Plymouth County Mosquito Control will be conducting ground spraying before sunrise on Wednesday morning in Marion. Residents may wish to close their windows prior to spraying.
From the Mattapoisett Town Clerk
The deadline to register to vote or change your party designation for the upcoming primary election is Wednesday, August 20. Our office will be open from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm on that day. The primary will be held on Tuesday, September 9 at Old Hammondtown School, which is located at 20 Shaw Street. The polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Absentee ballots have been mailed out to those who requested them. Absentee ballots and applications for absentee ballots are available in the office between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. If you have a child going off to college or you are going to be away for the upcoming election(s) in September and/or November, please stop by today so that you will not miss out on the opportunity to exercise your right to vote in the upcoming elections. If you have any questions regarding this, please call the Town Clerk’s Office at 508-758-4100 ext 2.
Digging for Buried Treasure
The August 20 meeting of the Rochester Historical Society will feature Metal Detecting by Bob St. Onge and Tom Smith of the Gateway Treasure Hunters Club of Wareham. A demonstration of proper methods of using a metal detector to find buried treasure will begin at 6:30 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Rd. A brief meeting and refreshments will follow the demo. All are welcome.
Old Rochester Little League 2015 Registration
Come be a part of Little League Baseball! Registration is now open for the 2015 season. Parents are encouraged to register their children early. To register, visit the league website at orll.net and click on the pink box under the masthead. The league will hold winter hitting sessions at The Cage in Marion for all 9-12 year olds, which will start prior to December, and only players registered for the 2015 season will be able to participate in the Winter Hitting Sessions.
Old Rochester Little League will be holding Major League and Minor League tryouts/evaluations for the 2015 Season.
This evaluation is for players looking to move up to Minors from AAA or up to Majors from Minors. Players who played on an ORLL Majors team in 2014 do not need to attend the evaluation. Players who wish to stay in the Minors after playing in the ORLL minors in 2014 don’t need to attend the Minors evaluation.
If your son or daughter was a call-up at some point during the season, he/she will need to attend these tryouts/evaluations. Any player who will be 12 year old for the 2015 season, but did not play in the Majors in 2014, will play in Majors (Mandatory 12s); however, he/she must be evaluated on August 23 to ensure proper team placement (Mandatory 12 yr. old players are those players who turn 12 by April 30, 2015 and who did not play in the Majors in 2014).
Eligible players for the Majors include children who are 9-12 years old as of April 30, 2015. If your son or daughter is interested in playing in ORLL at the Major League level, they must attend the following tryout/evaluation. If your son or daughter can’t attend the August 23, he/she should go to the Minors evaluation on August 30 and contact ORLL President Derek Mello at southeastmaumpires@gmail.com.
Majors Eval: Saturday, August 23 at Dexter Lane in Rochester, MA on Field 3 at 6:00 pm.
Eligible players for the Minors include children who are 8-11 years old as of April 30, 2015. If your son or daughter is interested in playing in ORLL at the Minor League level, he/she must attend the following tryout/evaluation (if your son or daughter can’t attend on Aug. 30, they should contact ORLL President Derek Mello at southeastmaumpires@gmail.com).
Minors Eval: Saturday, August 30 at Dexter Lane in Rochester, MA on Field 3 at 6:00 pm.
All players should come ready to play with cleats, a baseball hat, and a baseball glove. They should also bring their batting helmet and bat if they have their own. Helmets and bats will be provided for those that need them.
Failure to attend one of these tryouts could impact where your son or daughter plays in the 2015 baseball season. If you have any questions or concerns, please email the ORLL League President at southeastmaumpires@gmail.com.
Rochester Country Fair 2014
We had a great time at the Rochester Country Fair this weekend, did you? Photos by Jean Perry and Camden Gaspar.
Hey, Mattapoisett! Got Ketchup?
Those enjoying the afternoon at Ned’s Point Lighthouse on Sunday, August 17 did a double take when they suddenly saw a sight they were not expecting to see — a giant wiener on wheels parked alongside the Ned’s Point lighthouse. It was not just any wiener on wheels — it was the famous Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, on location taking some promotional photographs from Mattapoisett’s most iconic setting.
Mattapoisett resident Denise Mello was just driving up to Ned’s Point to enjoy a dinnertime picnic at around 6:30 pm that day when she spotted the Wienermobile parked in front of the lighthouse, with several people taking a series of photos of the Wienermobile from different angles.
“Oh! How cool! Look at that!” Mello said was her initial reaction upon catching her first glimpse of the unexpected sight. She said, at first, she just sat down to enjoy her dinner and did not give much thought to peculiar sighting at the lighthouse. Then, she said, she thought she had a good chance of getting a few good photos of the Wienermobile, so she ran home to grab her camera and returned to Ned’s Point and starting clicking away.
“They were just taking pictures,” said Mello. “They told me that they were shooting a commercial.” More specifically, a time-lapse film of the Wienermobile by the lighthouse as dusk set in, which apparently the company is doing in several locations across the country.
Word must have spread that the Wienermobile was in town because soon, Mello said, more people started to drive into the Ned’s Point parking lot to get a peek at the celebrity of sorts that was passing through, maybe snapping a few selfies by the giant hotdog by the sea.
Alexandra Longo of Oscar Mayer told The Wanderer that the commercial is part of a larger project involving Kraft Foods Marketing, the parent company for Oscar Mayer.
By Jean Perry
Joseph J. Herman
Joseph J. Herman, age 71, of Rochester passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Jeannine (LeBlanc) Herman, with whom he shared 48 years of marriage.
