One of the stops on our last summer’s scavenger hunt was the stone arch bridge. Finding the bridge was probably the biggest challenge on the list unless you’ve participated in the Rochester Memorial Day River Race. While several large rocks and our many stone walls get the most attention, the rock arch bridge is a […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center with Watermelon Alligator Theatre Company, and Instructors Garrett Olson and Jess Wilson, present a series of theater workshops including a free informational session on Saturday, January 20. Cost for each session is $40 for MAC members and $50 for nonmembers, and those enrolling in all three paid sessions receive 10% off […] Read more »
From the neuro-divergent mind of Mattapoisett resident Chuck McIntyre comes an exhibit called Chuck’s Fantasia. It can be viewed at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library from January 2 to 31. Chuck considers himself an abstract surrealist although he creates landscapes and portraits as well. His acrylics are based on various themes such as emotions, […] Read more »
I went to some of my most used sources to look for Rochester Christmas past. Abraham Holmes had nothing which is not a surprise given the Puritan influence in early New England. L.C. Humphrey made no mention of Christmas but that could be that no one asked him the right questions. Finally, I went to […] Read more »
Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) is pleased to announce that Fairhaven, Marion and Mattapoisett have been selected to receive Community Compact IT Grants for FY24 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration. In the largest of the local grants, Fairhaven will receive $150,000 for the implementation of a records management system along with Marion which will receive $135,000 […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is offering their Great Decisions 2024 Program. The program begins on January 17, the third Wednesday for eight consecutive weeks, ending Wednesday March 6, and 2024. The program meets from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm at The Mattapoisett Public Free Library, on 7 Barstow Street, Mattapoisett, MA, downstairs in the Community […] Read more »
At the monthly Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library meeting, held on Wednesday, December 13, the Elizabeth Taber Library – in conjunction with the Trustees of the Library and the Friends of the ETL – presented Nita Howland with flowers, a gift certificate, and a special library cart. The library cart, a fetching purple color, […] Read more »
In a town as old as ours there are many locations that have gone through changes. In the center of town, the building created to hold the” Academy” is the current church vestry. Streams dammed for foundries later powered sawmills. One such place off of Rte. 105 has been home to some very […] Read more »
Friends of the Mattapoisett Bicycle and Recreational Path ask residents who are enjoying the Shining Tides Mile to consider the “bike path” in their year-end giving plans. We’re now working with the Town on Phase 2 which will extend the Mattapoisett Rail Trail from Depot Street into the Park Street neighborhood and over to Marion. […] Read more »
Currently on display at the Rochester Historical Museum on County Road as part of our Maps, Signs and Celebrations exhibit are pictures, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and artifacts that tell the stories of how Rochester celebrated two important anniversaries. In 1976, they joined together to celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States and then from 1979-1986, […] Read more »