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 »
Lyn Rivet, principal at Sippican Elementary School, is a trooper. Rivet agreed to be the first up on the dunk tank at the annual Band Blast held this Thursday, the day before school ended for the summer. The event was from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. This was the 12th year for the Band Blast, […] Read more »
Oh, summer, now you have melted away winter’s frozen memory, including three frigid days without electricity, numerous windstorms, icy roads and gray darkness. You’ve illuminated our lives once again. Bring on the yard sales, band concerts, church fairs and all of those festivals. Bring on the warm water for swimming and the extended daylight for […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Recreation Department and the Mattapoisett Free Public Library join forces this weekend for the first annual Town Beach Party on June 22 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. “It was put together to bring people back to the beach in positive way,” said MATTREC’s Cecile Callahan. “We wanted to offer this opportunity to the […] Read more »