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Black Lives Matter march to take place in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — The Tri-Town will hold a peaceful Black Lives Matter march on June 5 from noon to 1 p.m. starting at the Park and Ride in Mattapoisett and ending at the gazebo in Shipyard Park. The march is in response to the death of George Floyd, a...

Tri-Town group, Wareham churches to host vigil against racism

WAREHAM — The Wareham Area Clergy Association and the Tri-Town Against Racism group are joining forces to host a “Communities for Peace, Justice, Healing and Heart Changes” prayer vigil as a way to combat racism. The event will be streamed on...
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Sippican Lands Trust to open Osprey Marsh by appointment

MARION — Starting Thursday, June 4, visitors wanting to explore the Osprey Marsh accessible boardwalk again must book an appointment on the Sippican Lands Trust website. Appointments are for a 1-hour time slot, and will allow boardwalk users to...

Rochester Senior Center donates trees, starts friendly call program

ROCHESTER — In observance of Arbor Day, the Rochester Senior Center distributed Blue Spruce trees to first graders from Rochester Memorial Elementary School. This 30 year old tradition has led to the planting of many trees over the years. First...

Historic house revived with new cafe owner, new shop

MARION — After closing in January 2020, the Ansel S. Gurney House will be reopening soon with new cafe ownership and a jewelry and crystal shop, Strawberry Moon. Both Ansel’s Cafe and Strawberry Moon hope to open in June if coronavirus restrictions...

Mattapoisett Library offering free books

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Library is giving away free book bundles each weekday. The book bundles contain books, puzzles and DVDs in related genres or topics from the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library, which gave the staff the okay to sort...

St. Philip’s Church to open July 5

MATTAPOISETT — St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett will begin year 136 of its Summer Services following the guidelines established by the Diocese of Massachusetts on July 5. The diocese has asked churches not to...

Workers in Marion, Mattapoisett bid goodbye to pet colleagues

Workers in Marion and Mattapoisett returned to the Town House, Town Hall and other places of work on May 26, though the Town House is still closed to the public. For pet owners, this meant saying goodbye to a unique set of coworkers… at least until...

Racers paddle through pandemic at the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race

ROCHESTER — Though the race was shortened and events before and after were cancelled, coronavirus couldn’t stop the 86-year-old Rochester Memorial Day boat race on May 25. A total of 42 teams paddled down the Mattapoisett River in handmade vessels,...

Cat shelter goes contactless for adoptions

ROCHESTER — “It’s All About the Animals,” a volunteer-run cat shelter, is now offering online and contactless adoptions for its cats. Adoptions will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Volunteers review each application, and those that...

Environmental group opens bike ride registration

Cyclists of all ages and abilities can sign up now to bike 35, 75 or 100 miles at the Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on Sunday, Oct. 4 by visiting www.savebuzzardsbay.org/ride . The Watershed Ride is a community event that supports a great cause: clean...

Mattapoisett Land Trust to hold online Annual Meeting

As a coronavirus prevention measure the Mattapoisett Land Trust will conduct its 2020 Annual Meeting using Zoom on Sunday June 14 at 4 p.m. Members may call in to the meeting using a computer, tablet or smart phone. To register for the meeting (pre-...

Library to host book, seed, puzzle giveaway

MARION — This Friday 5/22 from 10 a.m. to noon the Elizabeth Taber Library will be holding a free giveaway of books, puzzles, and seeds. Children, middle readers and young adult materials are available. The library asks that participants wear a face...

Glenn Gardiner fundraiser postponed

Due to coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings, the fundraising event for Old Rochester Regional High School basketball coach Glenn Gardiner is rescheduled to Sunday Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Century House. The comedy night will benefit...

Marion to hold webinar on proposed sewer change

MARION — The Marion Board of Health is considering a regulation for new septic systems and failed systems identified at the time of sale to reduce increasing nitrogen pollution in Sippican Harbor, Aucoot Cove and the Weweantic River. The regulation...

Marion Historical Commission to hire consultant

MARION — The Marion Historical Commission will receive $30,000 in grant money to hire a historic preservation consultant who will add to the Marion inventory of historic and cultural resources. The Massachusetts Historical Commission will provide $...

Mattapoisett Lions verdict on Harbor Days coming soon

MATTAPOISETT — The Lions Club held a meeting May 6 to talk about whether to hold Harbor Days this summer, but decided to make a final decision on May 19, after the date that the Governor has set to re-open the economy. Harbor Days is currently...

