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Ned’s Point Lighthouse in need of repairs, donations sought

MATTAPOISETT — From sailors to beachgoers, kite surfers and those enjoying a picnic in the park, Ned’s Point Lighthouse has looked over the Mattapoisett community from its 40-foot-tall perch for nearly two centuries. Built in 1838, Ned’s Point is...

‘This is experiencing’: Hartley Family Farm to offer cranberry bog tours

ROCHESTER — In 1996, Woody Hartley and his brother Walter cleared a tract of woods behind Route 105 to build cranberry bogs. The first berries were planted in 1998. The first crop, a modest one, came in 2000. Nearly 25 years of cranberries later,...

One if by land: British invade Marion with music, cars

MARION — Paul Revere would never dream of it. On American soil, and in the Bay State no less, British art and engineering shined during a Friday summer evening. The Marion Concert Band performed its “British Invasion” program Aug. 2 at the bandstand...

‘What could be nicer?’: Great Community Picnic draws a loud crowd

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett residents flocked to the Munro Preserve with flowers, tablecloths and plenty of food in hand on Thursday, Aug. 1 for the annual Great Community Picnic put on by the Mattapoisett Land Trust and Mattapoisett Museum. Seats...

2024 Harbor Days post unprecedented food sales

MATTAPOISETT — In the midst of drawing bustling crowds, 2024’s rendition of Mattapoisett Lions Club’s Harbor Days weekend shattered event records in terms of food sales. While attendees shopped for art and listened to live music, their stomachs were...

Keep afloat: Marine Resource Commission releases life jacket safety information

MARION — The Marion Marine Resource Commission released information regarding how and when to safely wear a life jacket. “Wearing a life jacket while on the water is crucial for ensuring safety and can be a life-saving decision in the event of an...

1,200 Fruit Loops and more fill street for fair

MARION — A cylinder of Fruit Loops sat on a shaded table in the middle of Main Street during the First Congregational Church of Marion’s summer fair. It was a game to guess how many of the brightly colored circles of cereal were inside the container...

Flashback Friday: Vintage cars pull up to Shipyard Park

MATTAPOISETT — Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Beetles, oh my! Over 50 cars, most built throughout the 20th century, flocked to Shipyard Park on Friday, July 26, for one of Mattapoisett’s ten cruise nights scheduled for 2024. Crews of car aficionados set...

Prosecutors interview witnesses, victims in case of former teacher accused of rape

WAREHAM — A former Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School teacher accused of raping a student has received another date to return to court. Andre Arsenault, 35, appeared Thursday in Wareham District Court on charges of rape and...

Marion says no to coffee-camper at Silvershell Beach

MARION — A request by a mobile coffee shop to operate for just over a month at Silvershell Beach was met with unanimous denial from the Marion Select Board. The board turned down an appeal made Tuesday, July 16 by New Creations Coffee owner Liz...

Land trust preserves to be focus of video series

MATTAPOISETT — The marshlands and preserves of the Mattapoisett Land Trust will be making their big screen debut. To celebrate the land trust’s 50th anniversary, six videos that show footage of different properties have been created and will be...

Marion launches ‘enhanced traffic enforcement effort’

MARION — Marion is asking drivers in town to slow down and pay attention. The Marion Police Department launched enhanced traffic enforcement in an effort to “counter the recent rise in speeding and reckless driving throughout town,” according to a...

Flop, turn and the river: Paddlers go all in for poker

MARION — A three of a kind made up the winning hand for the big game of poker Wednesday, July 17 in Marion. As part of Sippican Land Trust’s “Poker Paddle,” kayakers embarked at Island Wharf and ranged to pick up five cards at different stops across...

‘Very good candidate’ to lead Rochester Police Department

ROCHESTER — A Mashpee detective sergeant with 23 years of law enforcement experience will become the new head of the Rochester Police Department, after a round of interviews held Monday, July 22. Following interviews with three finalists, the...

All dolled up: ‘World of Dolls’ coming to Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — Have an interest in dolls or know someone that does? The Mattapoisett Free Public Library will be hosting “World of Dolls” on Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 12 to 1 p.m. Janice McIntyre of Jenny’s Baby Doll Hospital will give a presentation on...

100 vendors set up shop for Harbor days’ weekend

MATTAPOISETT — In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20, approximately 100 vendors turned a usually spacious, green Shipyard park into a maze of colorful art, jewelry and snacks for the Mattapoisett Lions Club’s annual Harbor Days festival...

