Solar panels, affordable housing for seniors and roadwork all are on the mind of Mattapoisett Town Administrator Michael Gagne as he looks into the year 2012. “I’m looking at advancing photovoltaic projects to produce revenue to help with the increase in SEMASS fees,” Mr. Gagne said. Also, town buildings are in need of repairs. “The […] Read more »

The winters of New England may be unpredictable, but one thing that remains constant is the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s reading programs for children. No matter how foul – or benign – the weather may be, the youth of Mattapoisett often spend their winter vacations reading books suggested to them by the librarians. This year, […] Read more »

In a networking session last Thursday evening, Rochester Women’s Club Co-Presidents Marsha Hartley and Nancy Boutin reviewed the club goals accomplished in 2011. Completing two-thirds of an ongoing roofing project was first on the list. “We plan to finish the back part of the roof this year… We’re proud of the fundraising and community work […] Read more »

When people think of Mattapoisett history, whaling shipbuilding normally comes to mind. However, the town has another, lesser-known distinction: the first female radio announcer in New England hailed from none other than Mattapoisett. Eunice Randall Thompson – the aunt of former Selectman George Randall and a noted radio announcer and engineer – recently was posthumously […] Read more »

Although Rochester has managed to maintain its staff, service and programs for the past four years, an ever tightening budget due to rising education and health care costs may force the town to make tough decisions in 2012, Town Administrator Richard LaCamera said. “This is going to be most challenging year the town has had […] Read more »

Café Parlez, the fiction book club, which meets at the Joseph H. Plumb Library in Rochester the last Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm, is appropriately named – they talk (parlez) and they eat (café). “I’d say once a year we’ll get a call from someone who wants to know if we are reading […] Read more »

Losing a loved one leaves a hole that never really goes away. For survivors, gravestones may be the only place of solace to recall someone sorely missed. But the Mattapoisett Tree Committee has helped families and friends of loved ones find another way to honor and remember someone: a memorial planting. A tree – which […] Read more »

On Saturday, December 17, nine members of the Nasketucket Bird Club led by Justin Barrett, Club President and Mike LaBossiere, Past President, scoured the marshes, woods, thickets and shoreline of Fairhaven during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The count has been going on for over one hundred years and our club has participated since […] Read more »