Happenings

Tri-County Symphonic Band ‘pops’ into Marion

MARION — The Tri-County Symphonic Band will perform its Annual Pops Concert on Sunday, June 14 at Tabor Academy. The concert will be a celebration of Flag Day and of America’s 250th anniversary. The program will feature patriotic songs including...

Annual Marion Town Party returns next month

MARION — Get ready to party at Silvershell Beach next month. Marion is holding its annual Town Party on Saturday, July 25 beginning at 4 p.m. In case of rain, it will be held Sunday, July 26. The celebration supports the Marion Cultural Council and...

Ned's Point Lighthouse tours soon return

MATTAPOISETT — Ned’s Point Lighthouse is soon opening for the summer season, with tours from June through October. The lighthouse will open Saturday, June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July tours will be held on the first from 3-7 p.m. and the 11th and...

Spin a yarn with fiber artists

MATTAPOISETT — Fiber artists who need-le some fresh air can join worldwide Knit in Public Day on Saturday, June 13. Knitters and other fiber artists are invited to bring their projects and sit with fellow crafters on the Mattapoisett Museum lawn...

Elks Lodge announces Students of the Year

The Wareham-New Bedford Elks Club held its annual Student of the Month/Year dinner on Thursday, May 7 celebrating area students. Rachel Tse was selected as Student of the Year from Old Rochester Regional High School. Lilyan Santos was selected as...

Rochester Republican Town Committee plans next meeting

ROCHESTER — The next Rochester Republican Town Committee meeting will be held Monday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting, during which participants will discuss happenings in and around the town, will be held at the Ponderosa Sportsman Club in...

Jazz ensemble to fill Marion community center will music

The KabuJazz Ensemble will play in Marion this weekend. Photo source: Marion Art Center

MARION — Tune in for a free jazz concert at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center this week. The Marion Art Center will host the KabuJazz Ensemble, a group of Cabo Verdean jazz musicians, beginning at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 31. The group is led...

Mattapoisett Free Library launches summer events for kids

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Free Public Library is launching its upcoming summer programs featuring storytime, play groups and a book club. According to the library’s Head Children’s Librarian and Assistant Director Kevin Thompson, the...

Marion Art Center celebrates landscapes of New England in new show

MARION — The Marion Art Center will open its new show, Salt & Light, celebrating the distinctive landscapes of New England on Friday, May 29 with an artists’ reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Salt & Light combines the works of Kim Gatesman, Christy...

Cyclists hit the ‘rocky’ road for annual Tour de Creme this weekend

Bicyclists are in high spirts as they cross the Mattapoisett River estuary at a past Tour de Creme. File photo

MATTAPOISETT — Cyclists will take to the road this weekend, riding bikes and eating sweet treats on Sunday, May 31 for the annual Tour de Crème bike trip around south coast Massachusetts. According to organizers, the tour is not just a bike ride....

A bake sale for the ages

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Historical Society will be selling baked goods and holding raffles at its Red, White and Blue Bake Sale at the Rochester Land Trust Pony Pasture on Mattapoisett Road on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to...

Old Rochester students set to attend Boys and Girls State

MATTAPOISETT - Eight students at Old Rochester Regional High School are slated to attend the Massachusetts Boys and Girls State conventions at Stonehill College in June. At the convention, students attending Boys and Girls State study state and...

Brush up on your landscape drawing and plant identification skills

MARION — Learn to identify and draw botany and landscapes at the Marion Natural History Museum on Saturday, June 13 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tricia Cassady, a wetland scientist and artist who leads The Art & Nature Studio, will teach the group...

50 ramps later, Habitat for Humanity seeks to replenish inventory

The ramp program benefits people with existing accessibility issues, temporary injuries or received recent rehabilitation. Photo source: Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity

Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity is looking for donations of metal wheelchair ramps for its Ramp Donation Program. The program began in 2024 to give low-income homeowners wheelchair access to their living spaces. Since then, the group has...

Memorial Day Events across the Tri-Town

The Tri-Towns will gather to celebrate Memorial Day in various celebrations this weekend and Monday. Rochester. Rochester will host a revitalized Memorial Day Ceremony on Sunday, May 24 at 12 p.m. at the Rochester Town Hall located at 1 Constitution...

Ticket sales open for Tri-County Symphonic Band June concert

MARION — Ticket sales have begun for the upcoming Annual Benefit Pops Concert for the Tri-County Symphonic Band. The theme for this year is “Flag Day: 250 Years of Independence.” The concert will be held on the waterfront in a grand tent on the...

