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ROCHESTER
Annual Election, April 11, 2018
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Annual Town Meeting, Monday, May 21 – 7pm
Memorial School, Pine Street
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MARION
Annual & Special Town Meeting,
Continues Tuesday, May 15 – 6:45pm, Sippican School, Spring Street
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Annual Town Election, Friday, May 18 – 8am to 8pm
Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center
465 Mill Road, Route 6
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MATTAPOISETT
Annual Town Meeting, Monday, May 14
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Annual Election Tuesday, May 22 – 8am to 8pm
Old Hammondtown School, Shaw Street
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News

Artist to Paint Mural at RMS

The PTO Cultural Council is at it again with its next artistic endeavor to beautify Rochester Memorial School, this time with a large-scale painted mural. RMS Principal Derek Medeiros told the Rochester School Committee on May 10 that artist Todd Woodward would be painting one of the walls in one of the outside courtyard areas […] Read more »

Commission Approves Long List of RDAs

The May 9 agenda of the Marion Conservation Commission was packed with a number of Requests for Determination of Applicability, all of which were promptly passed relatively problem-free and given negative determinations (no Notice of Intent filing required). Stanley Russo received a Negative 2 Determination for his Request for Determination of Applicability to place some […] Read more »

The Tale of Two Town Meetings

There was no question as to the presence of a quorum for Marion’s Monday, May 14 Annual Town Meeting, but Tuesday’s ATM 2.0 was a relative trickle compared to the crowd that cascaded into the Sippican School multi-purpose room the previous night. Monday’s highlight was indeed Article 14, the nearly $7.9 million Town House renovation […] Read more »

Marion Recycling Heads Straight to Landfill

*Please note: The Town will continue curbside collection of residents’ recycling, although the materials will temporarily be sent to the Bourne landfill until the Town secures another recycling service to accept the recyclable materials. The Town wants residents to continue to separate their recyclables from their trash and place them out on the curb as usual. This article […] Read more »

Voters Say ‘Yes’ to Ban Marijuana Sales

There was an hour of debate. Those for and those against the passage of local bylaws that would ban retail business activities related to recreational marijuana sales and cultivation in Mattapoisett spoke their minds, pleaded their cases. There was passion. There was opinion. There was data. But when the smoke cleared and the votes carefully […] Read more »

Cease and Desist Issued for 324 Front Street

Christian Loranger’s 324 Front Street condominium project was issued a Cease and Desist Order on May 10 as the building permit undergoes the appeal process with the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Wanderer obtained a copy of the order in which Marion Building Commissioner Scott Shippey wrote that on May 4 he received additional information […] Read more »

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Mon 21

Rochester Annual Town Meeting

May 21 @ 7:00 pm
Tue 22

Mattapoisett’s Annual Town Election

May 22 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
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Plymouth County Register of Deeds Mattapoisett Office Hours

May 24 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race

May 28 @ 8:30 am

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Events

Nature’s Treasures Garden Tour

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club announces their 2018 biennial garden tour “Nature’s Treasures.” On Saturday, June 30from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, ra[...] Read more »

Plymouth County Register of Deeds Mattapoisett Office Hours

Plymouth County Register of Deeds John R. Buckley Jr. will hold Office Hours in the Conference Room at Mattapoisett Town Hall located at 16 Main Stree[...] Read more »

60th Anniversary Music Fest

The Mattapoisett Historical Society is 60 Years Old! We will be celebrating our 60th birthday with an afternoon of music and refreshments on Saturday,[...] Read more »

Annual Super Duper Summer Fair

Save the date of Saturday, July 28for the First Congregational Church of Marion Annual Super Duper Summer Fair. This is the Fair that everyone looks f[...] Read more »

Rochester Annual Town Meeting

The 2018 Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 21, at 7:00 pm at the Rochester Memorial School. Please visit our website at https://www.tow[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Mattapoisett Lions Club Scholarship

To the Editor: Amy Mello, President of the Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 45,000 Lions Clubs around[...] Read more »

Town House

To the Editor: We, the current generation of Marion residents, have been entrusted with a legacy of [...] Read more »

Preserve Marion’s Historic Town Hous

To the Editor: Preserve Marion’s Historic Town House for $36/year. Thirty-six dollars per year is [...] Read more »

Town House Renovation

To the Editor: Marion Selectmen explain the decision to move forward with town house renovation proj[...] Read more »

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Sports

OC Baseball Wins 5th Straight Conference Title

This season was expected to be more of a rebuild for Old Colony baseball. Turns out it was a reload.[...] Read more »

OC Boys’ Lacrosse Adjusts as Postseason Approaches

They may only be at the halfway point on their schedule, but Old Colony boys’ lacrosse has to worr[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Road Race

The Mattapoisett Road Race committee met on April 26 to begin preparing for the 48th Independence Da[...] Read more »

Tabor’s Ahearn Commits to Tennessee

Tabor Academy has had its share of impressive left-handed pitchers go on to play Division I college [...] Read more »

