Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for February 2018: Green Team: Cameran Weaver & Quinn Davignon Orange Team: Samuel Harris & Julia Sheridan Purple Team: Rhiannon Maksy & Benjamin DeMoranville Blue Team: Brady LaPierre & Emma Welter Red Team: Charlotte Forker & Aiden […] Read more »
There is no pain that compares to that of losing a child, and no effective analogy for the long stretch of recovery from such a loss for a grieving parent left behind. Conrad Roy, Jr. knows that pain, and he knows that long road of recovery must be travelled, whether you walk it or run […] Read more »
The Friends of Mattapoisett Council on Aging invite you to join us for our Spring Fling Luncheon at noon on April 12at the Mattapoisett Knights of Columbus, 57 Fairhaven Road, Mattapoisett. There will be prizes for the best “Spring Hat,” a 50-50 raffle, and door prizes. Read more »
Nicole Boussy from Sippican School will be lacing up her sneakers on April 16 in Boston for the run of her life. Boussy will join 44 other runners from 4 countries and 21 different American states in the 122nd Boston Marathon for charity team 261 Fearless, a global running organization for women. 261 Fearless.org is […] Read more »
Sonja Lynne Valle-Gormley, 49, of Mattapoisett died Wednesday April 4, 2018 at McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich after a long illness. Born in Boston, the daughter of Margilyn (Caselli) Valle and her husband Gene Tacke of Sandwich and Arvidas Poshkus and his wife Jane of Marion, she was raised in Sandwich before moving to Mattapoisett. […] Read more »
Spring Street, formerly known as Phase 4 of Marion’s Village Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, was bumped up to be the next phase the town will tackle, putting Spring Street ahead of Main Street, formerly the very next phase of the plan. Jennifer Francis, on behalf of the Planning Board’s Transportation and Circulation Task Force, asked […] Read more »
The Rochester Memorial School budget for fiscal year 2019 was approved during the March 29 meeting of the Rochester School Committee after a brief presentation by Superintendent Doug White and Business Administrator Patrick Spencer. The budget was up this year by $180,000, or 2.96%, totaling $6,256,108. “I think this budget provides the support necessary to […] Read more »
Leslie Piper, of Rochester, recently earned a Master of Science from Simmons Collegein Boston. Read more »
The African Library Project, sponsored by the Elizabeth Taber Library and Sippican School, is an initiative to collect 1,000 books to send to Kaphira Primary School in Malawi, Africa. We need gently used books from pre-school through fourth grade levels as well as $500 to ship the books to Africa. Please bring donations to either […] Read more »
On April 14 & 15, the NBSO’s South Coast Chamber Music Series finishes off its 2017-2018 season with “April Smolders,” a capricious array of fantasy, virtuosity, the familiar, and the unknown. Artistic Director and pianist Janet Janice Weber is joined by violinists Piotr Buczek and Nina Bishop Nunn, violist Don Krishnaswami, and cellist Timothy Roberts […] Read more »