Happy New Year from the Rochester Historical Society. Thank you for your support throughout 2025. While we will be closed until Spring, as always, we are happy to open by appointment. Just give us a heads up, so we can heat up the building. If you have a historical question or want to make a […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Lions Club, a member of Lions International, the world’s largest service club organization consisting of 46,000 clubs and more than 1,400,000 members worldwide, is pleased to announce the availability of TWO (2) – $2,000 scholarships to be awarded this year to a graduating high school senior or home-schooled student residing in Mattapoisett, Marion, […] Read more »
When future historians look back on today, they may well call this “the age of the screen.” Certainly, our screens have made life easier in many ways, but we’ve also lost a sense of an actual shared community. On one hand, it’s easier to watch even new movies on our home screens, but that means […] Read more »
There will be an ADU Presentation on Wednesday, January 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Marion Council on Aging presented by Buz Artiano will be here along with Bob Grillo, Marion Building Commissioner. You Will Learn: What is an ADU? What goes into making an ADU? Who is an ADU for? What can YOU […] Read more »
The Marion Historical Commission is pleased to announce that the Tremont Advent Christian Camp Meeting Association property on Oakdale Avenue has received a Determination of Eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This preliminary approval was made recently by the Massachusetts Historical Commission following a unanimous vote of support by the Tremont […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center announces a call for entries for the Winter Members’ Show opening January 10 with a reception from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The show runs through February 6. All members may enter a piece. Works must be original, must have been executed by the artist within the last five years, and […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library’s recent Annual Jewelry and Accessory sale was a tremendous success thanks to the community’s support and generosity. Thank you to all who donated items, volunteered their time, and made purchases at this year’s jewelry sale; the 2nd Silent Auction was particularly successful. 100% of the sale proceeds will […] Read more »
Someone who will remain nameless once suggested that there wasn’t enough Rochester history for all the articles I have written and maybe I was submitting them more than once. It was a joke, but I realized that unless you went to the museum and looked through all the file cabinets and books and boxes, you […] Read more »
When I started writing about Rochester history, I titled the articles from the “Files of the Rochester Historical Society” because one of the important things that we do within our museum is to collect and preserve pictures and all kinds of paper (ephemera and archival material) that are important to the understanding of Rochester as […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) requests your help collecting NEW hats, gloves, and scarves through January 11. TAB recognizes that winter can be especially difficult for veterans, so our members have teamed up with The Veterans Transition House in New Bedford to help. Your donations of NEW hats, gloves, and […] Read more »