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Town Drafts Medical Cannabis Bylaw

With the weeks seeming to fly by, the Mattapoisett Planning Board reviewed a bylaw draft that would regulate medical cannabis sales in the town. Such a bylaw would have to be accepted at the Fall Special Town Meeting scheduled for November 26. Further, any bylaw passed at Town Meeting must then be sent to the […] Read more »

Town Considers Curbside Textile Recycling

The Rochester Board of Selectmen likes the sound of a possible savings in trash and recycling costs by adding a curbside service that will collect old, used textiles right alongside residents’ recycling bins. Stephen Lisauskas of WasteZero, a waste reduction company, told the Rochester Board of Selectmen on September 17 that clothing, shoes, and other […] Read more »

Cannabis Bylaw Advances to Town Meeting

One resident attended the Marion Planning Board’s public hearing on September 17 on the proposed bylaw for adult recreational use of cannabis in Marion. The bylaw was easily recommended to Fall Town Meeting by the board. The purpose of the proposed bylaw, which has been extensively discussed by the Planning Board over the past few […] Read more »

Board Vouches for Missing Info

Had Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals members not recalled some pertinent details they witnessed during a recent site visit at 3 Bernards Way, Duarte Raposa might not have walked away with his two variances for a shed on September 13. But luckily for Raposa, no continuation of his public hearing was needed, despite his plans […] Read more »

Selectmen Allow Last-Minute Article

One last-minute zoning bylaw article made it onto the Fall Special Town Meeting warrant in the nick of time, just as the Marion Board of Selectmen was about to close the warrant on September 18. Resident Sherman Briggs, in his efforts to construct a new housing development on his Spring Street property, hit a snag […] Read more »

Wetlands Violation Found at Indian Cove

On September 4, Marion Conservation Commission Chairman Jeff Doubrava joined the Mattapoisett Conservation Agent Elizabeth Leidhold at the site of the former Aucoot Cove Marina, now known as Indian Cove. Ruth Nicolaci, a resident of the waterfront neighborhood, had contacted Marion’s ConCom with concerns over the widening of a footpath leading to the water’s edge. […] Read more »

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Stretch Energy Building Code

September 24 @ 7:00 pm
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Seasonal Flu Clinics

September 25 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Mattapoisett Area Artists

September 25 @ 7:00 pm
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Family Storytime

September 26 @ 10:30 am

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Events

Mushroom Walk at SLT’s White Eagle Property

Curious about what a turkey tail mushroom looks like? Join the Sippican Lands Trust (SLT) and The Boston Mycological Club on Sunday, September 30at 10[...] Read more »

Protect Yourself from Medicare Fraud

New Medicare cards are coming with new random numbers. Did you know that $60 to $90 billion of our tax dollars are lost to Medicare fraud each year? O[...] Read more »

Showstoppers Performance Troupe Seeking Local Talent

Showstoppers Musical Entertainment is seeking talented youth for its seventeenth season. Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 29, by appointm[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Historical Society Participates in Museum Day

The Mattapoisett Historical Society will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticketholders on Saturday, September 22from 10:00 am to 4:00[...] Read more »

Rochester Green Communities Public Forum

Rochester is considering designation as a Green Community. Green Communities is a State Initiative with an objective of energy conservation with the b[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Marion’s Green Community Status

To the Editor:             Marion’s qualifying as a designated State Green Community ma[...] Read more »

Marion Energy Management Committee

To the Editor: Feel the Green! A Warrant Article for Marion’s Electric Cars. Have you noticed the [...] Read more »

ORR High School Drama Club

To the Editor: I’m writing on behalf of the students of the ORR High School Drama Club and the Fri[...] Read more »

Friends of the Plumb Library

To the Editor:             We, the board of the Friends of the Plumb Library in Rochester[...] Read more »

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Sports

Big Play Catapults Old Colony Football Ahead

Old Colony football improved to 2-0 on the season after its Saturday 21-14 win over Keefe Tech. The [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Recreation Adult Fall Programs

New this season – Adult Fencing! Join MATTREC and Blackstone Valley fencing instructors for an[...] Read more »

OR Football Cruises into Season-Opening Win

Old Rochester football sent a swift message across the entire South Coast Conference in the first we[...] Read more »

ORR Ready for New Era of Football

For a few years, Old Rochester football coach Justin Kogler had the luxury of not worrying about the[...] Read more »

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Features

The Wanderer: A Short History of the Last Whaling Bark

Imagine, if you will, Mattapoisett’s Shipyard Park full of raw white gleaming wooden planks and timbers. Can you hear the cacophony from men and tools being plied in the making of wooden ships? Imag[...] Read more »

