Old Hammondtown School Visit to Cuttyhunk

On May 20 the Old Hammondtown School sixth graders boarded the Cuttyhunk Ferry to spend a beautiful day exploring the Island of Cuttyhunk. Students experienced hands on learning by exploring the natural beauty of marshes, as well as both the calm and the island’s wild wave battered shores.             Students put on waders to explore […] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

If you had a hot dog or beverage at the Rochester Boat Race finish line this Memorial Day, then you encountered “The Dorothy” shown here in this picture. The Dorothy started as a peanut wagon bought by then  Dorothy Bray for entertainment at a friend’s party. Later, Dorothy married that friend, Joe Plumb. After its […] Read more »

Tour de Crème

This coming Sunday, we will once again offer riders the chance to sample the frozen wares from our creamery sponsors while enjoying the South Coast’s charming countryside by bicycle. Not just a bike ride, The Tour de Crème is 3 pedal powered tours of Southcoast Creameries and a seaside party brought to you by the […] Read more »

Salt & Light at the MAC

Salt & Light, the new show in the MAC Galleries, will open on Friday, May 29 with an artists’ reception from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The show runs through July 3, 2026, with artists’ talks in the galleries scheduled Thursday, June 25 at 5:00pm. All events are free and open to the public and […] Read more »

OCRVTHS Summer Discovery Experience

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School recently opened registration for its 9th annual Summer Discovery Experience program and tickets are expected to sell out fast.             This unique summer programming runs from July 13-24. Registration is open now on Eventbrite starting at $161.90 per session. Half-day and full-day options are available, with most morning […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Lions Club Scholarship Recipients

Kim Ray, President of The Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 50,000 Lion’s Clubs around the world, is pleased to announce that Leah Hollenbeck a senior at Old Colony Regional Technical High School and Caitlyn Lund, a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School, are the recipients of the 2026 Mattapoisett Lion’s Club Peter Hodges Memorial […] Read more »

Ken Souza Annual Memorial Scholarship Award

The fifth Annual Ken Souza Memorial Scholarship is being awarded to two ORRHS graduating seniors, Ian Hartwig and Christopher Huffman. The award, given each year to the outstanding senior video production student in the ORCTV/ORRHS School to Career Path video production program, is named to honor ORCTV’s first board president Ken Souza. The two students […] Read more »

Volunteer Orientation at the MAC

The Marion Art Center is once again offering a volunteer orientation on Saturday, June 6 starting at 10:30 am in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. The event is open to anyone and everyone. Are you interested in volunteering but haven’t signed up because you want to learn more first? Perhaps you have helped out […] Read more »

Hammond Cemetery Cleanup Day

Come One Come All to a Cleanup day at the Hammond Cemetery on River Road in Mattapoisett on Saturday May 23 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.             Over the past three years we the members of the Mattapoisett Cemetery/Veterans Advisory Committee, along with many of your neighbors, have been in the process of restoring […] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

As all those who were at Town Meeting know, one of the items addressed was the Town Report. Town Reports are mandated and have been at least as long ago as the 1800’s. I looked at the Historical Museum and found that our oldest one was from 1871-1872. However, the Library could do one better […] Read more »