On Saturday, May 16, students from Rochester Memorial School and friends of Vivian Jones gathered on New Bedford Road for a lemonade stand to raise money. The money raised was for a good cause, and was in memory of Vivian, who passed just before the beginning of 6th grade on August 22, 2025, after […] Read more »
The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race (RMDBR) Ham and Bean Supper will be held Saturday May 23 at the Rochester Senior Center, 65 Dexter Lane. The supper will be served from 5:00 to 7:00 pm and tickets can be purchased at the door. Adults, $10.00 and children under twelve are only $5.00. There is the […] Read more »
Ticket sales have begun for the upcoming Annual Benefit Pops Concert for the Tri-County Symphonic Band. The theme for this year is “Flay Day: 250 Years of Independence.” The concert will, once again, be held on the waterfront in a grand tent on the campus of Tabor Academy in Marion. Fine music, cupcakes and lemonade, […] Read more »
Chief Richard B. Nighelli and the Marion Police Department welcome Cameron Wentworth as the Town of Marion’s new Harbormaster. Following a unanimous vote Tuesday evening, May 12, by the Marion Select Board, Wentworth was selected to serve as Harbormaster pending successful contract negotiations. “I am honored to be given the opportunity to serve […] Read more »
Marion held its Town Election on Friday, May 15. There were two contested races: that of the Select Board with the seat occupied by Norman Hills and a seat on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee. In the end, there were 847 votes, including those from early voting. As candidates gathered, waiting in […] Read more »
On Tuesday night, the results of the Mattapoisett Town Election were announced after polls closed at 8:00 pm. For the contested races: Kathy J Eklund took the one-year Board of Health seat with 1181 votes to Michael D King’s 521. This is to fill a vacancy on the board. For the seat on theCommunity […] Read more »
Betty Jean (Smith) Voss, 93, of Marion, passed away on April 27, 2026 surrounded by the love of her family. She joins her beloved husband of 66 years, Donald C. Voss of Wareham, with the Lord in Heaven. She was born in New Bedford on Mother’s Day, May 8th, 1932. Amid the hardships of the […] Read more »
The Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission met in person in the Police Station on May 7 for discussions on the land swap between the commission and the Select Board, tree removals, and other updates. Following the approval of the minutes from the commission’s April 16 meeting, Chair John Rockwell moved to discuss the Land […] Read more »
On May 30 the Historical Society is having a Red, White and Blue Bake Sale from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Rochester Land Trust Pony Pasture on Mattapoisett Road. After another expensive winter, we see a need to rebuild our cash resources the best way we know how – hold a bake sale. […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in New England and the northern Thirteen Colonies. Last week, rumors and anxieties swirl over reports that 12,000 Hessian mercenaries from Germany are on their way to support British lines. At the same time, the Colony of […] Read more »