The Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA) is pleased to announce the launch of its Grant Program for the 2025–2026 academic year, supporting creative and impactful initiatives at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (ORRJHS) and Old Rochester Regional High School (ORRHS). The program is open to students, teachers, and current staff of ORR schools. […] Read more »
The 2025 Veterans Day event held annually in Mattapoisett featured a special guest speaker. Connie Eshbach is well-known for her commanding knowledge of local history, more specifically the history of the tri-towns once collectively known as Rochester. In recognition of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Eshbach briefly explored theTri-Town’s impact on […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board passed on a chance to procure solar panels right now for the newly constructed Department of Public Works building but gave the green to a new tradition – a holiday buoy tree to raise money for a local food pantry. These were two items discussed at length at the […] Read more »
Douglas Homer Watson died at his home in Marion on October 28, 2025 after living valiantly with Parkinson’s disease for 16 years. His beloved wife, JoAnn was by his side. Doug was born in 1949 in Bryn Mawr, PA. to Anne Sweetser Watson and L. Hoyt Watson. He attended The Booth School, in Rosemont, […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee met on Thursday, October 30 for a brief meeting. Chair April Nye began the meeting by greeting, via Zoom, Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Assistant to the Superintendent and the School Committee Melissa Wilcox. Superintendent Nelson invited Catherine Cooper, executive director of the Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative (SMEC), […] Read more »
The MAC Theater is once again featuring a holiday play by popular playwright Tom Dudzick and directed by returning director Jennifer Palmer. Andy has a sweet Catholic mother, a sour Catholic father and an intellectually disabled younger sibling named Mickey. When he brings his Jewish atheist fiancé to meet the folks on Christmas Eve, […] Read more »
Henry David Oberlander of Norwood, MA passed away on November 5, 2025 at the age of 29 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Beloved son of David and Beth Bruno Oberlander of Mansfield, MA, Henry is also survived by his brother Cal Oberlander of Queens, NY, his grandparents Ann Bruno of Mattapoisett, MA and […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s very own Julie Gallagher is in Marbella, Spain to compete in this year’s annual Ironman Pro Series 70.3 World Championship. Gallagher qualified for this strenuous, multi-faceted race last year and has been training since. She and her two daughters, Addie and Ansley, left our neck of the woods and headed to Spain on […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in and around the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. Never uneventful, last week, delegates from the Continental Congress met George Washington at his headquarters in Cambridge with discussions mostly centered on the General’s plans to make it […] Read more »
The leaves they do fall from the east to the west, To rake all of them is surely a test. From the north to the south then they do come, Pushing my patience and leaving me numb. Each day I do rake them, and the reason is why: If I put down my rake, they’d […] Read more »