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MCAS an Unwelcome Guest in ORR’s Curriculum

            As the November 19 joint meeting of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee and Massachusetts School Superintendency Union #55 proved, an agreement is hard to come by where it concerns the reopening of district schools, namely whether the students should be back on campuses on a full-time basis. But what administration and committee members […] Read more »

Togetherness Inspires Confidence for Tri-Town Stakeholders

            A meeting of the Marion’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee became a breakthrough event, as representatives from Mattapoisett, Rochester, and the Old Rochester Regional School District participated in a report meant to open new doors between Tri-Town officials.             The rubber met the road as Howie Barber, ORR’s assistant superintendent of finance and operations, discussed […] Read more »

Former Aquaculture Site Bottoms Out

            During the Marion Marine Resources Commission’s meeting held on November 23, Deputy Harbormaster and Shellfish Officer Adam Murphy came before the members to discuss his ongoing work relating to the cleanup of the site where Shea Doonan had operated with an aquaculture license since revoked. Reported mismanagement of the equipment on the site led […] Read more »

Marion Gains One More Osprey Pole

            Thanks to the Town of Marion’s generosity and the benevolence of the Conservation Commission, one less osprey family will be forced to live talon-to-beak and homeless on the streets of Marion. Personifying the plight of the osprey is perhaps a tad overly dramatic, but the raptors’ rebound from nearly threatened to now thriving is […] Read more »

ZBA Denies North Street Variance

            Applicants Deborah Smiley and Sam Ogle, 13 North Street, pled their case before the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals for a Variance to reconfigure an existing driveway for safety reasons. The strongest argument they made during the ZBA’s November 19 meeting was that they wish to age in place and can no longer easily […] Read more »

Tabor’s Proposed Campus Center Brings Congestion to Surface

            The Marion Planning Board held a pre-submission conference for a site plan review for Tabor Academy’s new proposed campus center. The Hayden Library presently sits turned away from the facility itself and onto Spring Street, a nagging problem that Planning Board members believe could be helped should Tabor use its project in part to […] Read more »

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Sat 05

Wareham Garden Club Christmas Holly Faire

December 5 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sat 05

A Holiday Greens Sale Pop-Up Event

December 5 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sun 06

SLT Outdoor Holiday Open House

December 6 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wed 09

Cranberries! with the MNHM

December 9 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Events

Rochester House Decorating Contest

Let’s shine some lights in Rochester on this Holiday Season. The Rochester Lions Club is having a holiday decorating contest. Put up your best light[...] Read more »

Cranberries! with the MNHM

The Marion Natural History Museum invites you to Cranberries! with bog owner Dawn Gates-Allen of the Cape Cod Cranberry Association on December 9 from[...] Read more »

BBC Nature in Our Neighborhood

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is celebrating the 2020 holiday season with an online contest to highlight the beauty and abundance of our region’s l[...] Read more »

Hygiene and Hunger Holiday Food Drive

Because of COVID-19, the number of people who are food insecure has almost doubled. Help those in need from our community by donating canned goods, ce[...] Read more »

SLT Annual Post-Thanksgiving Dog Walk

Join Sippican Lands Trust for our annual Post-Thanksgiving Dog Walk on Sunday, November 29 at 1:00 pm at our White Eagle property (part of Aucoot Wood[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Marion MOSAC

To the Editor;             I was not able to [...] Read more »

The Tide Is Rising.

To the Editor,             The Tide Is Rising[...] Read more »

Marion Garden Group Beautification Initiative Team

To the Editor,             The Marion Ga[...] Read more »

Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee

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Sports

ORR Seniors Find Footing in Mariner Soccer League

            Old Rochester Regional’s gi[...] Read more »

Tabor Athletes Developing Skills to Maximize Potential

            Just like the other Tri-Town[...] Read more »

Old Colony Takes Home Another Markham Award

            Old Colony Regional Vocational-Te[...] Read more »

ORR, SCC Push Fall Sports Back

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Features

Partnerships Build Business on Shop Small Saturday

            Black Friday’s annual made-for-network-news stampede of crazed big-box shoppers was oddly missing last weekend. America’s[...] Read more »

The Bike That Won a Popularity Contest

            Once upon a time, there was a vapid cookie-cutter gym, the kind I hate, featuring long rows of matching equipment. Within the far-flu[...] Read more »

Boating Safety Starts Before Boarding

            With approximately 75 participants logged in for a recent boat-safety seminar, the Buzzards Bay Coalition could say it was a grand su[...] Read more »

Massasoit and the First Thanksgiving

            It is now over 400 years since the Mayflower, with 101 men, women, and children reached land after 66 days of grueling passage at sea. However, they had gone off course from the[...] Read more »

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Wanderer Today



Happenings

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

As we celebrate a Thanksgiving unlike any in most of our lifetimes, we can take a break from 2020 and go back in time to 1974. That year, Rochester[...] Read more »

Sippican Historical Society

Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of docum[...] Read more »

Sippican Woman’s Club

The Sippican Woman’s Club has had a Holiday House Tour since 1984. The House Tour is the primary source of revenue for the yearly scholarships g[...] Read more »

Rochester Items for Sale by Rochester Historical Society

Contrary to what you may have been reading, it has always been possible to buy Rochester items in Rochester. While the Historical Society has been les[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Kaitlyn Martin of Mattapoisett was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the n[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

Silas D. Coellner, principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following S[...] Read more »

Preschool Screening Clinic Scheduled

The Old Rochester Regional School District will be holding its annual screening clinic for three and[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Members of the Class of 2020 at Stonehill College joined together for a virtual Commencement ceremon[...] Read more »

Falmouth Academy Community Series

The Falmouth Academy Community Series kicks off its 2020-21 season virtually on October 8, at 7[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Bill Elfers

Bill Elfers died peacefully at home on November 28, 2020, after a long struggle with ALS. Bill lived an incredibly full and productive life and left t[...] Read more »

Paul Francis Shea

Paul Francis Shea, 80, of Mattapoisett passed away at home Sunday, November 22, 2020. He was the beloved husband of Alanna “Ally” (Medeiro[...] Read more »

Cecilia (Almeida) Leshyk

Cecilia (Almeida) Leshyk, 97, of Mattapoisett passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the cherished [...] Read more »

Thelma “Cissy” Vanstone

Thelma “Cissy” Vanstone, 80, has died, November 2, 2020, in Boca Raton, FL from complications of Covid 19 which she contracted while in rehabilita[...] Read more »

Mary S. (Machnicki) Scott

Mary S. (Machnicki) Scott, 93, of Mattapoisett passed away Sunday November 15, 2020 at Sippican Healthcare Center. She was the wife of the late Earle [...] Read more »

Setsuko (Nishihara) Mendes

Setsuko (Nishihara) Mendes, age 79, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 17, in Marion. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicho[...] Read more »

Dorothy W. Lawrence

Dorothy W. Lawrence, 92, of Fairhaven, formerly of Rochester died Sunday, November 15, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. She was the wife [...] Read more »

Pamela Marie Hoffer

Pamela Marie Hoffer, 78, of Marion, died peacefully at home on November 11, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer.      [...] Read more »

Judith A. Smith

Judith A. Smith, 82, of Marion, died November 5, 2020 at Wareham Healthcare after a period of declining health. She was the daughter of the late Rober[...] Read more »

Betty Ann (Weigel) Thomson

Betty Ann (Weigel) Thomson of Rochester, MA died on Friday, October 23, 2020 after a long illness. She was 87. She is survived by her husband of 65 ye[...] Read more »

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