To the Editor: About two weeks ago, you ran a letter from a reader complaining about dog feces on Ned’s Point Road. I walk on that road every day with my dog and rarely ever see any dog droppings. However, I do see miscellaneous paper cups, napkins, wrappers, etc., from local fast-food restaurants. Perhaps town […] Read more »
Open Space Survey
To the Editor: It’s time to wake up. The survey that is available on the Mattapoisett town website needs to be addressed by the people who live here. As of the last Conservation Committee meeting, only 49 responses had been received. Don’t start complaining when things are happening to your town that you don’t like. […] Read more »
Reasonable Approach to Managing Pets
Dear Editor: Is Mattapoisett unfriendly toward dogs? It’s a question that’s become prevalent for those of us who have pets. The latest manifestation is the town’s Animal Control Officer asking people with pets to leave the band concert or be fined. While a town ordinance exists, and the officer was simply doing her job, many […] Read more »
Marion Community Garden
To the Editor: Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz said, “There’s no place like home.” But I would say, “There’s no place like Sippican School’s Community Garden, where many people made it every bit as beautiful as Oz itself.” The space alongside the school’s bus loop, where there had been an overgrowth of weeds and […] Read more »
Band Blast Thank You
To the Editor: Wow. I am still so amazed and excited by the incredible support shown by the community for Sippican’s Band Blast. Over 100 volunteers worked before, during and after the Blast to pull it off. I can’t thank Chris and Kelly Horton and their crew from Harbor Blue Seafoods enough for the delicious […] Read more »
All the Lions Club Does
To the Editor: In your recent Wanderer issue (Vol. 22, Issue 25, Nr. 1056), Letters to the Editor, Mr. Robert Brown expressed his support for the Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association (for those enjoying tennis) and mentioned the Mattapoisett Lions Club, among others, as being public service organizations. He goes on to say “the Lions […] Read more »
Tennis Court Issues
To the Editor: The Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association (MCTA) is a public service organization like the Lions Club, Boy Scouts and the Red Cross. We are a nonprofit corporation chartered in Massachusetts in 1999, and registered with the United States Tennis Association (USTA). We have no paid employees – we are all volunteers – […] Read more »
Nature as Teacher
To the Editor: “My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky.” So wrote beloved British poet William Wordsworth. I didn’t see a rainbow; in fact, today is a cloudy day, but this morning, as I was running in Mattapoisett, I came upon a rather large group of Center School students and their […] Read more »
Health District Thank You
To the Editor: On behalf of the Marion Rochester Regional Health District, I would like to extend my sincere thank you to the Rochester voters who supported us at Town Meeting. You overwhelmingly voted to support the Health District 125-2. The collaboration of professional personnel and services through the Health District does go a long […] Read more »
Change is Happening
To the Editor: People of Mattapoisett, be aware. Be very aware. Change is happening, as it well should and must. Executive Order #525 has been sent to all of the towns and cities and requires us to have a plan for the town that “has merit.” It doesn’t tell us how to zone our town […] Read more »