Boy scouts uncover history during Hammond Cemetery cleanup

MATTAPOISETT — A group of Rochester Boy Scouts were hacking at a yucca plant inside Mattapoisett’s Hammond Cemetery when one hit stone. They cut and removed the invasive plant, revealing a grave marker. The faded gravestone had been obscured by the...

Buoys get a redesign at Shipyard Park

MATTAPOISETT — On the fourth night of Harbor Days my true love gave to me — a nautical hand-painted buoy. Many couples, friends and families gathered at Shipyard Park on the evening of Thursday, July 18 and left in need of a washcloth and soap...

Garbage truck catches fire in Marion

MARION — Numerous intersections on Front Street in Marion were backed up with traffic on the afternoon of Thursday, July 18 as firefighters put out a fire that started on a garbage truck. The fire caused a portion of Front Street to be closed in...

Renovations to ‘enhance’ Taber Library

MARION — The inside of the Elizabeth Taber Library will likely look a little different next year. The Marion Select Board expressed support for a project to renovate the library’s interior presented Tuesday, July 16 by trustee Kyle Pardo. The...

Forty years of Marion native’s artwork on display

MARION — A new exhibit has commandeered possession of the walls of the Marion Art Center, a “40-year retrospective” featuring artwork made ranging from 1984 to 2024. Every piece of art was created by the same person. Marion native Nancy Dyer Mitton...

‘The Poop Museum’ drops by in Marion

MARION — Tri-Town children and their curious parents huddled into a room inside of the Elizabeth Taber Library on Monday, July 15 to learn all about one of Mother Nature’s most fascinating creations — poop. Susie Maguire has spent her career...

Crowd gathers at Shipyard Park to get a ‘Taste of Mattapoisett’

MATTAPOISETT — Crowds lined up as soon as the clock struck 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, eager to sample food from a number of local restaurants in the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club’s annual “Taste of Mattapoisett” event. For $10, guests received 10...

Parade celebrates Rochester child’s 4th birthday

ROCHESTER — The sirens of Rochester Fire Department vehicles blared through the town’s streets on the evening of Tuesday, July 16 but not because of an emergency. These were celebratory sirens. The day marked Rochester resident Rylie Dion’s fourth...

Mission trip to Navajo Nation puts youth group to hard work

MARION — There was no running water and only a little bit of electricity for the group that traveled west to the Navajo Nation for a mission trip. For six days, the members of the Saints Youth Group at Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Marion had...

Initial design for new Rochester fire station proposed

ROCHESTER – Town officials in Rochester are going to “take a step back” from a $30 million plan to build a fire station, fire sub-station and renovate the town’s police station following the results of a feasibility study that began in 2023. “We had...

Search for new Rochester police chief nears close

ROCHESTER — The search for the next police chief for the town of Rochester should soon come to a conclusion. Depending on the availability of the final three candidates, the Rochester Select Board will hold 45-minute interviews on Monday, July 22 at...

Kids bring a personal touch to jellyfish painting class

MATTAPOISETT – Before the big tent at Shipyard Park fills with food and crowds of people for this year’s Harbordays festivities, it was stocked with 41 paintings of jellyfish – and each one looked different. Jillian Yates, an instructor with New...

New exhibit explores 100-year afterlife of Wanderer whaleship

MATTAPOISETT — A prodigious afterlife has followed the Wanderer since it wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island a century ago. Not only did the ship’s material itself become souvenirs and keepsakes, but usage of the whaler’s likeness and name abound. That...

Mattapoisett Select Board hits stalemate on roadway project committee

MATTAPOISETT — An impasse between members of the Mattapoisett Select Board prevented further action from being taken regarding a proposed committee to oversee a $16 million road improvement project. The committee — approved by voters at town meeting...

Despite early start, Marion fireworks fail to cut through fog

MARION — An announcement came from the speakers at Silvershell Beach just after 8 p.m. Sunday, July 7. Marion’s firework display — already postponed from Saturday, July 6 — would begin an hour early due to impending fog. “Welcome to New England,”...

Spectators, horses trot to Washburn Park for 77th horse show

MARION — Washburn Park resembled a ranch Sunday, July 7 as dozens of horses were on hand for the 77th annual Marion Horse Show. The show, a daylong affair, featured over 50 different competitions in which horses are judged on a variety of factors...

Marion receives $88,779 for roadway improvements

MARION – The town of Marion will receive an additional $88,779 in state funds to be used to improve town roads, sidewalks and bridges. According to a press release, the money is in addition to funding the town receives annually through the...

