It’s been a challenging time for us. These past fewyears have found us sitting in medical office waiting rooms surrounded by others in our age group waiting for a verdict we can hopefully live with. We hold hands as we count down the moments. What else can we do? The challenges have changed over the […] Read more »
It’s the paradox of Harbor Days: the same exact thing every year, which is just the way we like it. I know where that aluminum can airplane artist will be, at the far end on the harbor side of Shipyard Park, and right opposite that will be the stuffed animal marionettes. In the corner by […] Read more »
The communities of the Tri-Town are special: the landscapes, the historic buildings, the history. But what really makes our three towns stand out are the people who live in them, the people who work in them, and especially the ones who give of their time and energy, volunteering for the highest good of their town […] Read more »
Michelle Cusolito is much more then an author of children’s stories; she is a piped piper, a master of ceremony, an educator, and storyteller with an ability to transport her readers. On July 23, Cusolito did all of that and more as she read aloud from her recently published book Flying Deep, the story of […] Read more »
Almost half the land in Marion is protected land, and in and around that protected land are miles of trails that traverse some of the prettiest and most peaceful corners of the town. The Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission sent two of its own over to the Great Swamp loop trail, also known as Mecke […] Read more »
Even with the subtraction of one day from this year’s Harbor Days week, Harbor Days 2018 was a smashing success, reports Harbor Days President and Mattapoisett Lions Club member Amy Mello. Of course, no one likes to see Harbor Days shortened by pending bad weather, but despite Sunday’s foreboding forecast, the rest of Harbor Days […] Read more »
Just up the road in New Bedford is a treasure trove of visual arts: watercolors, carvings, oil paintings, and photographs, primarily depicting a place and time when the city of New Bedford was the whaling capital of the world – the 19th century. On July 11 in the 21st century at the Mattapoisett Free Public […] Read more »
Colleen Oakes and Renee Buteyne were only 12 when they met in junior high at Old Rochester Regional. The two girls spoke for the first time after Buteyne (formerly Bussenger) watched as a girl at school asked to borrow Oakes’ lip gloss “and she intentionally jammed her finger in it and ruined it,” said Oakes, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett usually isn’t thought of as having a rich history full of icons and innovators. Sure, the little oceanside town maintains its fair share of wealthy visitors and whaling artifacts, but to the uninformed outsider, Mattapoisett is mainly a small New England town full of everyday people. That being said, upon further investigation, Mattapoisett has […] Read more »
As a birdwatcher, one sight to remember is one of a common loon in the backwaters of our freshwater lakes or ponds. And there is good news of a gradual increase in the New England population as reported by The Loon Preservation Committee of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. As an independent conservation organization with an […] Read more »