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Sherlock Holmes at RMS484 views“The game is afoot” at Rochester Memorial School with its annual spring drama production! This year director Karen Della Cioppa has brought to the stage our favorite “the professor of facts,” Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, starring Ambrose Cole as Holmes and Nolan Bushnell as Watson. Watch as Holmes and Watson uncover another dark mystery in an adaptation of “Sherlock Holmes: Mystery at the Manor”, this Friday, May 3, at 7:00 pm in the RMS cafetorium. Photos by Jean Perry
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Spring Fest484 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust held its post town-wide clean up Spring Fest at Washburn Park on April 27, featuring music, inflatable archery, face painting, crafts, and booths to raise awareness of marine life and the effect of plastic on our oceans. Photos by Jean Perry
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Rochester Land Trust484 viewsOn May 25, the Rochester Land Trust hosted Foresters Phil Benjamin and Tom Farell who gave a logging walk and talk at the 20-acre Church’s Wildlife Preserve located off Marion Road. Benjamin stressed the importance of removing trees to open the canopy for life-sustaining sunlight. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Taber Library Ribbon Cutting484 viewsTaber Library opened its front doors on Monday for the grand re-opening of the main entrance. The entrance renovation is now complete, and residents, town officials, library staff, and family members of donor Peggy Repass converged for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to mark the occasion. Photos by Jean Perry
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Senior Walk484 viewsSeniors from ORR took their annual senior walk on May 31, an event that takes the students from each of the Tri-Towns and sends them back to their home elementary schools for a nostalgic walk through the halls one last time as students. Pictured here are the Rochester students enjoying a last visit to Rochester Memorial School. Photos by Jean Perry
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Cardboard Boats484 viewsSCOPE Week meant big fun at the beach in Mattapoisett for ORR Junior High seventh-graders who built their own boats and then raced them on June 5 in Mattapoisett. While half the students head off for Survival, the others enjoy a week of equally challenging tasks of the 40-year tradition of SCOPE that gives students a chance to learn while learning about themselves and each other. Photos by Jean Perry
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Rochester Country Fair484 viewsThe Rochester Country Fair pressed on in the face of a “critical” EEE threat in Rochester over the weekend, August 10-11. Festivities were canceled for Thursday and Friday, but there was plenty of tractors, music, vendors, and fried fair food to keep the spirit of the Rochester Country Fair alive. Photos by Jean Perry
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Annual Grange Fair484 viewsThe Rochester Grange held its Annual Grange Fair this past Saturday, August 17, an event that fills the Grange Hall with all the elements of the bucolic beauty that is Rochester. Photos by Jean Perry
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FUNdraising484 viewsSaturday was a FUNdraising day in Mattapoisett, which included the now Annual Dog Walk-A-Thon fundraiser put on by Mattapoisett Eagle Scout Freemin Bauer. The proceeds from the event will continue to fund a potential dog park in town. Photos by Michelle Wood Lynds and Jean Perry
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Family Fun Festival 484 viewsFamilies came out in record numbers to enjoy the 4th Annual Fall Free Family Fun Festival sponsored by the Mattapoisett’s Lion Club on October 19 held at Shipyard Park. Bruce Rocha of the club estimated attendance at over 400. Kids and adults alike enjoyed free face painting, bowling with pumpkins, a corn hole toss, snacks, hayrides to Ned’s Point and, yes, free pumpkins to take home. Photos by Marilou Newell and Sandra Frechette
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Santa Run 484 viewsSaturday, December 7, was the Santa Run 5k through the village of Mattapoisett. Usually held in New Bedford, race organizer Geoff Smith moved the race to Mattapoisett, flooding the village streets with hundreds of Santas – and a few Christmas miniature horses, as well. Photos by Jean Perry
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Class of 2020 484 viewsGraduating seniors in the Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 2020 drove around to the back of the school building on May 28, where they were greeted by faculty and administration. After arriving in order of homeroom to ensure safe spacing, the seniors turned in textbooks and received yearbooks, a surprise COVID-19 gift bag, and a long-sleeve t-shirt decorated with the mascot Bulldog and the word ‘Quarantine’ spelled across the front. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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