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Read the Sept. 24 paper online

The Sept. 24 print eEdition of Sippican Week is now available on our site. It's a pdf version of this week's edition — looking just like the paper version. Physical copies of the paper can still be picked up at normal distribution sites across the...

Marion to hold Special Town Meeting for Waste District exit

MARION — A Town Meeting will take place on Nov. 9 at 6:45 p.m. in the Old Rochester High School auditorium to bring a vote before residents to exit the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District and address other articles that need...

Marion to hold drive through flu shot clinic on Oct. 8

MARION — While coronavirus still persists into the fall, it’s also good to remember that flu season is coming. As a way to combat the sickness, Marion will be holding a drive through flu shot clinic on Oct. 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Benjamin D...

Cranberry bog solar array approved by Rochester Planning Board

ROCHESTER — The Sun will provide energy to more than just cranberries at a bog in Rochester. The Planning Board approved plans at a Sept. 22 meeting for a solar array that will go over a cranberry bog off of Pierce Street. “That’s the first solar...

Residents voice concerns over bike path trash, planning

MATTAPOISETT — Even though the Goodspeed Island extension to the Mattapoisett Rail-Trail isn’t due to be completed until next spring, the Board of Selectmen fielded questions regarding a lack of preventative measures — especially when it comes to...

Marion planning for pared down Veterans Day ceremony

MARION — The coronavirus pandemic has cancelled many annual public celebrations like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, but the Marion Board of Selectmen are working to make sure Veterans Day celebrations don’t meet a similar fate. Donna Hemphill...

Marion Music Hall to get makeover

MARION — The brick walkway outside the Marion Music Hall will be receiving some much-needed repairs, following approval from the Board of Selectmen at a Sept. 22 meeting. “Someone could trip and fall and break their neck,” Music Hall Advisory...

Signups closing soon for Buzzards Bay Coalition Watershed Ride

More than 225 cyclists—including more than 35 from Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester will pedal along the western shore of Buzzards Bay on Oct. 4 to support clean water in the 14th annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride , hosted by the Buzzards Bay...

Team Gateway to host baseball tryouts

Team Gateway AAU is having tryouts on October 3rd, 3p.m. at Dexter Field. The team is looking for a few players between the ages of nine and 15. The Program will have indoor winter workouts and play in the NEAAU League. Those interested in trying...

Marion offers early voting, social distancing on Election Day

MARION — Early voting ballots are on their way to Marion for all communiy members who have requested them, according to the Town Clerk’s Office. Ballots will be mailed to all who have requested them as soon as they arrive at the Town House. Ballots...

Planning Board works through Master Plan delay

MATTAPOISETT — It’s been a month since the Southeastern Regional Economic Development District and the town’s Planning Board held workshops to hash out Mattapoisett’s Master Plan to set forth the trajectory of the town’s future. Since then, board...

Rochester Board of Selectmen discuss short, long-term goals

ROCHESTER — Public safety was a main concern at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Sept. 21, with Chairperson Paul Ciaburri saying “continuing that process is absolutely one of my goals.” He said public safety was an important preventative measure “...

Cub, Boy Scouts host Campfire Day

The Mattapoisett Cub and Boy Scouts will host a Campfire Day on Saturday, Oct. third from 1-3p.m. at Dunseith Gardens on the corner of North Street and Route 6. Boys and girls of all ages are welcome to participate and learn about fire building and...

From the files of the Rochester Historical Society: The evolution of farming in Rochester

The writer of this piece, Connie Eshbach, is the vice president of the Rochester Historical Society. This is part of a series of Rochester history briefs As summer winds down and we savor the last delicious ears of fresh corn on the cob, it'...

Sippican Woman’s Club to visit Highfield Hall and Gardens

On Friday October 9, the Sippican Woman’s Club will visit Highfield Hall and Gardens. Weather permitting, there will be two walking tours: One of the mansion and one of the gardens. Docent Sally Colacicco will lead a walking tour of the restored...

Shipyard Galley featured for final week of ‘Taste of Mattapoisett’

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is holding the “Taste of Mattapoisett” differently this year. The club is featuring one restaurant each week whose donations have contributed to the MWC Scholarship Fund. The final week will feature Shipyard Galley from...

Rochester Cultural Council 2021 funding applications open

Between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15, the Rochester Cultural Council is accepting applications for projects for the 2021 calendar year. Projects should demonstrate a community benefit for their town and/or surrounding area. Typical programs include reading/...