Sippican Historical Society calls for volunteers

MARION — The Sippican Historical Society is recruiting volunteers for a variety of activities, including gardening, leading tours, planning talks or planning fundraising events. Those interested in is learning about Marion’s history, hosting a...

Curbing the Culture of Shame: A Conversation on the Impact of Cyberbullying

The Marion Institute will present a virtual panel discussion titled “Curbing the Culture of Shame: A Conversation on the Impact of Cyberbullying” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. The panel will discuss and respond to the documentary “Audrie &...

A theatrical birthday surprise

MARION — There’s two ways to social distance, as Monique O’Brian found out on her birthday: staying six feet away... or six feet above. Monique works in the Post Office and her daughter, a performer with Extraordinary Arts, Ltd, came by on stilts to...

Sippican Lands Trust to host first virtual Spring Fest, book club

MARION — The Sippican Lands Trust will host its first Virtual Spring Fest on Saturday May 9. Kids will be invited to clean up their neighborhood, explore sea creatures in Marion and identify plants, bugs and moths in their backyard and more. Vinny...

Marion Memorial Day to go virtual

MARION — To honor the troops, but discourage crowds, Selectmen said in a May 5 meeting that the town will observe Memorial Day with the help of ORCTV at a closed ceremony. Memorial Day committee member Andrew Bonney said that although the parade is...

Plumb Library to start giving out books

ROCHESTER — The Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library will remain closed, but will start a distribution program to allow its patrons to still take home some books starting on May 4. The library will provide children’s, young adult and adult books for...

Spring has sprung on a sunny day in Marion and Mattapoisett

While restaurants, playgrounds, tennis courts, skate parks and more are closed to the public, nature still goes on. A walk around the Aucoot White Eagle property in Marion, Nasketucket Bay State Reservation in Mattapoisett and Washburn Park in...

Marion Candidates Night cancelled this year

MARION — Since Massachusetts has proclaimed that all citizens should practice social distancing until May 18, the Southeastern Massachusetts LWV annual Candidates’ Night has been cancelled. Marion Selectmen have now tentatively scheduled Annual Town...

Mattapoisett Land Trust postpones Annual Meeting

MATTAPOISETT — The town’s Land Trust postponed its Annual Meeting that was scheduled for May 3 to a date in late spring or early summer. “Social distancing mandates due to Covid-19 will not allow for a safe annual meeting at this time,” the Land...

Tabor Academy to host online film screening and Q&A

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On April 24 at 7 p.m., Tabor Academy and the Marion to Bermuda Race will co-host a virtual screening of “Celestial,” a film directed by Jack Gordon about the adventures of the Tabor students who sailed in the Marion to Bermuda race in a 100-year-old...

Elizabeth Taber Library to give back on Giving Day

Usually a day where the library asks for donations, the Elizabeth Taber Library is celebrating Library Giving Day on April 22 by holding a no touch giveaway of puzzles, books, and seeds packages from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Each item will be disinfected...

Rochester Senior Center outlines senior food options

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Senior Center will remain closed until the town declares it is safe to reopen after the coronavirus pandemic. Seniors in need of food should call the Senior Center at 508-763-8123 and leave a message. Someone from the staff...

From the barnyard to a video screen for 4H competitions

ROCHESTER — It’s been a wild year and a half for Maizie the Belted Galloway calf and her fellow calf, Mack. They were born in October and November 2018, rejected by their mothers, taken in (or in Mack’s case born into) the Weigel family, won awards...

Mattapoisett Land Trust cancels annual event

MATTAPOISETT — The town’s Land Trust is cancelling its annual Vernal Pool Exploration on April 18. “Social distancing mandates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic will not allow safe operation of this event,” Land Trust organizers said. But they...

Sippican Lands Trust moves April events online — and outside

MARION — Though the novel coronavirus pandemic has put a hold on in-person group activities for the Sippican Lands Trust, it has modified some of its programs to hold them online, or allow families to do them on their own. Lands trust board members...

Hilarious, heartfelt, the signs of the times

While signs outside of businesses, churches and at busy town intersections usually display innocuous announcements tongue-in-cheek jokes or are left blank on occasion, these widely-public bulletin boards have began to reflect the one and only piece...

Rochester, Mattapoisett Land Trusts keep properties open, outline guidelines

Land Trusts in Mattapoisett and Rochester have decided to not close their properties, but urge users to follow local, state and federal guidelines on social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Rochester Land Trust organizers noted they had...

