Easter is approaching and if you haven’t yet got your tickets for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, sorry, you’re too late. The tickets were free and were available through an online lottery which, alas, closed in early March. All you had to do was to go to recreation.gov and create […] Read more »

For 72 years, the Pinewood Derby has challenged cub scouts to compete in races with their own miniature, hand-crafted wooden race cars. For six years, the Narragansett Council of Scouting America, which represents all the scout packs in Southern New England, has held its Southeastern regional competition for these races at Rochester Memorial School.             […] Read more »

Old Rochester Regional (ORR) School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson, High School Principal Michael Devoll, Junior High Principal Silas Coellner, Rochester Memorial School Principal Heidi Letendre, Sippican School Principal Lynn Desset, and Old Hammondtown School Principal Stephanie Wells are proud to celebrate the success of two March concerts presented by […] Read more »

Entering the Elizabeth Taber Library on March 24 for the grand reopening upon the completion of renovations, one was first struck by the gleaming appearance of the newly renovated space – shining bright like a diamond. The 15-week renovation project was funded by a local benefactor who had remained anonymous until now.             Executive Board […] Read more »

Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman and Energy Management Committee Chair Alanna Nelson are pleased to share new information about the recently updated state building code regarding energy efficiency standards for new construction, building alterations, and additions.             The Stretch Energy Code first became effective in 2009 and was adopted by Marion when the Town joined the […] Read more »

Rochester’s First Congressional Church located on 11 Constitution Way has announced its 3-year capital campaign to renovate the exterior of the property. The plan is to restore the church’s Sanctuary and Vestry buildings as both buildings were built during the early-1800s. The current proposal is exclusively an exterior renovation in order to preserve the historic […] Read more »

There are now five drugs on the market to treat genetic disorders that are each priced at over $2 million.             They have been approved by the FDA to treat illnesses that had no curative therapy. Some, such as spinal muscular atrophy, were fatal while others such as hemophilia and sickle cell anemia led to […] Read more »

Amidst the dripping-wet maze of young swimmers moving about while hidden under caps, goggles, and towels in between their many events at last weekend’s YMCA New England Championship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, there was no chance that Noella Michaud or her Gleason YMCA Riptides teammates would get lost.             “We have like a color, and […] Read more »

Old Rochester Regional (ORR) School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson, High School Principal Michael Devoll, and Junior High Principal Silas Coellner are proud to congratulate eight ORR instrumentalists and vocalists who performed at the Southeastern Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Junior District Festival.             The following students took the stage […] Read more »

The ice has finally all melted, barring any late-winter freezes. With that, we begin the long-awaited transition to spring. There was a time, not long ago, when the warming air of summer would not melt the ice, and a layer of perma-frost covered all of what we call “New England” and much of the Earth. […] Read more »