The Rochester Republican Town Committee will hold its August meeting at the Ponderosa Sportsman’s Club on Monday, August 11, at 6:30 pm. The Ponderosa is located at 242 Robinson Road, Acushnet. All are invited to attend. Read more »
In the 1880’s in Rochester, there were no appropriations made by the town for public safety, neither police nor fire. By 1888, an article came before town meeting to vote to offer a fixed payment for forest fire fighting. With its abundance of forested land, the biggest fire concerns centered around forest fires. There were […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War History, let’s discuss what was going on 250 years ago in and around the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. The best way to figure out what was going on was to read Washington’s papers and General Orders of the time period, as there was daily correspondence and orders put […] Read more »
The Rochester Cultural Council met at Town Hall on Monday to gear up for the 2026 state grant-funding award season. Council Chair Kate Duggan began the meeting by announcing that the list of Rochester grant recipients for 2025 has been posted on the state council website (massculturalcouncil.org/local-council/rochester), and a press release on the announcements […] Read more »
Learn all about the baby oyster nursery in Mattapoisett this summer, a collaboration between Mass Oyster Project, the Mattapoisett Harbor Master Department, and the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Join us at the Mattapoisett Library on Tuesday, August 5 at 2:00 pm for a short film for all ages called Operation Restoration: Oyster, a documentary about […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library Artist Series presents Ad(h)orrable by A. Santos. The exhibition, entitled “Ad(h)orrable: Half Horrible, Half Adorable,” begins on August 2 and is free and open to the public. Our six-week Summer Yoga Series continues on Thursday, August 7, at 10:30 am and concludes on Thursday, August 14. Stretch, unwind, and […] Read more »
The Wanderer is pleased to announce that we are soliciting nominations for our 31st annual “Wanderer Keel Awards.” The yearly community service honor, presented to one Tri-Town resident from each of the three central towns in our circulation area, will be announced in our August 28 edition, and each winner will be the subject […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners met on Wednesday, July 23 for a brief open session. Following a roll call by Chair Dan Chase, Water and Sewer Superintendent Henri Renauld began by addressing correspondence with Eversource, where he said the corporation would be performing vegetation control along powerlines near the town’s drinking-water […] Read more »
On July 29, the Mattapoisett Select Board met with members of local families who have donated land. Three parcels are to be given to the Mattapoisett Land Trust for the purpose of having those lands conserved in perpetuity. Mike Huguenin, president of the Mattapoisett Land Trust, noted that the Lenk and Kenney properties being […] Read more »
B Fleet protest hearing: Fir Na Tine won the protest over Kinsail in last week’s B fleet race which moved Chickadee into first place, Lindisfarne into second, Fir Na Tine third, Big Dipper fourth and Seven Belles into fifth for that race. Kinsail was disqualified. This week, Kinsail got some revenge as it beat […] Read more »