Greetings from Plumb Library and welcome to BookRemarks, our new monthly feature focusing on all things library related.             It’s April and spring is finally here. Easter and flowers and sunshine and School Vacation Week. Do you have plans yet? We can help with that. Did you know the Library has Zoo and Museum Passes […] Read more »

While the Rochester Historical Museum at the East Rochester Congregational Church at 355 County Road does not have regular hours, we are always more than willing to open for anyone who would like to visit our current exhibit, tour our 1800’s church which is on the National Register of Historic Places, or visit our shop […] Read more »

The Rochester Republican Town Committee will be holding its monthly meeting April 4, at the North Rochester Congregational Church, 289 North Avenue Rochester. The meeting will begin at 6 pm lower level of the church. On the agenda will be a discussion and planning for Rochester’s Town Meeting, May 22, and town elections to be […] Read more »

            Pretty much all of Rochester’s early settlers began as farmers. Even the owners of the gristmill and smithy had gardens and kept chickens and probably a cow. Like the original Pilgrims, many of these settlers had not been farmers in their former lives. While Rochester’s fields were good for pasturage, they weren’t as fertile […] Read more »

This April 6, the Good Shepherd’s Table at the Church of the Good Shepherd on High Street in Wareham will be marking 20 years of serving free meals for the community. The “Table”, as it has become known, is also updating its pantry and meal schedules for spring. Free, hot “home-cooked” meals will still be […] Read more »

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to host a competition offering two (2) $2,500 scholarships to any area high school senior, male or female, who is a resident of Mattapoisett and who will be graduating in June 2023.             In addition, there will be a competition for one (1) $1,500.00 scholarship to be awarded to […] Read more »

 The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the June 2023 production of Belles, written by Mark Dunn and directed by Kate Sorensen-Young. Told in “two acts and 45 phone calls,” Belles visits six southern sisters, who, over the course of an autumn weekend, seek to bridge the physical and emotional distance […] Read more »

As many of us know, Rochester once had an airport located on Marion Road (now Dogget Brook Farm.) It was closed at the beginning of World War II, and to my knowledge, no plane crashes occurred there. However, Rochester has been the site of airplane crashes on more than one occasion. In an earlier article, […] Read more »

The days are getting longer and the air is getting warmer. Have you started planting yet? Just restocked, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s Seed Library is ready for you. Our seed collection has a wide variety of plant options. Our most popular include flowers, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, beans, lettuce and greens. New this year, we […] Read more »