Owen Callahan, a sixth-grade student at Old Hammondtown School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Mattapoisett Lions Club. Callahan’s poster was among more than 450,000 entries submitted worldwide in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Clubs International is sponsoring the […] Read more »
Open Poetry at the MAC – The next meeting of the MAC Open Poetry Club will be on Thursday, November 7. Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm (except January 2020 when it will meet on Thursday, January 9). The club welcomes both regular and infrequent poets, and there is […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The […] Read more »
Attention all area veterans and active duty servicemen and women: the Marion Council on Aging and the Tri-Town Veteran’s Services Office invite all area veterans/active duty servicemen/servicewomen/widows/widowers and a guest to attend a luncheon on November 11 beginning at 12:30 pm. Additionally, Barry Denham, Director of Veterans Services for the Tri-Town and Jo-Ann O’Malley, Veterans Services Clerk […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Recreation Basketball sign ups are open! The deadline for Tri-Town 3rd-6th grade basketball is November 1st! Sign up today. Placement session dates are as follows: Boys Third Grade, Tuesday, November 5 – 5:30 pm at Center school Boys Fourth Grade, Tuesday, November 5 – 6:30 pm at Center school Girls Third and Fourth Grade, […] Read more »
Through an application by the Marion Council on Aging and the Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Town was recently awarded the designation as an Age-Friendly Community in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities and the World Health Organization Global Network of Communities. As a member of this network, the Town […] Read more »
Need some time alone to get some shopping and errands done? Want to have date night with your significant other without the kids? Marion Recreation will host “Drop and Shop” days! Led by trained First Aid/CPR Summer Program Counselors, these three-hour drop-in events will include games, crafts, movies, along with pizza and drinks. Drop-in events […] Read more »
It slowly sneaks up on you. Or maybe it doesn’t! The “how” of someone needing assistance could be many reasons; the fact is… you’re a Caregiver. The care you are giving is good, be it for your spouse, parent, other relative or even a friend or neighbor. Inasmuch as you are providing help, sometimes Caregivers […] Read more »
My friend Bob tells how his family once lived in the town dump. Bob did not live in the town dump, but his story resonated with me. The 1920 town census listed my grandmother as living in a sand pit. Seven houses now sit on the land my friend Bob referred as the town dump. […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The […] Read more »