Unfortunately, rain canceled the tractor pull at the Rochester Country Fair. However, it did bring back memories of horse pulls that I went to as a child. Horse pulls predated tractor and truck pulls. Around the 1860’s, it was horses that pulled farming machinery. Farmers loved to brag about how strong their horses were, and […] Read more »
The Rochester Republican Town Committee will be holding a regular meeting on October 18, in the community room of the Rochester Police Station beginning at 6:30 pm. This meeting will focus on the committee’s endorsement and support for candidates in the upcoming state elections, November 8. All Rochester Republicans, Independents and dissatisfied Democrats are […] Read more »
Watching the news coverage of Hurricane Ian made me reflect on hurricanes that have occurred in this area. The picture accompanying this article is of my grandparents’ barn on Snipatuit Road in Rochester after Hurricane Carol blew it down. My mother told the story of someone she knew whose husband had been sucked out of […] Read more »
The Historical Society got a good though wet start to their October events. We were at the Rochester Country Fair. We sold a map, sweatshirts and cookies and met some potential new members (after all, who wouldn’t want to join a group that’s willing to stand out in the rain to support another local group […] Read more »
The JH Plumb Memorial Library and its Board of Trustees cordially invites you to a meet and greet with our new director, Kristen Cardoso. Please stop by the library on Saturday, October 8 from 10 am-2 pm and help us welcome Kristen to the community! Light refreshments will be served. Read more »
The Mattapoisett Community Preservation Committee will be accepting project-funding applications for inclusion in the Spring 2023 Annual Town Meeting Warrant. The Project Application will be available on the Town Website and in paper form at the Selectmen’s Office by October 14. Submit Applications by November 23, 2022 to: Mattapoisett Community Preservation Committee, c/o Board […] Read more »
As part of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Artist Series, South Dartmouth artist Amy Thurber, who takes inspiration from nature, will be exhibiting her ceramics and illustrations at the Library from October 15 – November 14. Amy has spent her life creating functional objects in clay and detailed illustrations reflecting the wonders of the […] Read more »
Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Sunday, October 16 from 1:30–2:30 to hear Friends of Buttonwood Park President Richard Leary give a fascinating talk – Buttonwood Park: An “Olmsted” Park. He will share the story of New Bedford’s largest and most heavily-used park. This presentation is a part of Olmsted 200, a yearlong […] Read more »
A few years ago, the Rochester Historical Commission purchased a print at a Marion auction. The print is of the summer residence of the late Charles H. Leonard in Rochester. The residence was built in 1756 and remodeled in 1850. Sadly, it is no longer there as it burned down in the early 1900’s. The […] Read more »
I’m probably showing my age when I ask how many remember Longfellow’s poem that begins,” This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlock.” If you guessed “Evangeline,” you’re correct. Reaching back to my 8th grade English class, I remember being upset at the treatment of Evangeline and her neighbors, but I don’t […] Read more »