The New England Rodeo opened their second season at the Rochester Country Fairgrounds Saturday evening. Up to 20 professional bull riders competed in the professional rodeo, with some managing to stay on for eight seconds. Other events included barrel racing, and vaulting demonstrations with horses. The event started at 5:00 pm and carried into […] Read more »
The Monday meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board found the elected members wondering what they could have done differently leading up to the Spring Town Meeting to secure the voters’ confidence for cottage-style developments. They tried to convince voters such housing was a viable option for Mattapoisett’s demand for more housing. The article failed. Chair Tom Tucker said […] Read more »
Caroline Houdelette once again passed challenging tests at second singles with a pair of straight-sets victories (6-3, 7-5 against Bourne’s Ainsley Hopwood on May 15 and 6-1, 6-4 against Wareham’s Lon Tran on Monday), as the Old Rochester Regional High School girls tennis team won another pair of 5-0 sweeps. Neva Matos remained invincible at […] Read more »
Our Red, White and Blue Bake Sale will be held on May 30 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Rochester Land Trust Pony Pasture on Mattapoisett Road. That is an important thing to note. It is a Rochester Historical event to help us defray winter and spring costs, but it won’t be at […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is once again offering a volunteer orientation on Saturday, June 6 starting at 10:30 am in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. The event is open to anyone and everyone. Are you interested in volunteering but haven’t signed up because you want to learn more first? Perhaps you have helped out […] Read more »
Andrew Wronski of Rochester has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Spring 2026 President’s List. Lucas Pothier of Rochester, was named to the Dean’s List at Cedarville University for Spring 2026. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.50 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum of 12 credit […] Read more »
With a roomful of abutters looking on and full of questions, the Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday opened a Notice of Intent hearing on a plan to place a ground-mounted solar array system within a 100-foot wetlands buffer zone. Project technical consultant Stacy Minhane began the hearing by reporting this will be a 2.3-megawatt […] Read more »
May is when I adapt to the pace of nature, to paraphrase the famous naturalist and essayist Henry David Thoreau. Like nature, I’m at my busiest at this time of year and loving every frenetic minute. Such inspiration reminds me of another piece of wisdom (attributed to champion golfer Walter Hagen): “Don’t hurry, […] Read more »
The 38th Mattapoisett Yacht Club Spring Round the Bay Race will be on June 6. This is the first race in the Buzzards Bay Trophy. The Spring Round-the-Bay Race is a “pursuit start” PHRF Handicap race for Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker Classes. The course begins and finishes outside of Mattapoisett Harbor. This is the first […] Read more »
Come One Come All to a Cleanup day at the Hammond Cemetery on River Road in Mattapoisett on Saturday May 23 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Over the past three years we the members of the Mattapoisett Cemetery/Veterans Advisory Committee, along with many of your neighbors, have been in the process of restoring […] Read more »