Born in Findlay, Ohio, a son of the late M.J. and Mabel (Solt) Herman, he moved to Massachusetts in 1963. He worked as a licensed building contractor in the local area for over 40 years.
Joe played football while attending The Ohio State University and remained an avid fan of the Buckeyes thereafter. He served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War at Otis Air Force Base in Bourne where he met his wife. As an active member of the St. John Neumann Church community, he was a Lector and Eucharistic Minister, a member of the Couples Club, a Chairman of the Lakeside Family Festival and on the Steering Committee of the Festival for 29 years. He also served on the Board of Directors of Florida Acecapaders Park in Fort Lonesome, Florida.
Joe excelled at problem solving and there wasn’t a project or process that he encountered that he couldn’t complete or make better. His most recent personal accomplishment was the complete refurbishing of his 1958 International 330 Utility Tractor. He also received a Service to Rainbow Award from the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls in April 2014 in recognition of his hard work and dedication to restoring various buildings at Rainbow Camp in Hanson, MA. Nothing made him happier than sharing the fruits of his labor with his friends and family.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his children, Dr. Susan T. Herman, Debra J. Johnson and her husband Arnold, Peter J. Herman and his wife Elizabeth, Sheryl A. Kretzer and her husband Walter; siblings, Karen L. Hayslip and her husband James, Joyce E. Ward and her husband Mark, and H.R. “Pete” Herman and his wife Gail; Grandchildren, Rebecca, Meghan, and Henry Johnson, Walter, Charles, and Jackson Kretzer; step-grandchildren, Jason, Justin and Emily; many nieces, nephews and close cousins. He was predeceased by a sister, Linda Castor Fleming.
Relatives and friends are invited to his Funeral Mass Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9:30 AM in St. John Neumann Church, 157 Middleboro Rd., East Freetown. Burial with Military Honors will be in MA National Cemetery at 2:45 PM. Visiting Hours, Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 4-8 PM in the ROCK Funeral Home, 1285 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the St. John Neumann Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 718,157 Middleboro Road, East Freetown MA 02717-0718.
Priscilla B. (Senna) Dean
Priscilla B. (Senna) Dean, 80, of New Bedford, daughter of the late Jose B. and Maria (Marianho) Senna, died August 17, 2014 after a long battle with Asthma, Emphysema, Bronchitis, COPD and Osteoporosis. She was born in New Bedford where she lived most of her life except for nine years when she lived in Mattapoisett with her companion the late Edward L. Dexter. In her younger years, she was employed as a stitcher and a house cleaner. She was a member of the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. She loved spending time with her family and friends, collecting dolls, doing puzzles, crafts and looked forward to hosting her Friday night prayer meetings.
Survivors include three sons, Brian Dean and his wife Janice, Wayne Dean and his wife Isabel and Michael Dean and his wife Lisa all of New Bedford; four daughters Donna Wagner, Linda Dean and her companion Martin both of New Bedford, Dotty Gidley and her husband David of CT and Lisa Westgate and her husband Gary of Freetown; a brother Arthur B. Senna of New Bedford; twelve grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late Joseph, Daniel, Gilbert, Gabriel and Dorothy Senna, Delores Gallery, Clara Alves, Shirley Oliveira, Lillian Santos and Esther Kirk.
Her Funeral will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 8am from the Waring-Sullivan Home of Memorial Tribute at Fairlawn, 180 Washington St., Fairhaven followed by a Funeral Mass at 9am at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, 121 Mt. Pleasant St., New Bedford. Visiting hours Wednesday 4-8pm. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Rochester’s Newest Walking Trail Announced
The Town of Rochester, Wildlands Trust and Rochester Land Trust are proud to announce the opening of the Doggetts Brook Trail, which culminates a successful multi-year effort to link existing Town and conservation lands. The trail originates at the Dexter Lane ball fields and meanders by a reservoir, abandoned cranberry bogs, vernal pool, and through open field and woodlands bordering on Doggetts Brook. In late 2011, the Town purchased a 29-acre parcel of land from Deb Arney of Rochester with funding from the Rochester Land Trust and Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program The Arney property had long been a conservation priority for the Town, Wildlands Trust and Rochester Land Trust because it was a key link to an assemblage of conservation properties. The groups worked together over the past two years to improve a loop trail that links over 100 acres of open space for public enjoyment. Thanks to a grant from the Makepeace Neighborhood Fund, the trailhead is marked by a map display case, and a kiosk and signage are installed at strategic points along the trail.
Please join us to celebrate the newest walking trail in Rochester at the grand opening on Saturday, September 13 at 1:00 pm at the Dexter Lane Recreational Area by the trailhead display case on the restroom building. After a short dedication, all are invited to walk the trail led by local naturalists. Refreshments will be available at the end of the walk, which normally takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete. Please bring bug spray, water bottles, hats and walking sticks if needed. Dogs are welcome but must be leashed.
SHS Musical Matinees
This August, beat the mid-day heat with Sippican Historical Society’s Musical Matinees. On Tuesday, August 19, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller and Betty Garrett light up the screen in the 1949 musical, On the Town. In the film, three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and romance before their twenty-four hours are up. Both a commercial and critical success, On the Town won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography (Color) and Writers’ Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.
Musical Matinees (which will also include An American in Paris on Thursday, August 28) will be held in the Front Room of the Marion Music Hall, and will begin at 11:00 am. The films are offered free to the public, with no registration required. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lunch and beverage to enjoy during the film.