Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which appeared weekly in The Wanderer By Rudd Wyman •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two •Click Here to Read Part Three •Click Here to Read Part Four •Click Here to Read Part Five Part VI Responding to a solid […] Read more »
Lisa Winsor, of Mattapoisett, is a cancer survivor and a Pan-Mass Challenge cyclist who was honored by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, June 29 during PMC Night at Fenway Park. Winsor was among the cancer survivors who rode her bike around the warning track in a pre-game ceremony during which the PMC’s 34th anniversary […] Read more »
The Tri-Town will be bursting with red, white, and blue starting bright and early on Thursday, July 4 and running all weekend long. Residents will exercise their freedom to run around in the middle of the street at the Mattapoisett Road Race on July 4. Founded in 1971, the race will cover five miles – […] Read more »
It is unfathomable that in a town so tame, so beautiful, so willing to provide doggie doo-doo bags for free there are people with little respect for their fellow residents. These scoundrels are the people that don’t clean up after their dogs. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that people […] Read more »
With a full moon and a high tide, more than 100 people enjoyed a two-hour cruise out of New Bedford on the 85-foot MV Cuttyhunk for the annual Charles A.R. Pickles Memorial Cruise on Saturday. The event’s proceeds fund scholarships for Community Boating of New Bedford, which offers scholarships to children who want to learn […] Read more »
Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two •Click Here to Read Part Three •Click Here to Read Part Four By Rudd Wyman Part V I am about to go outside […] Read more »
Jillian Zucco, 20, of Mattapoisett, will be competing in the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant, a preliminary to the Miss America Pageant, this weekend at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester. She will be competing with 20 other young bright and talented women from across the state. Jillian is the reigning Miss Fall River who was crowned […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Junior High School students, staff, and families finished their second annual marathon last week, and while their overall time of six weeks might not seem impressive on the surface, it represents a significant achievement. Upward of 100 participants ran the marathon in two-mile bursts during the last month and a half of […] Read more »
To a happy crowd on the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club dock, David Patton, Chairman of the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, announced that June 19, 2015 will be the 20th start for this classic ocean race. The crowd cheered and then he got on with the formalities of the night. His Excellency the Governor of Bermuda […] Read more »
The first annual Town Beach party kicked off the summer fun in Mattapoisett this weekend. There was lots of fun in the sun including a Sand Castle contest. Photos by Felix Perez. Read more »