News

Three for Three at Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission on September 23 held public hearings on three properties within a wetlands buffer zone and approved all three. The first two on the agenda received the most scrutiny: Mary Ann Hubbard Trust is seeking to build a single-family home on Front Street and Benjamin Dion is proposing a four-bedroom home on […] Read more »

Mahoney’s Lane Hearing Set for October 28 at ORR

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission plans to open the public hearing on the proposed Mahoney’s Lane project Wednesday, October 28, at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Whether residents will be able to participate by Zoom remains unresolved. At its September 28 meeting, the commission discussed how to accommodate the […] Read more »

Bathroom Incident Continues to Spur Public Comments

The Rochester School Committee began its September 24 meeting facing public comments from a room packed with residents still concerned about the recent complaint that a transgender student entered a girl’s bathroom stall at Rochester Memorial School. In May, a biologically male transgender student was accused of invading the privacy of a 9-year-old girl […] Read more »

Cottage Bylaw Not Ready for November Town Meeting

A proposed Cottage Community Development bylaw is not ready for the November 9 Town Meeting, Planning Board Chair Thomas Tucker said Monday night. The board closed a brief public hearing after receiving comments about cottage and garage sizes and questions about affordability. Members will continue revising the proposal for possible consideration at the […] Read more »

Open and Shut New Garage

The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, September 17, at 6:00 pm in Town Hall to hear one case: a request for a special permit. John and Nasira Ewing of 25 North Street sought a special permit for the demolition of the lot’s existing garage and the construction of a new […] Read more »

Groundwater Question Delays Special Permit Decision

At its Tuesday, September 22 meeting, the Rochester Planning Board delayed judging a special permit application to divide an existing parcel into two separate housing lots at 72 Marion Road after learning the land is in a groundwater protection district. Project representative Matthew Leone explained the plan is for land on the south side […] Read more »

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Oct 8

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Inaugural Fall Gala

Oct 9

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ORRHS Homecoming Football Game

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Fall Nature Drawing & Journaling in New England Rescheduled

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Events

Plumb Library Fall Storytime

Plumb Library storytimes are an interactive mix of early literacy fun with books, letters, numbers, songs, fingerplays, action rhymes, music, movement[...] Read more »

Teen Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Each Wednesday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, teens in 6 to 12 can join us in the Student Lounge for snacks, crafts and chill time. Teens and tweens in grad[...] Read more »

Fall Nature Drawing & Journaling in New England Rescheduled

The Marion Natural History Museum Fall Nature Drawing & Journaling in New England event has been rescheduled to October 10 from 10:00 am to 11:30 [...] Read more »

Children’s Department Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Looking for some storytimes? Family Storytime, for kids ages 2 and up and their families, happens on Thursday mornings in October at 10:30. Baby Story[...] Read more »

Rochester Historical Commission

Our 2nd Yard Sale will take place October 17 and 18. Drop-off will be October 3, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. On October 4, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, we [...] Read more »

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Opinion

Voting

To the Editor; Public-records law[...] Read more »

Drive and Drop Food Collection

To the Editor; The Mattapoisett C[...] Read more »

Thinking Green

To the Editor; The September 3, 2[...] Read more »

The Thin Green Thread

Regardless of what we think of them, the plants keep rising — through broken earth, through poison[...] Read more »

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Sports

Angelica Yacht Club Ends Season

Angelica Yacht Club, located on Point Connett, is Mattapoisett’s other yacht club. Racing started [...] Read more »

ORR Football on Winning Streak

Football: The Old Rochester Regional High School football team played at Dartmouth (1-2) on Septembe[...] Read more »

ORR Keeps the Victories Coming

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ORR Teams Sweep Openers

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Features

Making Peace with the Rain

How often have you mentioned the weather in the past two hours? I keep imploring my Alexa app to report the latest weather report, ho[...] Read more »

What about this New Blood Test for Cancer?

An FDA advisory panel recently recommended approval of the Galleri blood test that uses DNA technology to look for evidence of over 5[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Names MVP Team; Marion Seeks Volunteers

Mattapoisett has named five Community Liaisons to broaden community input into the town’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) 2.0 program, which focuses on strengthening resilience to climate[...] Read more »

Washburn Farmers Market Finds Its Rhythm in Second Season

On Tuesday afternoons, the lawn at Washburn Park fills with tents, tables of fresh produce and baked goods, live music and, increasin[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Rochester Residents to Participate in Jimmy Fund Walk

Three residents from Rochester will participate in the 2026 Jimmy Fund Walk for Dana-Farber on Sunday, October 4. [...] Read more »

Rochester Historical Society Museum

We hope to see a good turnout on Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum, 355 County Road in Rochester.[...] Read more »

Homeschool Writing Program at the ETL

The Elizabeth Taber Library is excited to announce the expansion of our homeschool programming this fall. &n[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act

The Mattapoisett Community Preservation Act Committee will be accepting project funding applications for Committee consideration and presentation at t[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Morgan Browning of Mattapoisett was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from The [...] Read more »

UCCRTS Open House

Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School will host its annual 8th Grade Open House on Saturday, Octo[...] Read more »

60th Reunion for Old Rochester Class of 1966

The ORRHS Class of 1966 will hold its 60th reunion on Saturday, October 3, at 5:00 pm. Classmates wi[...] Read more »

RMS Committee Chair Kate Duggan Joins MEPF

Michael S. Nelson is pleased to share that Rochester Memorial School Committee Chair Kate Duggan has[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,000 of its newest alumni during the University[...] Read more »

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