ORR Mural Honors Life of Becket Kiernan

The entire Old Rochester Regional community was there lining the road that February day when USMC PFC Becket Kiernan travelled one last time by the school on his way to his final resting place at the [...] Read more »

Rochester Welcomes Next Police Chief

He’s not usually an emotional guy, said retiring Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee on Friday, September 14, but those who’ve worked alongside all these years can attest to his sincerity. As Roches[...] Read more »

Pipe Dreams

If I walk slowly through the late summer woods, I can feel the forest around me is charged with an almost supernatural presence. If I look carefully enough, I can see that I’m not alone walking amon[...] Read more »

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Happenings

The Halloween Cover Contest

Are you ready for some spooktacular fun? Dust off the cobwebs and sharpen those scary pencils! Your best Halloween artwork could be on the cover of Th[...] Read more »

Marion General Store to be Preserved by SHS

The Sippican Historical Society, a small group of supporters, and the Cheney family, owners of the General Store, have forged a unique partnership. Th[...] Read more »

ORRHS to Host Accreditation Visit

Sixteen educators will conduct an on-site Accreditation of Old Rochester Regional High School starting on Sunday, September 30 through Wednesday, Octo[...] Read more »

MNHM After-School Programs

The Marion Natural History Museum Fall/Winter 2018 after-school programs will include: September 26– Netting the shore – We will be enjoyi[...] Read more »

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Schools

ORR Holds First Ever Bulldog Bash!

Old Rochester Regional’s AmbassadOR Club held their very first, but soon to be annual, Bulldog Bas[...] Read more »

Encompass Community at Friends Academy

On Wednesday, November 28from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, The Encompass Community at Friends Academy, 1[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Melvin M. Vincent, of Rochester, Massachusetts, has been named to second honors on theClark Universi[...] Read more »

99,200: A Farewell to Paul Sardinha

Paul Sardinha, the man who has been bringing smash hit drama productions for the past two decades to[...] Read more »

Tabor Academy Opens its 142nd Year

With the last of its many summer opportunities finishing up this week, Tabor Academy will open its d[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Patricia A. Hotte

Patricia A. Hotte, 73, of Rochester, died Sept. 13, 2018 at home after a long illness. She was the wife of Lawrence J. Ferreira and the daughter of Ed[...] Read more »

Thomas A. Dutra

Thomas A. Dutra, 67, of Wareham, died Sept. 14, 2018 at home. He was the husband of the late Pamela R. (Ponte) Dutra and the son of the late Leonard F[...] Read more »

Jane R. Martin

On June 6, 2018, Jane R. Martin our loving matriarch, daughter, wife, grandmother, great grandmother and friend passed away at the age of 77. Jane was[...] Read more »

Robert A. “Bob” Connelly

Robert A. “Bob” Connelly, 80, of Rochester, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Vibra Hospital in New Bedford. Bo[...] Read more »

Laura Eva “Smith” Lebeau

Laura Eva “Smith” Lebeau, age 66, passed on August 27, 2018 at home in Fall River after a lengthy illness. She was born and raised in Roch[...] Read more »

Hormidas R. “Butch” Boucher

Hormidas R. “Butch” Boucher, age 99 of Rochester, passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 in Nemasket Healthcare Center in Middleboro, MA, surro[...] Read more »

Richard Edward Cole

Richard Edward Cole, 68, of Mattapoisett, passed away on Wednesday morning, August 29, after a period of failing health. Rick was born in Brockton, MA[...] Read more »

Lorraine (Vasconcelles) Rodrigues

Lorraine (Vasconcelles) Rodrigues, 85, of Mattapoisett died August 29, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of th[...] Read more »

Francis “Frank” Charles Beatriz & Betsey Winslow (Perkins) Beatriz

It is with great sadness and broken hearts, that the Beatriz and Perkins’ families suddenly lost their treasured Francis “Frank” Charles[...] Read more »

Herman R. “Joe” Morse, Jr. and Lillian A. “Tuddie” Morse

The family of Herman R. “Joe” Morse, Jr. and Lillian A. “Tuddie” Morse announce their cremation interment at Rochester Center Cemetery. “Joe[...] Read more »

Valentyna E. Bindas (“Val”)

Valentyna E. Bindas (“Val”) passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her daughter Lisa Bindas and her “daughter” Jacilyn B[...] Read more »

Cranston Clarke “Whitey” Lynch

Cranston Clarke “Whitey” Lynch, 89, of New Bedford died Thursday August 9, 2018. He was born February 26, 1929 as Edward Russell Hearson, [...] Read more »

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