The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race (RMDBR) Ham and Bean Supper will be held Saturday May 24 at the Rochester Senior Center, 65 Dexter Lane. The supper will be served from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and tickets can be purchased at the door. Adults, $10.00 and children under twelve are only $5.00. There is […] Read more »
Over many years Rochester has held horse pulls, tractor pulls and even circuses. It has become known as a “horse” town due to the number of stables within its borders and now there will be a rodeo in town. The word rodeo comes from a Spanish word that means round up. The earliest rodeos […] Read more »
Bessie Pierre of Marion and ORRHS class of 2021, graduated from Duke University with highest distinction from its Sanford School of Public Policy. Her honors thesis is entitled “An Evaluation of the Every Student Succeeds Act’s Educational Stability Provision for Foster Youth in Massachusetts.” Graduating with distinction is among the highest honors that Duke bestows […] Read more »
Girls Tennis The Old Rochester Regional High School girls tennis team played at South Coast Conference rival Apponequet (10-3) on May 8 and won 4-1. Emily Wyman was named the player of the match. The Bulldogs are a perfect 11-0 on the season and will play at Bourne (4-7) on Thursday, May 15. Boys […] Read more »
The Rochester Fire Department will again sponsor the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race. The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett River will take place on Monday, May 26, starting at 8:30 am at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir, Snipatuit Road, in Rochester and finishing at the Mattapoisett Herring Weir at River Road and Route […] Read more »
The Rochester Land Trust is planning a Bird Walk next Sunday May 18 at 7:30 am (bird watching is best done early.) at the Shoolman Preserve in Rochester, led by avian enthusiast Tanya Sanders. This is the height of the migratory bird season, and Tanya will help us identify all manner of woodland and wetland […] Read more »
Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for April 2025 Green Team: Lily Cunha & Genevieve Hebert Orange Team: Madison Hardy & Owen Rider Blue Team: Lily Connolly & Gabriel Gates Red Team: Emily Lavin & Anthony Biscaia Exploratory Team: Cara Jupin & Kaylie […] Read more »
To the Editor; After another successful Earth Day on April 20 the Rochester Women’s Club would like to thank everyone who came on that beautiful Saturday. Our Boy Scout troop 31 and their leader Kevin Thompson, The members of the women’s club who come together year after year for over 23 years, the residents […] Read more »
Let them buckin’ broncos loose! Rochester’s Select Board Monday officially approved the license agreement for the rodeos that will come to the former Country Fair grounds this summer. New England Rodeo, which is currently headquartered in Norton, proposed holding a series of rodeos every other Saturday from June to September at 65 Pine St. […] Read more »
A Memorial Service for Bill Blasdale will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 1 o’clock. The Celebration of Life will be held at Tabor Academy in the Wickenden Chapel located at 86 Spring Street, Marion. Read more »