The Rochester Election recount was held on Wednesday, June 17. The results of the recount are as follows: for two seats on the Rochester Memorial School Committee, incumbent member Katherine Duggan, whose original total on election day, May 27, was 624, gaining an additional vote to win by 625 votes after the recount. For […] Read more »
Our Kids’ Summer Reading Program officially started on June 23, so be sure to come down and sign up. All of our summer reading events are free and open to the public, so you don’t need to register for the Kids’ Summer Reading Program to attend, but you must register to be eligible for […] Read more »
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School is pleased to announce that its Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget has received the approvals necessary for adoption under the district’s regional agreement. To date, the member towns of Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester have voted to approve the FY27 budget. While the Town of Acushnet has […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center will present a public reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? A diverse group of readers from the South Coast region will read an abridged version of Douglass’s famous speech. Audience members are invited to join the community conversation led by guest scholar […] Read more »
It looks like Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, the five members of the Old Colony Vocational Education District, will not support the district’s $289 million building project. In a ballot question election on June 20, Rochester went thumbs down on the construction plan with 831 votes “no” and 579 “yes” votes. Plus, […] Read more »
Summer reading registration is open, and exciting summer programs are underway at the Elizabeth Taber Library. Visit elizabethtaberlibrary.org/summer for information on all our summer children’s programs. On Tuesday, June 30 at 6:00 pm, kids and their caregivers can listen to Kendal Heldt read her book Queen of the Rocks, based on Marion’s Planting Island […] Read more »
A tiny turtle named Jellybean and an artist with a marine biology background recently inspired Center School students to new levels of appreciation for aquatic life. Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Dr. Linda Ashley are pleased to share that Center School students in the second and third grades received an interactive lesson on […] Read more »
The MAC wishes to advise members and patrons that the Unplugged: show featuring Matt Richard and Paul Del Nero, originally scheduled for May, has now been rescheduled for July 24. There will be two separate performances during the night, and each set will last about an hour. Find a spot at a cabaret table […] Read more »
Charles West has a long history of working in education. Though he was not an educator himself, he worked at Rochester Memorial School for approximately 23 years, first as a social worker and later becoming assistant principal in 2013, 13 years ago. Last month, the Old Rochester Regional School Committee approved West’s appointment […] Read more »
In preparation for Freedom Bells on July 4th, Russ and Wendy Keeler climbed into the attic of the museum formerly known as the East Rochester Congregational Church and oiled and greased our bell that was cast in 1872. It rings (we’re not sure what the bats in the belfry thought about that). We’re encouraging people […] Read more »