The Rochester Land Trust will hold its Annual Meeting at Red Barn Farm on Sunday November 9 at 11:00 am. The Farm is located at 157 Vaughan Hill Road in Rochester. We will conduct our usual business meeting and then introduce two very special guests: Mark Rasmussen, President of the Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC), […] Read more »
Give Back and Clear Your Fines. Through November 30, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library is partnering with the student Community Service Club of Old Rochester Regional High School to collect donations for a local food pantry. For each non-perishable, non-expired item donated and brought to the library, the library will waive $1.00 in overdue […] Read more »
On November 11 the students at Rochester Christian Learning Center will honor veterans at 9:00 am, in the fellowship hall at First Congregational Church of Rochester, located in the center of Rochester. Please join the students who will be serving coffee and donuts to the veterans as one of their community service projects. Please RSVP […] Read more »
On Halloween, just as the sun began to dip towards the horizon, it seemed the entire town came to show off their outfits for the Marion Art Center’s Annual Halloween Parade. The MAC’s very own volunteer witches guided the parade, which departed from the Marion Music Hall and hiked down Main Street, up Spring […] Read more »
Weeks of delays in achieving quorums necessary to hold a joint meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board and Mattapoisett Board of Health ended when, on October 30, the boards came together. They met to ostensively make a final decision on who would temporarily fill the vacant seat on the Board of Health. A seat […] Read more »
Join Mattapoisett Land Trust and Queer Hikes on Saturday November 8 at 10:00 am for a casual walk on MLT’s Brandt Island Cove District trails. Wander the woodland trail south along the saltmarsh, stopping at the observation platform to see if there are any osprey or tree swallows still around. The walk will continue to […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett is gearing up for an Independence Day celebration – and we need your help to make it happen. We’re calling on community members of all ages to volunteer for this year’s July festivities. We have several ideas that are being considered to present a Small-Town Celebration of The USA on […] Read more »
On Monday, November 10 school may be out, but mad science is in session. Join us at 2:00 pm for a fire and ice show presented by Mad Science of Southern MA and RI! This program is for kids grades kindergarten and up. Please register via our website. November is international games month and […] Read more »
The former Country Fair Grounds on Pine Street became the focus of two important issues at the Rochester Select Board meeting on Monday. Town Administrator Cameron Durant gave the Finance Committee an update on the plans for the new fire station proposed for 65 Pine Street that included news of an approximate $1,000,000 […] Read more »
The Water & Sewer Regulations Review Committee met at the Town Hall Annex’s meeting room on October 23 with the hope of synthesizing some regulations and making them more user friendly to applicants. Committee members for consecutive weeks have waded through the regulations and some of the October 23 talking points included whether […] Read more »