South Coast athletes protest postponed season

Athletes and parents from Old Rochester, Dighton-Rehoboth and Somerset-Berkeley High Schools gathered at Wareham Crossing on Sept. 20 to protest the cancellation of fall sports by the South Coast Conference. The group, which fluctuated between 14-18...

Oysters on the go for Sippican Lands Trust fundraiser

MARION — As postponements and cancellations continue to cascade in the face of coronavirus, the Sippican Lands Trust got creative this year and held the first-ever mobile iteration of its oyster festival on Sept. 19 at the Benjamin D. Cushing...

Marion, Mattapoisett awarded state coastal flooding prevention grants

Marion and Mattapoisett are two of 29 towns across the state to receive grant funding from the Office of Coastal Zone Management’s Coastal Resilience Grant program, which supports local and regional efforts to plan for and reduce coastal storm and...

Marion Art Center hosts program for student artists

MARION — The Marion Art Center has created a new YoungArtist program in collaboration with local high schools in support of student artists. The MAC developed the YA program with input and advice from community arts educators with the goal of...

Raccoon rabies vaccines set for Sept. 21 distrubution in Marion

MARION — The Cape Cod & Southeast MA Rabies Task Force will begin its 26th annual round of oral rabies vaccinations for raccoons, using helicopters for the first time in over a decade. The helicopter operations will be based out of Plymouth...

Read the Sept. 17 ‘paper’ online

The Sept. 17 eEdition of Sippican Week is now live on our site. It's a pdf version of this week's edition — looking just like the paper version. Our papers are still available at all regular distribution spots that remain open in this pandemic...

Mattapoisett Free Library uses candy to teach astronomy

The Mattapoisett Free Public Library will offer STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) related kits focusing on astronomy in the third month of the STEAM Projects To Go Program. The STEAM Projects To Go kits are created to give busy...

Buzzards Bay Coalition describes plans for bog restoration

MATTAPOISETT — It could be years before The Bogs in Mattapoisett are fully restored, but the Buzzards Bay Coalition held a public meeting to let the community know the coalition is working to keep moving the project forward. The coalition has been...

Contact information needed for compliance complaint, Selectmen say

MATTAPOISETT — The public portion of the Sept. 15 Board of Selectmen’s meeting was short and swiftly went into executive session to discuss strategy for litigation. But just before the executive session began, Board Chair Paul Silva said Selectmen...

Marion woman’s home with history of animal cruelty still unlivable

MARION — It’s been a little over 10 months since the arrest of Lauren Fisher, 65, for two counts of animal cruelty, interfering with a police officer, and resisting arrest on Dec. 11, 2019. At the time of her arrest, her home at 464 Front Street was...

From the files of the Rochester Historical Society: the Forgotten Hurricane of 1944

The writer of this piece, Connie Eshbach, is the vice president of the Rochester Historical Society. This is part of a series of Rochester history briefs. The idea for this article came from two pictures that I found in my mother's attic...

Ying Dynasty, Shipyard Galley highlighted for ‘Taste of Mattapoisett’

For the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club’s 2020 Taste of Mattapoisett, the club is featuring one restaurant each week whose donations have contributed to the MWC Scholarship Fund . For the week of Sept. 13, Ying Dynasty is the featured restaurant. For Sept...

Buy daffodils from the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club

Walking through Mattapoisett last April, numerous displays of Daffodils were seen for the first time. This was a project of the Mattapoisett Woman's Club, and now the daffodils are available to buy from the Woman's Club to plant. The bulbs are solid...

Mattapoisett Housing discrimination case receives motion to dismiss

MATTAPOISETT — The town received a decision from the Massachusetts Commission on Discrimination to dismiss a complaint filed by Cheryl Martin and Brian Porter regarding the 55+ age requirement for residents of the Mattapoisett Landing condominiums...

Waste District talks trash fire

At the latest Carver Marion Wareham Waste District meeting, members discussed a fairly widespread fire that burned at the landfill in Carver, which is owned by the district and operated by Covanta-SEMASS. The fire took place on Sunday, August 22,...

Rochester summer readers go above and beyond

ROCHESTER — Lisa Fuller, Assistant for Youth Services at Plumb Library, was worried that readers wouldn’t be able to fill out the 4,000-sticker mosaic that signified how many activities were competed during the library’s summer reading program. Well...