Upcoming events at the Elizabeth Taber Library

MARION — The Elizabeth Taber Library has multiple events coming this spring. Readers Advisory Group. The Reader’s Advisory Group will meet every 4th Wednesday at 11 a.m. This group is ideal for adults who enjoy reading, discussing and sharing ideas...

Late May Children's Department Events at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Library is offering multiple children’s events this May. Summer Storytime Sessions will start with Family Storytime on Thursday, June 18 at 10:30 a.m. Baby Storytime will begin on Friday, June 19 at 10:30 a.m. Our...

Mattapoisett Museum to unveil new Swordfish Weathervane exhibit

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Museum, housed in the historic 1821 Meeting House, announced the upcoming opening of its Swordfish Weathervane Exhibit, set to debut in late May 2026. The exhibit will celebrate one of Mattapoisett's symbols and...

Dig in at Rochester Boat Race Ham and Bean Supper

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race Ham and Bean Supper will be held Saturday, May 23 at the Rochester Senior Center located at 65 Dexter Lane. The supper will be served from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tickets can be purchased at the door....

Two Mattapoisett high school graduates receive Lions Club scholarship

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Lions Club announced that Leah Hollenbeck a senior at Old Colony Regional Technical High School and Caitlyn Lund, a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School, are the recipients of the 2026 Mattapoisett Lion’s Club...

Birds of a Feather and Other Friends ceramic exhibit at the Mattapoisett Library

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Free Public Library will be hosting a ceramic exhibit created by local artist Wendy Goldsmith from June 2 to June 30. Goldsmith went to art school and majored in printmaking and also studied ceramics. A few years...

Registration opens for Summer Discovery program at Old Colony

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School recently opened registration for its 9th annual Summer Discovery Experience program. This summer programming runs from July 13 to July 24. Registration is open now on Eventbrite...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club announces high school graduate scholarship winners

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club has announced its scholarship awards for recent high school graduates pursuing a four-year degree. Maeve Bradshaw is a graduating senior at Fairhaven High School who is planning to study nursing at...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club offers continuing education scholarship

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to offer a continuing education scholarship of $1,500 to a Mattapoisett resident. This scholarship is for residents who are reentering the academic world after graduation and are in pursuit of...

Red, white and blue bake sale for the Rochester Historical Society

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Historical Society is having a Red, White and Blue Bake Sale on May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rochester Land Trust Pony Pasture on Mattapoisett Road. The Historical Society is hosting the bake sale to raise funds...

Auditions for the “The Constant Wife” at the Marion Art Center

MARION — The Marion Art Center Theater will be conducting auditions for “The Constant Wife” by Somerset Maugham, and adapted and directed by Kate Fishman. This classic play is reimagined for the late 1960s, when women’s liberation was rising, social...

League of Women Voters to Host Rochester Candidates’ Forum

ROCHESTER — The League of Women Voters of SouthCoast will host a Rochester Candidates’ Forum on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Rochester Memorial School located at 16 Pine Street. The event is free and open to the public. The forum will feature candidates...

New England rodeo returns for the season on May 16

ROCHESTER — The New England Rodeo returns to the Rochester Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 16 for a season of bull riding, barrel racing and other events. Fourteen years ago, owner Elias DaSilva, a former bull rider from Brazil, brought the rodeo to...

Marion to celebrate 101-year-old resident

MARION — The Town of Marion announced a special "Boston Post Cane" presentation ceremony honoring its eldest resident. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center. This longstanding New...

Youth soccer honors avalanche victim with preseason event

FAIRHAVEN— In honor of the 11-year-old Rochester girl who died in an avalanche last year, Mariner Youth Soccer is dedicating its preseason jamboree to its former player. The soccer club has renamed the annual event to the Forever 11 Preseason...

Ready, set, paddle at the Rochester Memorial Day boat and kayak race

ROCHESTER —The annual Rochester Memorial Day race will return Monday, May 25 at 8:30 a.m. Racers will begin at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir and end at the Mattapoisett Herring Weir. Contestants can either race in a boat of their making or in a...

Go fish: Learn about Atlantic white sharks

MARION — The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is visiting the Marion Council on Aging for a fin-tastic presentation. Representatives from the organization will talk about ongoing research projects, and conservation and public safety efforts, at the...

