Mattapoisett Land Trust celebrates 40th anniversary
May 8, 2014
Matt Albanese, of Tootell Monument Works, creates the monument celebrating the Mattpoisett Land Trust’s 40th anniversary. COURTESY DON CUDDY
To recognize its 40th anniversary and to honor its founders, the Mattapoisett Land Trust dedicated a new monument in a ceremony on Saturday.
Located at the entrance to the town wharf, on a corner of the trust's Munro parcel, a bronze plaque lists the names of the 10 men and women who founded the trust in 1974.
On Tuesday, workers from Tootell Monument Works in New Bedford prepared the surface of the boulder that will carry the plaque and also sandblasted the outline of a heron, the MLT logo, onto the rock face.
More information on the land trust and its properties and trail maps can be found at www.mattlandtrust.org.
Matt Albanese, of Tootell Monument Works, creates the monument celebrating the Mattpoisett Land Trust’s 40th anniversary. COURTESY DON CUDDY
The Mattapoisett Land Trust logo sandblasted onto the rock face. COURTESY DON CUDDY
Present at the dedication ceremony on Saturday, May 10 and pictured are founders Donald J. Fleming, Bradford A. Hathaway, Priscilla A. Hathaway, George B. Mock II and his wife, Elise Mock. BY SANDRA HERING
