Greetings from Plumb Library. Welcome to BookRemarks, a monthly feature focusing on all things library related. Over 3 billion packages are shipped each year in the U.S. between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Those packages contain all manner of things from art supplies to zoo keeper uniforms, a hand-knit scarf from your Grandma, a perk […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s newly formed Cemetery and Memorials Advisory Committee has several areas of responsibility. Acting in an advisory manner, the committee will assist the Select Board in matters related to the municipal cemeteries Barlow and Hammond. They will advise and assist in the coordination of memorial bricks and benches. New forms are available for […] Read more »
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) recently awarded the Mattapoisett Land Trust (MLT) just over $80,000 to complete a comprehensive study of the tidal marshes west of Mattapoisett Neck Road by June 30, 2024. The study will explore conditions in nearly 250 acres of saltmarsh, currently one of the most degraded salt marshes […] Read more »
A new feature at the annual Holiday Book Sale at the Elizabeth Taber Library in Marion will be a Raffle of more than a dozen unique gift baskets. These include a Family Movie Night Basket, a Baby Book Lover Basket, a Baseball Fan’s Basket, a Winter Gardening Basket, a Secret Life of Bees Basket and […] Read more »
It seems that any article about area taverns that I have come across at the museum ends with the admonishment that many a farmer or worker ended up in the alms house after spending all his money on liquor. Perhaps it was this philosophy that was behind the temperance movement in the towns of old […] Read more »
Kai Johnson, a 6th 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. Kai’s poster is among more than 450,000 entries submitted worldwide in the annual Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Clubs International […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Public Library Director, Jennifer Jones, has resigned to become Director of the Lakeville (MA) Library. We are grateful for her leadership of the library through the difficult time of the recent pandemic and for her professional guidance of the library’s service to the community during her tenure as the Library Director. The trustees […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Congregational Church would like to invite the community to several special events to kick off the Advent season. On December 2 from 9 am-1 pm, the Christmas on Church Street Holiday Fair will be held in Reynard Hall with baked goods, handmade craft items, including knitted hats and sweaters as well as handcrafted […] Read more »
Do you have old Mattapoisett Land Trust merchandise laying around in a drawer somewhere? Well, we’d love to see a picture of it. If you have older, discontinued land trust merchandise, please snap a photo of it and email it to manager@mattlandtrust.org. Mattapoisett Land Trust is preparing to celebrate our 50th Anniversary in 2024. […] Read more »
In early New England, settlers from England were familiar with both harvest festivals and days of thanksgiving. While today these two events have merged into our Thanksgiving holiday, in early New England, they were separate. A day of thanksgiving usually called for a lengthy church service, while a harvest festival was a coming together to […] Read more »