Playwrights incubator concludes with performance

MARION – The Marion Art Center’s year-long Marion Art Center Theater Playwrights Incubator will conclude with a performance of the Attorney-in-Fact, a new play by Philip Ardell. The play was honed over the course of the 2025-2026 season with the...

Fireworks beach celebration to honor 250th anniversary

MARION — The Town of Marion is celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with fireworks for the 4th of July weekend. Kick off the weekend with fireworks at Silvershell Beach at dusk on Friday, July 3. The Independence Day Parade rolls out on...

Learn to play Mah Jongg at the Sippican Woman’s Club

MARION — Starting Tuesday, May 19, the Sippican Woman’s Club will offer free Mah Jongg lessons from 10 a.m. to noon at Handy’s Tavern located at 150 Front Street, for three consecutive weeks. Pre-registration is required for the first eight women...

Understanding salt marsh ecology with the Marion Natural History Museum

MARION — The Marion Natural History Museum will be welcoming Callista Macpherson, Research Assistant with the Buzzards Bay Coalition to speak about her work monitoring saltmarshes. The event is on May 15 from 5 to 6 p.m. The event is free to attend....

Understanding the Eastern Coyote with the Mattapoisett Land Trust

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Land Trust is hosting an afternoon with Peter Trull to learn more about the eastern coyote. This free event will be held Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. at the Mattapoisett Friends Meeting House located at 103 Marion Road...

Marion Garden Group’s plant sale sprouts soon

MARION — Bicentennial Park will get a little greener for the Marion Garden Group’ plant sale Saturday, May 9. From 9 a.m. to noon, shoppers can choose from a variety of perennials, herbs and shrubs grown in local gardens. There will also be a...

Jump right into author reading event at Elizabeth Taber Library

MARION — Author Linda Booth Sweeney will make a splash at the Elizabeth Taber Library as she shares her book, “The Noisy Puddle.” The Wednesday, May 27 event will begin at 1 p.m. with Sweeney reading from her book, which won a Massachusetts Book...

Mattapoisett Town Meeting and election information

MATTAPOSETT — The Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Old Rochester Regional High School Auditorium. The Annual Town Election will be held Tuesday, May 19 at Old Hammondtown School. Polls will be open from 8...

Get revved up for Rochester Council on Aging car show

ROCHESTER — A monthly car show is racing into Rochester on the second Thursday of the month from May to September. Each show will run from 4-7 p.m. at 67 Dexter Lane, when visitors can showcase their vehicle, photos and memories. Food will be...

Read between the lines of new Mattapoisett-themed coloring book

Old Rochester students designed coloring pages inspired by Mattapoisett landmarks. Source: Mattapoisett Museum

MATTAPOISETT — A colorful collaboration between the Mattapoisett Museum and area high schoolers brought about a new publication. The museum is launching “Mattapoisett Then and Now: A Coloring Book” during a Thursday, May 14 celebration at 5 Church...

Diane Tomasetti returns to Jack Conway’s Mattapoisett team

MATTAPOISETT — Jack Conway welcomes Diane Tomassetti back to its team of Mattapoisett real estate agents. With 27 years of real estate experience across the country, she welcomes the opportunity to work with buyers and sellers throughout the South...

Book it to library fundraiser sale

MARION — Page through bookish deals at the Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library’s spring book sale. The group will hold a three-day sale at the library Thursday, May 7 from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, May 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 9...

Old Rochester to host Mamma Mia!

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School’s drama program will be putting on “Mamma Mia!” from May 7 to 9 at 7 p.m. and May 10 at 2 p.m. Old Rochester Regional High School Auditorium located at 135 Marion Road. Tickets for students and...

Marion hydrant flushing to take place from April to June

MARION — The Marion Water Division will begin unidirectional hydrant flushing on April 28. Flushing will take several weeks and will continue until the entire system is complete or the start of annual water restrictions on June 15. Flushing will...

Early riser afterschool program at the Marion Natural History Museum

MARION — The Marion Natural History Museum will be hosting an afterschool program on May 6 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Attendees will examine different types of flowers and butterflies that wake up at different times of the year. Attendees will look at...

Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association seeks new members

The Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association, which serves the towns of Mattapoisett, Fairhaven, Marion, Rochester and Wareham, is seeking adult men and women to join its summer tennis drop-in league. There are currently about 24 active...

Marion Board of Health to hold rabies prevention talk

MARION — Learn about rabies prevention with the Marion Board of Health on Thursday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center. The Cape Cod and Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is actively involved in rabies...