Jim Parker, whose folk art watercolors are on display at the Mattapoisett Library during the month of November, will be providing instruction on how to paint a watercolor of the historic SouthCoast on Sunday, November 26. Parker has painted hundreds of paintings, and his goals and motivations for his folk art paintings are to recreate […] Read more »
Old Rochester was never known for rich, fertile soil, but it was known for its water, ponds, rivers, streams and brooks. Because of all that water, Rochester soon became known as a town of mills. Wherever early settlers found moving water, they dammed it to create waterpower. In our current exhibit is a map […] Read more »
How appropriate, with Veterans Day this past Saturday, that on November 8, Fairhaven resident Antone P. Lopes was presented a Quilt of Valor by Janet Segur, Veterans Committee Director of the Massachusetts State Grange at an open meeting of Rochester Grange. She was assisted by Allen Manley, another committee member as well as members of […] Read more »
Over the years of watching television, you could find eras where different genres dominated. Today, we have crime shows of all types with many of them having a military or police connection (NCIS, FBI, Seal Team.) In the past, we had shows with a PI or police officer (Mannix, Rockford, Columbo) as the main […] Read more »
Greetings from Plumb Library, welcome to BookRemarks, a monthly feature focusing on all things library related. Did you know that November is “Use Less Stuff Month?” So, what does this have to do with the Library, you may be wondering. Well, a great way to “use less stuff” is to start (or return to) […] Read more »
The Rochester Land Trust has launched a fundraising campaign to restore the stone walls at “George’s Pony Pasture” on Mattapoisett Road. The campaign has raised $16,000 so far, $8000 from Land Trust members and another $8000 from an anonymous donor who offered to match every dollar raised, up to $10,000. Masons began work on the […] Read more »
The MAC Readers’ Theater Group will present a series of poems, skits, short stories and excerpts on Monday, November 20 at 1:00 pm at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center. This free event is open to all, with no registration required to attend the reading. For a small fee, guests can also enjoy lunch beforehand […] Read more »
It is always fascinating to me how far an article I’ve written for our local news magazines can travel. In October of 2021, I wrote about two navy planes that crashed while doing practice maneuvers over Mary’s Pond. Recently, I received an email from Eric Wiberg who is involved with an organization that looks for […] Read more »
On Saturday, November 11, Veterans Day, various town organizations will hold commemorative services to honor the millions of American men and women who have served in uniform, from the Revolutionary War through today and the ways in which their services to this great nation have provided us with the freedom and lives we live and […] Read more »
On Sunday, November 5, the Rochester Historical Museum at 355 County Road, will be open from 1:00 to 3:00. This will provide a chance to view our new exhibit, Maps Signs Celebration: Part 2 and also to do some Christmas shopping. It’s always good to get sweatshirt orders in early to make sure they arrive […] Read more »