Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for October, 2021: Green Team: Ashley Shaw-Nelson & Owen Callahan Orange Team: Cadel Bosma & Maddison Dos Santos Blue Team: Jacob Gear & Addison Roy Red Team: Natalie Medeiros & Gabriel Coughlin Exploratory Team: Gianna Flynn & […] Read more »
An October 3 letter composed by Marion Energy Management Committee member Jennifer Francis that is meant for the Select Board was updated in a group-editing session toward the end of the EMC’s November 22 Zoom meeting. The letter proposes policies and measures that would necessarily steer the town away from the consumption of […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School girls volleyball team closed out an incredible season on Saturday, winning the MIAA Division 3 state championship for the first time in the program’s history. The D3 final took place on November 20 at Bridgewater-Raynham with the No. 4 ranked Bulldogs facing off against No. 2 seed Dennis-Yarmouth […] Read more »
Flocks of wild turkeys are being seen everywhere along the south shore in abundant numbers, even in suburban back yards after having been completely depleted from all of Massachusetts for hundreds of years. In 1969 they were brought back and very successfully transplanted from Pennsylvania and nearby other states where they had also been […] Read more »
As Thanksgiving approaches, it does seem that talk about food increases daily, so I thought it might be a good time to see what the early residents of Rochester were eating. Near the beginning of his memoirs, Abraham Holmes, born in 1754, describes life in Rochester when he was “a lad”. At this time […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library has a full slate of programs before the holidays this December. Check out some of the fantastic events we have for children, teens, and adults! On Wednesday, December 1 at 6:30 pm, our Local Author Spotlight features Derek DeCosta, author of The Moonlight King, an autobiographical account of DeCosta’s […] Read more »
At a recent meeting held in Marion, the local League of Women Voters announced that its new name, League of Women Voters – South Coast, has been approved by the state-level LWV Massachusetts. This new name reflects the intention of the organization, formerly of the Tri-Town only, to expand to include area communities from Wareham […] Read more »
Charles A. Tavares, D.D.S, 87, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, November 22, 2021. He was the husband of the late Sally Tavares. Born in New Bedford, son of the late James M. and Bridget (Misiolek) Tavares, he lived in Mattapoisett most of his life. Charles served in both the U.S. […] Read more »
Marion’s spending think tank is heading for the final turn, and the holidays will provide a pause for individual opinions to resonate before the town’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee achieves consensus sometime in January. After hearing from the Council on Aging and the Harbormaster Department on November 17, two departments remain that will […] Read more »
Former Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons is scheduled for a January 27 bench trial to fight charges that Massachusetts State Police made following her July 17 arrest after being pulled over along Route 28 north while returning from a golf outing in Falmouth. At her July 19 arraignment to respond to charges of Operating […] Read more »