After two days spent learning and rehearsing new music, 20 Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (ORRJHS) students took to the stage at the Southeastern Massachusetts Music Educators Association (SEMMEA) Junior District Festival. Old Rochester musicians joined students from across southeastern Massachusetts for festival auditions in December, and qualifying performers gathered again on March […] Read more »
On March 7, it was announced on their Facebook page that the Marion General Store would be closed beginning April 1. Though it said the closure was temporary, there were questions as to how long the beloved and famed market would remain closed. That fated day came, and the store has been closed for […] Read more »
On April 2, the Mattapoisett Select Board met jointly with the Finance Committee, Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber to discuss the FY27 School Budgets. The two-hour meeting featured deep dives into funding sources and more than 20 pages of where funds […] Read more »
Coming soon will be our first Rochester Historical Society meeting of 2026 at the Historical Museum at 355 County Road, Rochester at 7:00 pm on April 15. After a short business meeting, Mac Phinney and Howie Smith will present a program on their research on where and when Wareham men fought in the Revolution. This […] Read more »
The Sippican Woman’s Club is especially pleased to announce that in observance of National Poetry Month, their April speaker will be Ann Wallace, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Jersey City, and author of recently published Keeping Room, her third book of poetry. The title of her presentation is “Writing My Way Through,” regarding her own redemptive […] Read more »
Nearly 150 Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School freshmen recently learned CPR through training provided by the Rochester Fire Department, giving students life-saving skills they could use in an emergency. A total of 148 freshmen participated in the annual training, which is built into the school’s curriculum to ensure every student learns the […] Read more »
To the Editor: Re “Town Meeting Warrant Closed” (news article, The Wanderer, April 2): The Island Wharf green space is not an incidental parcel of land; it is protected ground, bound by a clear and enduring legal and moral commitment. The 1901 Deed to the Town of Marion explicitly mandates that this land […] Read more »
The annual Mattapoisett Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt was at Ned’s Point last weekend after having been delayed a week from its originally scheduling due to inclement weather. The hunt brought out several hundred people under light-blue skies. The bit of sunshine had little tykes of all ages come out as they enjoyed scampering […] Read more »
The once-problematic, proposed town budget for FY27, that Rochester residents will be asked to vote on at the Annual Town Meeting, will be balanced once and for all. Last week, Town Administrator Cameron Durant informed the Rochester Select Board that the $27,900,000 town operating budget for the next fiscal year was up against […] Read more »
The League of Women Voters of the South Coast invites you to Candidates’ Night on Thursday, April 23, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room at Sippican School. Please plan to arrive by 6:45 pm and kindly leave all campaign materials outside the school. Attorney Jack Eklund will serve as the moderator. […] Read more »