Marion tweaks proposal to please Wareham, Carver

The members of the Wareham Carver Marion Regional Refuse Disposal District Committee met on Thursday, and were able to come to a consensus on the terms of the “Plan B” devised by Marion in case the new district contract is not approved by Wareham...

Mattapoisett Road Race awards scholarships to local students

MATTAPOISETT — This year’s recipients of the Mattapoisett Road Race Scholarships are: Tova Brickley, Danielle Nutter, Meghan McCullough, Meg Hughes, Tucker Guard, and Jillian Higgins. Mary Butler is the inaugural recipient of the Robert Gardner...

Route 6 entrance to Mattapoisett Police Station closed starting Sept. 11

MATTAPOISETT — Starting Sept. 11, the main entrance to the police station on Route 6 will be closed due to construction of the town’s new fire station. To access the police station, residents are asked to go through the entrance on Church Street...

Read the Sept. 10 ‘paper’ online

The Sept. 10 eEdition of Sippican Week is now live on our site. It's a pdf version of this week's edition — looking just like the paper version. Our papers are still available at all regular distribution spots that remain open in this pandemic...

Yesteryear: Mattapoisett, then and now

Though businesses have come and gone through Mattapoisett, some places have stood the test of time. The old stone bridge over Mattapoisett River still stands, but it’s now more populated with houses (and it’s actually paved!) Dexter Mill may no...

Sippican Historical Society gives donation for Town House work

MARION — If all goes well, the renovation to the exterior of the Town House should be done by Thanksgiving. Thanks to the donation of up to $250,000 from the Sippican Historical Society, the project will be moving along towards that goal. “It’s a...

Tri-Town Against Racism introduce themselves to Marion Selectmen

MARION — “Start where you live” is the motto of local anti-racism grassroots organization Tri-Town Against Racism. So in an effort to start change, two of the group’s six co-founders, Tangi Thomas of Marion and Alison Noyce of Rochester, went before...

Marion receives $71,000 in coronavirus aid

MARION — Thanks to Plymouth County’s handling of the funds it received from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the town will receive $71,153.57 in reimbursement for covid-related expenditures. This is more than what other...

Aquaculture permits revoked by Selectmen

MARION — Tensions were high after Selectmen, in correspondence with the Harbormaster’s office, revoked two aquaculture permits from oyster farmer Shea Doonan at a meeting on Sept. 8. According to Harbormaster Isaac Perry, Doonan made violations...

Rochester Planning Board approves array on Sarah Sherman Road

ROCHESTER — A solar array on Sarah Sherman Road will move ahead after the Planning Board approved a special permit and Groundwater Protection District for the project on Sept. 8. Greg Carey with Clean Energy out of Auburn first approached the board...

Negotiations end traffic dilemma for Rochester housing development

ROCHESTER — After months of public and private debate, a housing developer and gas station owner have reached an agreement on exits that will allow planning for a 208 unit development to move forward. Steen Realty and Development Corporation has...

Local meal tax under consideration

MATTAPOISETT — Diners in Mattapoisett could see a small increase on their bills in the near future. At a virtual Board of Selectmen meeting on Sept. 8, members discussed proposing a local meal tax as a way to boost town revenue amid significant...

Rochester Fire Department receives $120,155 grant

ROCHESTER — Town Fire Department Chief Scott Weigel said that recruitment and retention of firefighters is an issue for Fire Departments across the country, and Rochester is no different. So to help with the problem, the fire department received a $...

Walrus and Captain, Ying Dynasty highlighted for ‘Taste of Mattapoisett’

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is holding the “Taste of Mattapoisett” differently this year. The club is featuring one restaurant each week whose donations have contributed to the MWC Scholarship Fund. For the week of Sept. 6, the club...

Sippican Week’s photos of summer 2020

It has truly been a summer like no other. Coronavirus has affected nearly every part of life in the world, and it’s no different here in the Tri-Town. From delayed and socially distanced graduations, to events cancelled all across the board, some...

Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path seeks donations to connect trail to Marion

MATTAPOISETT — The Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path are asking for donations towards the construction of the “Marion Connector” that would join the path between the two towns. “ We are very excited that we are so close to making this piece of...

From the files of the Rochester Historical Society: Voting in the 1930s

The writer of this piece, Connie Eshbach, is the vice president of the Rochester Historical Society. This is part of a series of Rochester history briefs. With all the talk these past weeks of mail boxes, lock boxes, and mailing ballots, it...

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