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CPAC Completes Grant Reviews

The March 31 meeting of the Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee was held to finalize their 2025 grant reviews and to discuss possible allocation of funds to a housing category. Chairman Chuck McCullough said that the category for housing had been rather stagnant for a number of years, and even though area-wide discussions […] Read more »

Final Recommendation of District

The presentation of the final recommendation by the Marion Historic District Study Committee for the proposed historic district took place Wednesday, March 26. Chair Will Tifft began the presentation by stating the proposed bylaw would likely make it to Town Meeting and that this meeting would be to answer any questions. Tifft stated, however, […] Read more »

New Associate Member Considered

The Marion Conservation Commission met Wednesday, March 26 and began with two continued hearings. Kevin Medeiros of 0 Cross Neck Road (number of address would be assigned after construction) was seeking a Notice of Intent for the construction of a new single-family dwelling. The public hearing’s constant was not present, though after no questioning, […] Read more »

Old Colony, ORR Present Budgets

The Rochester Finance Committee started and ended its meeting Monday with presentations of the FY26 school budgets that will be decided on at the May 19 Annual Town Meeting. The request for Rochester’s portion of the FY26 Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School budget will be $1,844,044. Superintendent Aaron Polansky shared via a written […] Read more »

Talking On The Next Harbor Plan

The Marion Marine Resource Commission (MRC) met on Wednesday, March 19 and following the correction of a formatting error on the minutes from their last meeting, February 24, the commission began discussions on harbor management, capital projects, and the FY26 budget. The group began by talking about the citizens’ petition to remove the […] Read more »

Smooth Evening for Conservation

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on March 24 with an agenda that was straightforward. Three Requests for Certificates of Compliance were swiftly dispatched, two were approved for Patrick and Jean Breault, 6 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road, and another for James Stowe, 5 Seamarsh Way. A Request for an Amended Order of Conditions was […] Read more »

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Events

Spring Sings & Strings at the MAC

The Marion Art Center is pleased to present two concerts to celebrate Spring. Aoife[...] Read more »

MCC Celebrates Holy Week

The public is invited to join us as we observe Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday, April 13 at 10:00 am. Palm Sunday is a Christian celebration that[...] Read more »

Cushing Cemetery Meeting

Cushing Cemetery is holding its bi-annual meeting Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 am in the Marine Room at the library. All cemetery members and trustees [...] Read more »

Celebrate Spring with MLT

Be a Worm, a Bird or a Flower: Celebrate Spring with MLT and storyteller Jackson Gillman on Saturday, April 5 at 11:00 am Mattapoisett Land Trust invi[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Free Public Library

Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street this month. The Teen Advisory Bo[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Mattapoisett Select Board

To the Editor I would like to exp[...] Read more »

Marion Village

To the Residents of Marion: Altho[...] Read more »

Marion’s Proposed Historic District

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Thank You

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Sports

Boucher Earns Her Place on Mat

High school girls who compete in boys’ sports are necessarily treated differently, and as a result[...] Read more »

Bulldogs Showed Character in Run to Second Straight State Final

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team played Norwell in the MIAA Division 3[...] Read more »

ORR Advances Through The Elite Eight

The Old Rochester Regional high s[...] Read more »

Cougar Fab Five Tackle Three Questions

I asked all five of these members of the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School boys�[...] Read more »

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Features

All Is Well With My Soul

Easter is fast approaching and with it returns snatches, bits, and pieces of childhood memories. [...] Read more »

What’s Up There?

April sees the heavens light up with the continuing nova light explosion and a meteor shower. As said before, compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, the South Coast has pretty good dark skies. [...] Read more »

Marion’s New DPW Nearing Completion

The new headquarters of the Marion Department of Public Works is nearing completion and will be enclosed for the first time by week�[...] Read more »

Sippican Students Take Home Science Fair Ribbons

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26. &nbs[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Four Bridges Bluegrass Band

The Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church St, Mattapoisett, will again be rocking, this time with Four Bridges Bluegrass Band on April 26 at 6:00 pm This New [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Road Race College Stipends

July 4 will be here before we know it and so will the 53rd running of the Mattapoisett Road Race, “4 on the 4th”. Begun in 1971 by Bob and Doris G[...] Read more »

April at the Rochester Historical Museum

Winter is over and spring is here so the Historical Society will once again have meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Rochester Historic[...] Read more »

Hello From Plumb Library

The Friends of Plumb Library are pleased to announce their Spring Book Sale. The sale will take place from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday April 25 and fro[...] Read more »

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Schools

Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship

The Sippican Lands Trust seeks applicants for its Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. The ap[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Kathleen Dunn of Mattapoisett has been named to the 2024 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons [...] Read more »

The Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholarship

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came together to make the Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholars[...] Read more »

Project GROW Preschool Program Registration Open

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson reminds parents and guardians that registration for the Old Rochest[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Katherine Solowey, Mattapoisett, has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the[...] Read more »

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