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Harbor Days318 viewsAfter a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Mattapoisett Lions Club held the Harbor Days festival July 14-18 at Shipyard Park. The festival included a vendor craft fair on the weekend, a Friday night fish fry, a Saturday night lobster fest, and Sunday morning pancakes. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Sousa Farm318 viewsLand at the Sousa Farm, the most recent acquisition of the Mattapoisett Land Trust, received some needed attention on October 2 when the Rant group of Mattapoisett, made up of Gary Johnson, Jack Dean, Gary Grosshart, Bill Cantor, and Matt Urquhart, went to the farm prepared with shears and trimmed off seed heads to prevent further new growth of a ¼-acre patch of an invasive species of tall grasses called phragmites australis. In addition to 12 man-hours of field work
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First Snowman318 viewsA snowman built on the first school snow day of the 2021-22 academic year by Center School students Henry Kanaly, left, a first-grader, and William Kanaly, a third-grader. Photo by Chuck Kanaly
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Mattapoisett Polar Plunge318 viewsNew Year’s Day 2023 was bright and balmy when over 100 “plungers” ran, walked, hopped and slid into the freezing waters at Mattapoisett Town Beach. The event was hosted by an ad hoc group collecting donations for those battling cancer. The group has been successful in their efforts to help offset the unseen costs associated with a cancer diagnosis impacting local families. Heather Bichsel of the group said that this year they collected approximately $2,500, monies that will be given to a local family as wel
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Mattapoisett Land Trust318 viewsRuth Munro was an activist before her time, and thanks to her efforts, the Munro Preserve continues to be a beautiful site for the Mattapoisett Land Trust to host events, including the organization’s 50th anniversary brunch scheduled for Sunday, June 30. Photos courtesy Mattapoisett Historical Society
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Hooves and Hands Polar Plunge317 viewsHooves and Hands Polar Plunge on December 25,2013. Photo by Felix Perez
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Friends of Nasketucket Bay State Reservation 317 viewsFriends of Nasketucket Bay State Reservation and the Mattapoisett Land Trust got together on Saturday to help clean up the Nasketucket Bay Sate Reservation. Photos by Felix Perez
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Flag Day317 viewsCenter School students gathered together with Old Hammondtown students by the Center School flagpole on the morning of Tuesday, June 14, to celebrate Flag Day. The OHS band played a number of tunes, while the Center School students sang patriotic songs and listened to Principal Rose Bowman read a series of poems and writings to remind the children of what the American flag stands for. Afterwards, the third-graders treated the seniors to the school’s annual senior breakfast. Photos by Jean Perry
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Teddy Bear Picnic 317 viewsTeddy Bear Picnic held at the Mattapoisett Library on July 22. Photo by Glenn C. Silva
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Jen Shepley 317 viewsJen Shepley
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Mattapoisett317 viewsFaith Ball shared some photos taken during a kayak paddle this weekend in Mattapoisett.
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Mattapoisett Retiries 317 viewsFour recently retired, municipal employee relations were honored Tuesday afternoon for their long tenure and service to Mattapoisett and its residents at an outdoor ceremony. The four retirees are former Library Director Susan Pizzolato (11 years), former assistant Harbormaster Bob Ketchel (25 years), and Highway Department employees Jay DuPont (19 years) and Roger Fleurent (12 years). Pizzolato and Ketchel also received citations from the House of Representatives and the state senate.
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