa Claus […] Read more »
For some of us, this is the hardest time of year. As many of us revel this holiday season in abundance with our loved ones and friends, others are just wondering how they are going to make it through another week of providing shelter, warmth, comfort, and food for their families. This holiday season your […] Read more »
Rochester has got a pretty solid Christmas tradition with its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony – the selectmen welcome the crowd, the Rochester Memorial School band and chorus provide the Christmas ambience, the Christmas poster winner is announced and then he gets to flip the switch that lights up the tree in front of the […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s most beloved seahorse got his Santa hat on Tuesday, December 4. The Mattapoisett Land Trust’s annual tradition continues with help from the folks at Brownell Systems and their trusty crane. This year Alan Johnson braved a fear of heights to place the hat on top of Salty the Seahorse’s head just right as MLT’s […] Read more »
On Saturday, November 24, as people near and far digested yet another turkey sandwich, the Mattapoisett Public Library hosted a Purrington Lecture Series event featuring the well-known Boston Globesports columnist, Dan Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy was introduced by his sister, Anne Martin, a longtime Mattapoisett resident, whose remembrances of her brother included his passion for baseball. “Dan […] Read more »
For many of us, gushing over rows of indescribably adorable dogs has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition of oohing and aahing in front of the television while watching the Annual National Dog Show. This Thanksgiving, perhaps some of you might have even recognized one of those dogs or his charming young handler strutting across your […] Read more »
After 41 years, Polly Perkins Lawrence has retired, leaving the field as Old Rochester Regional High School’s beloved Varsity Field Hockey coach, and her position as teacher’s assistant in the classroom. The impact that Lawrence left on ORR graduate Lauren O’Brien is as strong as the impact she’s made on the scores of other girls […] Read more »