MLT Community Service Award Winner

Caitlin O’Donnell, Honors Valedictorian at Old Rochester Regional High School, daughter of John and Julie O’Donnell, Mattapoisett, is the recipient of the Mattapoisett Land Trust one-thousand-dollar Community Service Award, granted seldomly.             With Caitlin’s extraordinary skills and expertise in google documents she was able to create a supercharged powerful presentation depicting Land Trusts properties, visual […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Congregational Church Scholarships

At the Mattapoisett Congregational Church Julie Mennino handed out six scholarships on June 1 including: New Bedford High senior Elliott Talley earned the Coquillette family scholarship and is planning to attend Northeastern. He hopes to also continue his advocacy for the community. Old Rochester senior Ella Bartholomew also earned a scholarship from the Coquillette family […] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Torsten Brickley of Mattapoisett and Trent Crook of Rochester have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2025 semester at Clarkson University             Lucas Pothier of Rochester was named to the Dean’s Honor List at Cedarville University for Spring 2025. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.75 GPA or higher for […] Read more »

MWC Scholarship Recipients

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to announce that Mattapoisett residents Caitlin O’Donnell and Meredith Cameron are the recipients of the 2025 MWC scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors.             Caitlin is a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School and plans to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst and pursue an undergraduate degree […] Read more »

SLT Arthur Scholarship

Sippican Lands Trust is pleased to announce the 2025 recipient of the Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. This award is given to a high school senior or a student in their first or second year of college who is a Marion resident, with a preference towards students interested in the environment, conservation, or […] Read more »

Peter B. Hodges Memorial Scholarship Awards

Robert Haley, President of the Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 49,000 Lions Clubs around the world, is pleased to announce that Emerson Gonet and Bailey Pelland, both seniors at Old Rochester Regional High School, are recipients of the Mattapoisett Lions Club’s Peter B. Hodges Memorial Scholarship Award. Each student was awarded $2,000 towards their school […] Read more »

ORRSD Earns Best Communities for Music Education Distinction

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is proud to share that the Old Rochester Regional School District earned the distinction of being one of the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) for the third year in a row.             The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, and The NAMM Foundation […] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Curry College welcomes Kathleen Gifford of Rochester into the Alexander Graham Bell Honor Society.             Belmont University recently released the Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester which included Sydney DaSilva of Marion.             It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates Andrew Wronski of Rochester and Jason Los of Rochester […] Read more »

ORRHS Earns New Innovation Career Pathways Designations

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Shari Fedorowicz, Principal Michael Devoll and Assistant Principal Lauren Millette are excited to announce that Old Rochester Regional High School has been awarded an Innovation Career Pathway (ICP) designation for Business & Finance and Advanced Manufacturing (Architecture) programs from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and […] Read more »

ORRHS to Attend Boys’ State & Girls’ State

Eight members of the class of 2026 at Old Rochester Regional High School will be attending the Boys’ / Girls’ State Convention, June 14 to June 20 at Stonehill College in North Easton, MA.             Boys’ State attendees include: Brody Hiles, Tucker Cook, Linden White, and Noah Robert-Howley.             Girls’ State attendees include: Alexandra Fiano, […] Read more »