Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to announce that registration for the Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Project GROW preschool program is open for the 2026-27 school year. Project GROW has long provided high-quality pre-schooling to children in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester. “Project GROW continues to be an […] Read more »
To the Editor; When I was about five years old, my father would take me hiking into the forest behind our house. In those days the woods felt endless. Ferns crowded the path, moss climbed the trunks of trees, and sunlight broke through the canopy in pale, shifting columns. This was where we were […] Read more »
I love seeing boats in the winter, their exposed underbellies and hearing their musical halyards play when the wind comes through, waiting for warmer days. Likewise, I hold a great reverence for trees (especially deciduous) that sit out the season showing their skeletal outlines that are cloaked during the bloom season. On the practical […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee’s Budget Subcommittee met on Thursday, February 12 in the Superintendent’s Conference Room, 135 Marion Road, and via Zoom to discuss ongoing budgeting challenges, potential cuts, and planning ahead for Fiscal Year 2027. Many staff in Rochester schools and parents attended the hybrid-style meeting due to widespread talks over the town’s […] Read more »
The Bourne-Wareham Art Association (BWAA) is happy to announce that their Art Achievement Award will be taking place again this year. We are a group of local artists promoting visual arts throughout the Buzzards Bay region. Graduating seniors from the region who plan to pursue a career in visual art are eligible and encouraged to […] Read more »
Grace Ribeiro, of Mattapoisett was named to the University of Mississippi’s Fall 2025 Honor Roll. Ribeiro, in the B.A.Ed. in Elementary Education program, was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00. Benjamin D. Giumetti, son of Shannon and Don Giumetti of Mattapoisett has […] Read more »
Paleo, Keto, Carnivore, Intermittent Fasting , Whole30 – each diet purporting to solve all your health problems. None are terribly healthy and none solve all your health problems. What do we know, based on lots of observation and backed by science, about what constitutes healthy eating? First, make plants the foundation of your […] Read more »
Old Rochester’s boys basketball team played Fairhaven (13-7) in their final game of the regular season on February 13 and won 64-45. Grady Oliveira scored 25 points, and Brody Hiles scored 17 along with 6 rebounds and 6 assists. The Bulldogs ended the regular season with a 13-7 record and 9-4 record in the […] Read more »
Sounds of Silents is a multimedia concert experience featuring Paul Bielatowicz (guitar) and Simon Fitzpatrick (bass/chapman stick), of Carl Palmer’s Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Part concert, part cinematic experience, entirely unforgettable. The show is on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 pm, at the MAC, located at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion. Tickets are $25 for […] Read more »
Dear Editor, Rochester residents are requesting that the Town Planning Board pause advancement of the proposed border rezoning near Mary’s Pond Road to pursue a comprehensive, independent impact analysis sufficient to justify the Planning Board’s recommendation and establish a defensible public record. In recent statements made to Sippican Week and at the February […] Read more »