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Features

ORR Theater Class Presents: Harry Potter’s Shakespearean Adventure

This year, the ORR Theater Class is proud to present Harry Potter’s Shakespearean Adventure, starring Cuyler Mathieu as Ron Weasley, Baylen Brunelle as Harry Potter, and Brianna Lynch as Hermione Gr[...] Read more »

Because History Matters

On May 6, Mattapoisett Public Library’s Purrington Lecture Series hosted a lecture that opened a door into Bronze Age culture and sites. Holding the door open as we slipped through was archeologist [...] Read more »

Tri-Town, Nation Reaches Recycling Crisis

Recycling is officially a sticky subject in the Tri-Town, both figuratively and literally, and now ABC Disposal, Inc. is looking to reclaim some of the costs of disposing our dirty recyclables by incr[...] Read more »

Young Readers Select Quahog Award Winners

With the smell of pizza permeating the air and the sound of excited young voices playing like music in the background, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on May 2 hosted its seventh annual Quahog Bo[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Mattapoisett Recreation Summer Program Registration

Mattapoisett Recreation is pleased to offer the following summer programs: Seahorse Summer Explorer Campis open to children ages 4-12 years. This week[...] Read more »

ORR Class of 1968 Reunion

Any member of the ORR Class of 1968 who is interested in a class reunion, please contact Jean Rose at rose_jean_2000@yahoo.com[...] Read more »

Sippican Historical Society

In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded one-ha[...] Read more »

Francis Receives Special Recognition Award by SRPEDD

Jennifer Francis is being honored with the Special Recognition Award by the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District. The awar[...] Read more »

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Schools

ORR Senior Upcoming Events

The following schedule is provided to help you plan for the end-of-year activities for ORR seniors. [...] Read more »

Tabor Lands Astronaut as Commencement Speaker

On June 1, the Tabor Community will have the rare treat to see the world through the eyes of someone[...] Read more »

Students Earn Top Science Awards at State Science Fair

Falmouth Academy sent fourteen students and thirteen projects to the Massachusetts State Science and[...] Read more »

Exchange Students Travel to Chicago

One of the most interesting and educating experiences that teenagers can have is studying abroad. Th[...] Read more »

Boys’ and Girls’ State

Six members of the Class of 2019 at Old Rochester Regional High School will be attending the Boys’[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

William “Bill” Suzan Jr

William “Bill” Suzan Jr was born in Barnstable, MA on October 21, 1929 and passed on May 13, 2018 in Bothel, WA. Bill was the son of Willi[...] Read more »

Shirley M. (Rhodes) Hartley

Shirley M. (Rhodes) Hartley, 90, of Rochester died May 18, 2018. She was exactly where she wanted to be, at home and surrounded by her family. She was[...] Read more »

Dorothy J. Lewis

Dorothy J. Lewis, married for 64 years to the late Edward W. Lewis of Mattapoisett, died on May 14, 2018 at home under hospice care. Mrs. Lewis was bo[...] Read more »

Joyce Ann Anderson

Joyce Ann Anderson, age 73, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Brookdale/Freedom Pointe Assisted Living Facility in Lady Lake, FL. She was the wife o[...] Read more »

Janet B. (Saba) Charron

Janet B. (Saba) Charron, 74, of Rochester passed away on Wednesday May 9, 2018 at Nemasket Healthcare Center in Middleboro after a long illness. She w[...] Read more »

Margaret “Peg” Butts

Margaret “Peg” Butts, 88, of Marion formerly of Hartford, CT and Boston, passed away on Friday, May 11, at the Sippican Healthcare Center. Mrs. Bu[...] Read more »

James M. Collins

James M. Collins, 56, of Marion died May 1, 2018 unexpectedly at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of Holly D. (Robbins) Collins. Born in Boston, the[...] Read more »

Prudence M. “Prue” (Manley) Cormier

Prudence M. “Prue” (Manley) Cormier, 73, of Palm Harbor, FL died May 6, 2018 at home after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late J[...] Read more »

Robert E. Black

Robert E. Black, 81, died May 2, 2018 peacefully at home. He was the husband of Joan N. (Edwards) Louden-Black. The son of the late F. Robert and Eile[...] Read more »

Raymond L. Gamache, III

Raymond L. Gamache, III, 41, of Rochester passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 30, 2018. He was the born in New Bedford, son of Raymond Gamache, Jr.[...] Read more »

Geraldine “Gerry” (Francis) DeCosta

Geraldine “Gerry” (Francis) DeCosta, 89, of Mattapoisett died May 1, 2018 at Sippican Healthcare Center after a brief illness. She was the[...] Read more »

John L. Santos

John L. Santos, 77, of Marion died April 28, 2018 unexpectedly at home. He was the husband of Karen J. (Andrews) Santos and the late Linda (Lopes) San[...] Read more »

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