Were you in Mattapoisett in August 1991 during Hurricane Bob? Do you have pictures or stories to share from that storm or another big storm? The Town of Mattapoisett, working with the Environmental Protection Agency and Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, is evaluating impacts of extreme weather events like hurricanes in Mattapoisett. We are asking those […] Read more »
To the Editor: I would like to thank the person who delivered my lost earring, attached to an invitation to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in West Wareham. It was met by me with great delight. I appreciate the humor of the earring being attached to the woman on the invitation. Even though the […] Read more »
Rochester Board of Selectmen Chairman Naida Parker read the letter of resignation of Town Administrator Michael McCue during a morning selectmen’s meeting on Thursday, April 14. Still in the throes of budget season and just weeks before the June 6 Annual Town Meeting, the town only has two weeks to set up an interim administration […] Read more »
On Saturday, April 23, current and future Special Olympics athletes of all ages will descend on Tabor Academy to participate in the first-ever Tabor Academy Special Olympics Fitness Day. Focusing on a variety of sports and motor skill development, athletes will visit a number of stations, each with a different sport theme. Events will include […] Read more »
The last day to register to vote for the Annual Town Election and the Annual Town Meeting is Tuesday, April 19. The Town Clerk’s Office will be open until 8:00 pm for voter registration on that day. The Annual Town Meeting will be held in the auditorium at Old Rochester Regional High School on Monday, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Conservation Agent Elizabeth Leidhold presented the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission with shocking photographic evidence that construction now taking place at The Preserve subdivision, part of the Bay Club, was not following Conservation Commission conditions. During the April 11 meeting, Jeff Youngquist of Outback Engineering, Inc. came before the commission with three Notice of Intent applications […] Read more »
In the absence of the chairman and against the wishes of one of the two selectmen present, the Rochester Board of Selectmen took no action on April 11 towards setting a special town meeting to bond the town’s share of $224,000 of the Old Rochester Regional School District’s $600,000 five-year capital plan. The consensus among […] Read more »
All harbor bills have been sent out. If you provided an email address last year, your bill was sent by email. All other bills were sent out by regular mail. If you have not received your bill, please stop by the Town Clerk’s Office or give us a call at 508-758-4100 ext. 2. Harbor bills […] Read more »
The Rochester Land Trust will hold an Electronics Recycling Event in conjunction with the Women’s Club at the Rochester Women’s Club, 37 Marion Road on Saturday, April 23 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. There will be a $25 charge for TVs larger than 27 inches, a $20 fee for TVs under 27 inches, and […] Read more »
Town administrators and the Rochester School Committee have finally agreed on a number for the Rochester Memorial School fiscal year 2017 budget, which was approved on April 7 after a short presentation of the FY17 budget. The budget is up roughly $140,000 from last year to about $5.8 million, a 2.4 percent increase. “We’ve been […] Read more »