Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Heidi Letendre, with support from Rochester Town Administrator Cameron Durant and the Rochester School Committee, are pleased to share the details of a joint initiative set to launch between Rochester Memorial School and the Rochester Police Department. A […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Early Childhood Coordinator Doreen Lopes are proud to announce that the district, in partnership with its Early Childhood Office and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, will host the “Summer & Beyond” Activities Fair at Old Rochester Regional […] Read more »
A blustery wind from Mattapoisett Harbor whistled in between the Mattapoisett Congregational Church and the storage building where several bicycles were placed Saturday morning, as volunteers worked feverishly to greet donors, categorize their bikes and put them in a safe holding place before launching their second life. A 501 (c)(3) charitable organization, the […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Michael Devoll are pleased to announce that Lauren Millette has been chosen as the high school’s new assistant principal. Millette started serving as Interim Assistant Principal on Monday, October 28, replacing former Assistant Principal Vanessa Harvey. Previously, Millette served as the Director […] Read more »
It may hard for younger people to accept this, but when I was in medical school, we talked casually of patients having had “the usual childhood diseases,” referring to measles, mumps, chicken pox and rubella (German measles). Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily to others with near 100% transmission. While generally […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Michael Devoll are proud to share that senior Michael Hogan, a Special Olympics athlete, recently bowled a perfect game. Michael Hogan, 18, of Mattapoisett, achieved a perfect score of 300 in a game of bowling at Wonder Bowl […] Read more »
Tabor Academy is proud to announce a transformational $10 million commitment from John Fish ’78, P’15 and his wife Cynthia Fish P’15, marking the largest single pledge of support in the school’s history. Over the past 40 years, John and Cynthia Fish have contributed nearly $20 million in support of Tabor Academy and its priorities, […] Read more »
Before she was adopted from a rescue by a Mattapoisett family, Tessa was a street dog in Mexico. She had been passed around to different foster homes, likely neglected and abused. Tessa, five years old, was shy and had been in Mattapoisett with new owner Molly Urquhart for not but two weeks, just coming […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Silas Coellner are proud to announce that an eighth grader from Old Rochester Regional Junior High School is being honored with a Silver Key from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the Massachusetts region. Sophie Zhou, an […] Read more »
Healthcare fraud tends be “under the radar” for most of us, surfacing when authorities arrest those accused of such behavior or when guilty verdicts are announced, and usually in stories buried on the inside pages of the newspaper. While it is widely acknowledged to be a serious problem, costing the government and private insurers […] Read more »