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Szyndlar Appointed to Assessors

Rochester’s three Select Board members overrode the wishes of the two-member Board of Assessors and appointed Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar as a new member of the Assessors’ panel on Monday.             Board of Assessors Chairperson Jana Cavanaugh and member Diana Knapp had wanted recently retired assessor Debra Lalli to return to the position as an […] Read more »

FY22 Transfers Approved

The Rochester Finance Committee took care of some housecleaning items for Fiscal Year 2022 with Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar during its public meeting on Monday night.             Two year-end transfers were unanimously approved by vote, one for $96,872.80 and another for $30,632.             The latter was handled first and was relatively simple, as $30,632 was […] Read more »

Select Board Meeting Easy As Summer Breezes

Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board featured a light agenda that was breezily handled in approximately 25 minutes.             Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger met with the board seeking approval that would grant the police chief authority to select which patrol officers would be deployed for poll duty during the State Primary to be […] Read more »

Emergency Management Plan Being Updated

On July 28, the members of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board heard Harbormaster Jamie McIntosh’s updated Emergency Management Plan. Although still in draft form, the board found the plan substantial, touching all the major areas that fall under his purview.             In a follow-up, McIntosh provided the following draft now ready for the Select Board’s […] Read more »

Associates Needed in 2022

The lone news from the Rochester Conservation Commission’s August 2 meeting was this: The commission has now lost two associate members this summer and needs them replaced.             Commission Chairman Christopher Gerrior, remotely participating as a regular member via Zoom, announced that Lena Bourque recently told him she is not renewing her associate membership on […] Read more »

New Commissioner Will Enforce Bylaws

The July 28 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals started with an introduction to the new Building Commissioner, Carl Bizarro, and some good news.             The good news was that the new commissioner is on the same page as the board on handling zoning enforcement.             Board member Richard Cutler asked Bizarro how […] Read more »

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Upcoming Events

  1. Morrissey Blvd Returns to the MAC

    August 13 @ 7:00 pm
  2. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

    August 14 @ 8:00 am
  3. Outstanding Summer Music at FCCM

    August 14 @ 10:00 am
  4. Vacation Bible School

    August 15 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  5. Vacation Bible School

    August 16 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Events

Purrington Lecture Series

Purrington Lecture Series presents author Eric Jay Dolin at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. There is still time to register for the Purrington L[...] Read more »

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

On Sunday, August 14, The Rev. Marc Eames, Priest-in-Charge, St. John’s Church, Vernon, CT will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,[...] Read more »

Rochester Council on Aging

The Rochester Council on Aging, 67 Dexter Lane, Rochester, MA is pleased to announce two events for the month of August:      [...] Read more »

Upcoming Events at the Elizabeth Taber Library

New, Twice Monthly Adult Art Workshops with Jeanine Cappuccino. Two free art instructional classes per month. Attend one or both classes. Sign up at t[...] Read more »

Curbside Compost Collection Information Session

The Mattapoisett Library hosts an information session with Black Earth Compost on Tuesday, August 9 at 6:00 pm at the library and via Zoom. Representa[...] Read more »

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Opinion

A Senior Citizens Thank You for Random Acts of Kindness.

To the Editor;             A Senior Citizens [...] Read more »

Bike Path

To the Editor;             As a long-time res[...] Read more »

Bike Path

To The Editor;             One could hardly d[...] Read more »

Harbor Days

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Sports

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

Tuesday night Ensign racing was a bit breezy and spinnaker flying was limited, but one thing was for[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association

The Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association held its annual tennis doubles tournament this past Fr[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

Black Ice held on Tuesday night to capture the Ensign Tuesday Night July series.    &[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Racing Results

Once again, the Ensign Fleet didn’t race due to high winds. This will make next weeks’ races all[...] Read more »

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Features

Pulling CWMP Together

The next phase of implementation of Marion’s 20-year, Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP) will be financially focused.           &nb[...] Read more »

So You Found a Baby Animal – Now What?

            Did you know that rendering assistance to displaced or injured wildlife can end up doing more harm than good? Or that trying to give [...] Read more »

The Wanderer Announces 2022 Keel Award Recipients

            The Wanderer created the Keel Award in 1994 and ever since has recognized a dedicated person in each of the three Tri-Towns whose act[...] Read more »

Local Effort to Erase Narcan’s Stigma

            Narcan is a name that many people recognize. Anyone working in a medical field is likely to be intimately familiar. It is a brand nam[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Marion Community EMS Program Receives State Approval

             Chief Brian Jackvony and EMS Director Lt. Lyle McKay are pleased to announce [...] Read more »

Phase 2 of Marion Village Historic Inventory

            The Marion Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Phase 2 of the Marion [...] Read more »

2022 Pan-Mass Challenge

On August 6 and 7, more than 6,000 riders, including four riders from Marion, four from Mattapoisett and six from Rochester, pedaled in the Pan-Mass C[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club 2023 Garden Tour

Have you ever stood at the window facing your backyard and said, “The garden is really turning out beautifully this summer. I sure do wish I could f[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

The following local residents were named to Clark University’s Spring 2022 Dean’s List: [...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Rochester Institute of Technology conferred more than 4,300 degrees at all of its campuses in the 20[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

            Elle Gendreau of Mattapoisett has[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

            The following students have been [...] Read more »

UCCT Honor Roll

The following students have been named to the Honor Roll at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Lois E. (Costa) Augustine

Lois E. (Costa) Augustine, 86 of Acushnet, passed away, Thursday, August 4, 2022 in St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the Ex-wife of the late Robert F. A[...] Read more »

Kevin Mark Polson

Kevin Mark Polson, born in Boston 9-7-1966 passed away at Lahey Clinic in Burlington on 7-31-2022 surrounded by his wife and family. Husband of Kimber[...] Read more »

George L. Unhoch

George L. Unhoch died peacefully in his Marion home of 57 years on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022. He was 87. George was the husband of the late Dagmar (S[...] Read more »

Kenneth L. Hanson

Kenneth L. Hanson, 86, of Marion, formerly of Brockton and North Easton, lost his battle with dementia on Wednesday July 27, 2022.    &[...] Read more »

Phylis (Almeida) LeBert

Phylis (Almeida) LeBert, 72, of Middleboro passed away peacefully at home, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. She was the loving wife of 35 years to Roger D. LeB[...] Read more »

Robert Paul Maher

Robert Paul Maher, 87, of Marion – formerly of Norton – died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. He is survived b[...] Read more »

Timothy “Tim” Hebert

Timothy “Tim” Hebert, 41, of Falmouth formerly of Rochester passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Born in New Bedford son of Louise A. (Tetreault[...] Read more »

Charles Eshbach

Charles Eshbach born Apr. 28,1952 passed away on July 12,2022 at the age of 70 after a lengthy illness. Charlie was the grandson of James and Marion H[...] Read more »

Sheila Ann Niksa

Sheila Ann Niksa 1943-2022             An Irish Goodbye finally reunites the Logue sisters and [...] Read more »

Peter Joseph Muise

            Peter Joseph Muise, of Marion, formerly of Hanson, passed away on July 6th, 2022, a[...] Read more »

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