To the Editor:             The Poet X is a book that contains a sexually charged poem about masturbation, and it is being taught inside an 8th grade English class at ORR Junior High School. The kids in class are only 13-14. What on earth is going on??             The same book also contains a passage […] Read more »

To the Editor:             I write in response to Gina Despres’ letter that appeared in the March 9th edition of The Wanderer. Ms. Despres has clearly articulated the controversy currently existing in the schools and libraries of the three towns and I applaud her for her effort. I would neither add nor subtract any of […] Read more »

To the Editor;             After 25 years of enjoying being a year round resident of Mattapoisett, I am saddened at the arrival of the racist, homophobic “wave” that has recently washed ashore in our community. It is no coincidence that the list of books that some town residents are proposing to eliminate from the jr/sr […] Read more »

Dear Editor,             As I reviewed meeting minutes of our various school committees over the past few months, I discovered something troubling: our school committees do not like to answer questions.             I noticed that over the course of the last couple of years that each school committee had gone through the process of accepting […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Recently, regional news reports have chronicled actual behaviors now occurring within local school districts that point to racism: pure and simple. And the removal (banning) of select literary classics from school library shelves that has come to be reveals to me—a retired high school English teacher—that there are people in our […] Read more »

Dear Editor:             I am writing to express my gratitude to the Mattapoisett community as I prepare to leave my post as Harbormaster.             During the past three years, I’ve met so many wonderful people that listing each of their names to thank them personally would likely fill a page of this newspaper. Please know […] Read more »

Dear Editor:             It is difficult to venture out for a walk, a bike ride, or put a canoe in the water without seeing the blight and pollution caused by ubiquitous nip bottles that degrade Marion’s streets, parks, streams, bays, beaches, fields, and properties.             I believe the phrase “…including the conservation of natural resources […] Read more »

To the Editor,             We have an election coming up on May 16th to elect Mattapoisett residents to important town positions. (Rochester and Marion also have elections coming up) Unfortunately, not many people vote in the municipal elections and so I say to everyone, mark your calendars!  Vote on May 16th!             In part, because […] Read more »

To the Editor,             I’m writing in response to the February 6, 2023 Planning Board meeting and to the subsequent article in the Wanderer’s February 9 Issue. I would like to set the record straight regarding the Planning Board’s concern with the proximity to Route 6 of the new houses being built on Chapel Road. […] Read more »

To the Editor;             The Tri-Town is an amazing geographic area; ‘It’s Nicer’ – ‘It’s Special’ – ‘It’s God’s Country.’ Sailing, surfing, swimming, paddling, walking thru the forest, sitting by a stream or simply birdwatching we find joy in own backyards. Heads up: we’re in danger of losing it all if we don’t prevent further […] Read more »