Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a lot of you are now either working from home or staying at home with your children during the State’s stay-at-home advisory. During this time period, a lot of us are finding it hard to find everyday essentials, one being toilet tissue. It is for this reason we are reaching […] Read more »
FY 2020 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills were mailed March 20 and are due on May 1. If paying by personal online banking, allow sufficient time for the bank to generate a check and mail it to the Town. Please supply sufficient information on the check identifying which bill should be credited. To […] Read more »
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »
The Rochester Women’s Club is extending the deadline for scholarship applications to May 1. If any senior would like to email us the application, please do so to rwomenclub@aol.com. Please send along your phone number so we can have another way to get in touch. We realize being a senior in high school is stressful enough. Adding […] Read more »
Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Town of Rochester has instituted several precautionary measures to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As this situation remains very fluid, we will continue to monitor events and will notify the public of any additional actions should they be needed. •Town Hall and Annex offices will be closed […] Read more »
If the Wind Will Not Serve, Take to the Oars! Creative donations to Benefit Sippican Woman’s Club Scholarship Fund Let your imagination soar! Paint, carve, embellish, create art using an oar or paddle. This inaugural fundraising event of the Sippican Woman’s Club takes place this summer in July and August. Each unique piece will be publicly […] Read more »
Effective Friday, March 13 through Wednesday, April 1, group activities and meals at the Rochester Senior Center will be canceled for the public due to the elevated risk of severe infections in people over the age of 60 from COVID-19. For the safety of all our participants at the Center, we are suspending all group […] Read more »
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »
During these uncertain times, shelter animals still need to be looked after and fed. As the weather starts getting warmer, cats who have not been spayed or neutered will start having kittens, often outside. That’s where our shelter comes in. It’s All About the Animals, Inc., is a cage-free, no-kill nonprofit cat shelter which relies […] Read more »
On Friday, March 13, Pastor Amy Lignitz Harken, and Phil Jackson, Chair of the Council at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church (MCC), jointly announced the suspension of all activities taking place at the Church for the next two weeks. After much discussion, Church leadership determined that the best course of action, at this time of great […] Read more »