The Old Rochester Regional High School girls’ lacrosse team built its record to 12-4 with a 12-2 victory over visiting Bourne on May 15 and only had Monday’s regular-season finale on home field against Marshfield before preparing for the state tournament. Boys Lacrosse The Bulldogs lost a close one, 9-8 to Bourne (10-6). […] Read more »
The rearranged Marion Select Board assured 159 Spring Street residents Matt and Jen Christopher that they will be heard, but new chairman Norm Hills insisted the Christophers’ complaint over their water bill be thoroughly fleshed out with representatives from the Department of Public Works on hand and only after he has had ample time to […] Read more »
This June we won’t be having our regular 3rd Wednesday of the month meeting. Instead, we will be opening our new exhibit: Past Pastimes-How We’ve Entertained Ourselves for the Last 337 Years. This exhibit is supported by the Rochester Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. This exhibit […] Read more »
The American Legion Post 280 and The Tri-Town Veterans Office would like to invite all to attend the Annual Mattapoisett Memorial Day Ceremony. The ceremony will be held at Center School at 17 Barstow Street on May 27 at 1:30 pm. Our guest speaker is Pete O’Brien USMC (Ret) as well as performances by the […] Read more »
Unbelievably packed into one late afternoon on May 16, Rochester Memorial School for the second consecutive year celebrated its students’ achievements in various expressions via an event dubbed STEAM-a-palooza. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, and some of the things produced by RMS students encompass multiple facets within the STEAM theme. […] Read more »
The May 20 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission found the commissioners unanimously voting to lift an Enforcement Order issued against restoration work taking place at The Bogs, a property of the Buzzards Bay Coalition. After winter storms flooded the project area, resulting in stormwater pouring away from the site into neighboring properties, the […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center announces the MAC Theater presentation of The Minotaur, written by Anna Ziegler and directed by Kate Sorensen. A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, The Minotaur is a contemporary take on love, honor and human connection. With refreshing originality and wit, it explores how we break out of history in […] Read more »
Rochester is holding a Memorial Day event at 12 noon on Sunday, May 26 at the Rochester Town Hall. Events will include selected readings at the town hall, a short walk to Daggett Square and additional readings and music there. Read more »
On May 19, the treasure chest better known as the Mattapoisett Museum, opened its doors, welcoming George Lowery and his family to the permanent home of his gift – a scale model of the last whaling ship built in Mattapoisett, the Wanderer. Though the delivery occurred on January 30, the story of Lowery’s interest […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday had to satisfy a roomful of concerned neighbors as it approved the wetland resource boundary limits for an address on Gifford Lane. Land surveyor John Romanelli told the commission that the property’s owners, the estates of James and Sharon Barton, want to come up with a value for selling the […] Read more »