Mattapoisett Congregational Church offers virtual worship service

MATTAPOISETT — The Congregational Church building will remain closed until May 3, however the church will hold a "virtual worship service" via Facebook every Sunday morning with a YouTube link that will be posted to our website the following week...

Rochester Historical Society cancels April meeting

ROCHESTER — Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Rochester Historical Society will not hold its monthly meeting in April. Depending on the status of the virus, organizers hope to have a meeting on Wednesday, May 20 at the museum. Further...

Sippican Lands Trust Osprey Marsh now closed

MARION — Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Sippican Lands Trust has closed its Osprey Marsh property and accessible boardwalk and pathway at Osprey Marsh until further notice. Sippican Lands Trust closed the Osprey Marsh because crowding on...

Q&A: What are you making for food during the coronavirus?

The spread of coronavirus has shut down schools, businesses and buildings across the Tri-Town, giving people more time at home in self-isolation. We want to ask: what have you been cooking/baking/brewing while in isolation? Send us photos of food...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club cancels two events

MATTAPOISETT — Due to Governor Charlie Baker’s orders that all nonessential businesses in Massachusetts close their doors, and residents stay home to prevent the novel coronavirus’ rapid spread, the Mattapoisett Women’s Club officers and its Board...

Mattapoisett Museum seeks 2020 journals

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Museum wants to document the lives of Mattapoisett residents lives during this pandemic. The Museum is looking to record life in Mattapoisett during the COVID-19 emergency and encouraging residents to keep a journal...

Residents get creative with social distancing

With school cancelled and senior center and library events and groups suspended until further notice, Tri-Town residents have filled their days with sword fights, hikes, online boating courses, cleaning and more. For families with kids, activities...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club extends scholarship deadline

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club has extended the deadline for its three $2,500 scholarships for Mattapoisett residents who are high school seniors, graduating June 2020. The scholarship will now be due on April 30. In addition there...

Mattapoisett Museum cancels yard sale

MATTAPOISETT — The town’s history museum announced on March 19 that it would cancel its Charity Yard Sale scheduled for May 9 due to virus concerns. Accordingly, the museum is no longer accepting donations of items for the sale.

With kitten season coming, a shelter seeks supplies

ROCHESTER — During these uncertain times, shelter animals still need to be looked after and fed. It’s All About the Animals shelter will be closed to visitors for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus, but will still need supplies and...

Rochester Land Trust cancels annual meeting

ROCHESTER — The town’s Land Trust has canceled its Annual Meeting, which was scheduled for March 26. Group leaders will reschedule at a later date when they are able.

Rochester First Congregational to host Easter carnival

ROCHESTER — The First Congregational Church will hold its second annual Easter Community Carnival at 11 Constitution Way in Rochester on Saturday, March 28 from noon to 2 p.m., rain or shine. The carnival will include food and games with prizes and...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club to host historical presentation

Diane Gilbert of the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust will speak at the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club meeting on Thursday, March 19 at 11 a.m. at Mattapoisett Congregational Church's Renyard Hall, located at the corner of Church and Mechanic...

Sippican Lands Trust to host springtime walk

Sippican Lands Trust will lead a “Signs of Spring ” walk on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. at Hagemann Woods on Point Road in Marion. The walk will explore the various plants and animals that can be seen in the springtime on the property...

St. Patrick’s Day Open Table in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — The Congregational Church will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a little early at its Open Table on Friday, March 13 in Reynard Hall. The menu is a surprise, but it will be something appropriate for the Lenten season. There is no charge...

Natural History Museum to screen tree talk film

MARION — The town’s Natural History Museum will screen a video that investigates if trees communicate on March 25 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. German forester Peter Wohlleben, author of “The Hidden Life of Trees” and scientist Suzanne Simard of The...

Climate lecture, crafts and games at the Mattapoisett Public Library

MATTAPOISETT — The library will host tech workshops, crafts and a talk on climate change in March. The library will host a TechConnect Workshop for Novelist PlusOn Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. Novelist is a free online service that connects...

Sippican Woman’s Club to learn about feminist mountain climber

MARION — In honor of Women’s History Month, and the 100 th anniversary of the passage of the 19 th Amendment, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, author and researcher Hannah Kimberley, PhD will speak to the Sippican Woman’s Club about women’s...

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