Senior Dinner Features: Turkey!

            On Saturday, the Mattapoisett Lions Club held their annual Senior Dinner at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on 27 Church Street.             The free dinner was open to all local seniors, with visitors entering the large hall and taking their seats at one of many tables lining the middle of the room, or makeshift cafeteria. […] Read more »

Sippican Elementary School in Marion Hosts Arts-in-Action Event

Sippican Elementary School celebrated the creative abilities of its students during the 2026 Arts-in-Action event held on Wednesday evening, with hundreds of pieces of artwork on display and more than 20 live musical performances.             Guests viewed a wide range of artworks made by students throughout the school year, including watercolor paintings and plaster masks, […] Read more »

Rochester Fire Quelled Before Tri-Town Aid Arrives

On Monday morning around 7:20 am, the Rochester Fire Department responded to a structural fire just off Cranberry Highway, Route 28, near the Wareham line.             The fire began at the recycling facility operated by E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. Seven engines, Tower 1 and Units 190, 193, 198, 192, 210, initially responded to the […] Read more »

Students Turn Food Waste into a Hands-On Learning Experience

Students across Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 schools are gaining a deeper understanding of food systems and sustainability through a hands-on food waste workshop led by the Marion Institute’s Grow Education program.             Designed to make food waste visible, measurable, and meaningful, the workshop engaged students in sorting cafeteria waste […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Looks into Saturday Town Meetings

On Saturday, March 18, the Mattapoisett Select Board stated they were seeking input from the community. More specifically, the board is exploring opinions on moving the date in which future Town Meetings are held to a Saturday.             The posting states, “The Board is considering moving the meeting to a Saturday in May, which would […] Read more »

ORR Students Attentive to Herren’s Message

            On Monday, local basketball legend, former NBA and Boston Celtics player Chris Herren visited Old Rochester Regional High School to address students. Herren was not there to strictly talk about basketball, however. Herren serves as a influential, motivational speaker, having lived through many years of drug abuse and near-death experiences as a result. He […] Read more »

Washington Arrives in NYC

            This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in New England and the northern Thirteen Colonies. Last week, General Washington and thousands of Continental Army soldiers departed from Boston in triumph and made their way across southern New England towards New York. Major General Philip […] Read more »

Stopped Before The Thaw

                  On April 9, the Town of Marion was notified that The Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project organization would be conducting aerial pesticide application throughout the following week through April 18. The county-wide effort comes just as temperatures begin to rise and is done primarily to destroy mosquito larvae before they can hatch.                   Per […] Read more »

Spring’s Perfume

            When it comes to sensory stimulation, spring has the motherlode. It’s spilling out of every corner now, giving the senses a big boost.             Ears are tilted now for the trickling brook, birds and the things that go peep in the night; gradually, arms are bared to receive the warmed air; eyes smile appreciatively […] Read more »

Step-by-Step Lemon Trees

            On Tuesday, every chair in the downstairs meeting room of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library was full. Not of spectators, but of active participants in a painting lesson.             The Step-by-Step painting lesson was performed by a canvas and ceramic painting studio in Fairhaven. The event in the library was free for entry, though […] Read more »