Coastal charm the 'mane' event at Harbor Days
Maureen Starr talks to a customer during Harbor Days at Shipyard Park. Photos by Grace Roche
Harbor Days visitors could purchase freshly-steamed lobsters at the event. 
A stuffed dog reps Mattapoisett trail merch. 
Shoppers admire metal animals. 
Hundreds of people came to shop, eat and enjoy live music. 
The Lions Club served food under the big white tent in the park. 
Wind chimes were among the many goods on sale during Harbor Days. 
One vendor sold hand-knit clothing. 
Visitors enjoy food or rest with a view. 
Dan Bell prepares food for the annual lobster dinner.
Maureen Starr talks to a customer during Harbor Days at Shipyard Park. Photos by Grace Roche
Harbor Days visitors could purchase freshly-steamed lobsters at the event.
A stuffed dog reps Mattapoisett trail merch.
Shoppers admire metal animals.
Hundreds of people came to shop, eat and enjoy live music.
The Lions Club served food under the big white tent in the park.
Wind chimes were among the many goods on sale during Harbor Days.
One vendor sold hand-knit clothing.
Visitors enjoy food or rest with a view.
Dan Bell prepares food for the annual lobster dinner.
MATTAPOISETT — Visitors and vendors from across the South Coast came to Shipyard Park this weekend to enjoy shopping, entertainment and food in the heart of town.
Organizer Paul Stubbs described the event, which the Lions Club has held since 1972, as a “well-oiled machine” after so many years. It's the organization’s biggest fundraiser, and raises money for scholarships and community projects.
He said he was happy to see so many people attend, and was impressed by how many people he saw at the many booths that filled the park.
Diane and John Marazzo said they’ve been coming to Harbor Days since they lived in Marion with young kids about 30 years ago. The couple now live on West Island but still continue their yearly tradition of attending the event.
“Everybody loves these types of events, and it makes us happy,” Diane Marazzo said. “With all the craziness in the world right now, it makes you feel like the good old days — safe, happy and healthy.”
John Marazzo said Harbor Days makes Mattapoisett unique, and he likes supporting local artists when the couple visit.
“We’ve always loved Marion and Mattapoisett,” John Marazzo said. “We come here, if we can, every year, and it doesn’t get better than this.”
One of the artists selling handmade goods was Maureen Starr. Her and her daughter Hanna brought their business, Sanctuary Pottery, from Rhode Island for the event.
The mother-daughter pair have been vendors at Harbor Days for the past five years, and Starr said despite dreary weather on Saturday their weekend was “wonderful.”
Starr said her daughter taught her how to do pottery after earning her degree in ceramics. Now they work together, hand-throwing in their home studio.
“It’s the best thing ever, I’m very lucky,” she said.
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