Marion Marine Resource Commission shares safety info for kayaking

MARION — The Marion Marine Resource Commission has released information regarding safety rules when using kayaks. Sippican Harbor and Buzzards Bay provide many opportunities to explore and discover via kayak and is “an ideal setting for both novice...

‘It just keeps getting better’: July 4th parade takes Marion streets

MARION — Santa Claus, a zombie patrol vehicle and an abnormally large rubber duck were three of the many sights to see in the 2024 rendition of Marion’s Independence Day Parade. Children stood on sidewalks catching candy as a stampede of many types...

American spirit runs strong at Mattapoisett Road Race

MATTAPOISETT – Mattapoisett knows how to celebrate Independence Day. Not with a cookout or fireworks – but with a four-mile road race. About 1,357 runners registered for Mattapoisett’s 2024 July 4 Road Race, said Race Director Bill Tilden. “We had...

A variety of lemonade served up by Marion kids

It’s officially summer time, and that means backyard cookouts, sandy beaches — and that classic childhood experience, lemonade stands. Marion residents Ruben Garcia, 11, and Gabriel Kirby, 12, set up their stand at the corner of County Road and...

Rochester capital planning committee to be “a little conservative”

ROCHESTER — There is $467,543 sitting in the town of Rochester’s capital planning fund and according to Capital Planning Committee Chair Dave Arancio, the town will need to be “a little conservative” in how that money is allocated. “We know we are...

Rochester receives wave of applicants for open Town Administrator position

ROCHESTER — The search for a new town administrator in Rochester is well underway, according to Interim Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar. Szyndlar, who took on the mantle of Interim Town Administrator in April after former Town Administrator...

New garden at Route 6, Point Road island a ‘work of love’

MARION — The crossing of Route 6, Point Road and Delano Road forms a triangular island within the intersection of pavement. Previously, it was just an empty lot, but now the island is a garden of plants. It was years in the making. The Marion Garden...

‘Something for everyone’ at fast approaching Harbor Days

MATTAPOISETT — In mid-July, Shipyard Park will once again serve as the site for a more than week-long festival as Harbor Days returns to Mattapoisett. The event thrown by the Mattapoisett Lions Club is the “area’s biggest family-oriented event,”...

New church to open in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — A new Christian church is opening in Mattapoisett in July. The Lamb of God Christian Church will serve Mattapoisett in the American Legion Hall at 3 Depot St. Join the church on Sundays at 4 p.m. starting July 14. Pastor and...

Tree branch knocks out power for hundreds

MATTAPOISETT – A fallen tree branch knocked down a power line near the Knights of Columbus on Route 6, taking out power for hundreds of Mattapoisett residents on Monday, July 1. According to Ross Macedo of the Mattapoisett Fire Department, the...

Two founding members and an original IPA headline land trust’s 50th

MATTAPOISETT — Eleven people formed the Mattapoisett Land Trust in 1974. Fifty years later, the surviving two of those 11 were honored at a party Sunday, June 30 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization. Town and state officials spoke at...

Kids take reins of Marion Police vehicles at ‘Touch a Truck’

MARION — If you closed your eyes at Marion’s Silvershell Beach on the afternoon of Saturday, June 29, the sounds might have led you to believe you were in Manhattan. Tri-Town children made sure that the horns of Marion Police and Fire Department...

Land trust seeks to remove road degrading wetland in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — Anchorage Way is a short and quiet residential street near Mattapoisett Neck Road, but for nearly 50 years an extension of the asphalt road has degraded the wetland surrounding it. Mattapoisett Land Trust is in the early stages of...

Best-selling author, researcher talks trauma

MARION — The biggest revolution there is in psychiatry is that psychedelic medications can be carefully and cautiously administered under the right circumstances to certain patients suffering trauma, a renowned researcher and author told an audience...

More events added to Harbor Days schedule

MATTAPOISETT — Harbor Days is right around the corner, and an official program for the annual event was recently released across Mattapoisett. That program contains a schedule for the festive week organized by the Mattapoisett Lions Club. After a...

Mattapoisett holds off on formation of roadway project committee

MATTAPOISETT — Official town approval of a committee to advise and review a project to redevelop and reconstruct certain streets in Mattapoisett Village has not yet been granted. Mattapoisett Select Board members Jodi Bauer and Jordan Collyer...

Children brave the sun for first Marion Mile run of the summer

MARION — On a course set up in front of Tabor Academy’s Hoyt Hall, a plethora of kids got into a ready stance, waiting for one word to come out of Chris Adams’ mouth: Go!. Adams is the coordinator of the Marion Mile, a seven-week summer program...

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