News

Old Colony, ORR Present Budgets

The Rochester Finance Committee started and ended its meeting Monday with presentations of the FY26 school budgets that will be decided on at the May 19 Annual Town Meeting. The request for Rochester’s portion of the FY26 Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School budget will be $1,844,044. Superintendent Aaron Polansky shared via a written […] Read more »

Talking On The Next Harbor Plan

The Marion Marine Resource Commission (MRC) met on Wednesday, March 19 and following the correction of a formatting error on the minutes from their last meeting, February 24, the commission began discussions on harbor management, capital projects, and the FY26 budget. The group began by talking about the citizens’ petition to remove the […] Read more »

Smooth Evening for Conservation

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on March 24 with an agenda that was straightforward. Three Requests for Certificates of Compliance were swiftly dispatched, two were approved for Patrick and Jean Breault, 6 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road, and another for James Stowe, 5 Seamarsh Way. A Request for an Amended Order of Conditions was […] Read more »

Superintendent Discusses FY26 Budget

The Marion Finance Committee met Wednesday, March 19 for further talks on the FY26 budget as well as trying to nail down the budgets of local schools; them being ORR and Sippican School. Following the approval of the minutes of previous meetings, March 5 and March 12, the committee introduced Superintendent Mike Nelson and Assistant […] Read more »

Town Meeting: 57 Articles and 3 Questions

The Marion Select Board met on Monday for a special meeting to continue discussions on the FY26 Draft Budget and the Draft Town Meeting Warrant. The Select Board and town administrator seek to have the Draft Town Meeting Warrant finalized as soon as possible, so they began with discussions on the contained articles. […] Read more »

Eversource and Bio-Hydrological Fluids

The Rochester Planning Board met briefly Tuesday to approve the Groundwater Protection District Special Permit and Site Plan Review Permit for the proposed Eversource Substation at 214 Rounsville Road. The final endorsement of the large project, upgrades necessary to interconnect distributed generation facilities in town, came with the addition of a waiver important to […] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete News Archive

Upcoming Events

Apr 5

11:00 am

Celebrate Spring with MLT

Apr 5

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

MAC Exhibits The Pastel Paintings of Janet Schwartz & Dave Kaphammer

Apr 11

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

History of the Sippican Woman’s Club

Apr 11

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Friends of the Mattapoisett Library Spring Book Sale

Apr 11

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Spring Fling

View Calendar

Click here for information on who to contact to submit your event, press release or news item.

Events

Mattapoisett Free Public Library

Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street this month. The Teen Advisory Bo[...] Read more »

Earth Day Cleanup

This Earth Day, the residents of Mattapoisett are coming together for a community-wide cleanup that promises to create a lasting impact on the beauty [...] Read more »

Hello from Plumb Library

Everyone knows that libraries are full of books and movies and magazines and audiobooks, but did you know there’s a lot more that we offer to ou[...] Read more »

History of the Sippican Woman’s Club

On Friday, April 11 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm The Sippican Woman’s Club’s dedicated Historian, Jeanne Bruen, will give an oral and visual ov[...] Read more »

St. Anthony-St. Rita Mother’s Day Garden Party

Join us on Saturday May 10, 10:00 am until 1:00 pm outside at the front of St. Anthony’s Parish in Mattapoisett, 22 Barstow Street. Come and fin[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Events Archive

Opinion

Mattapoisett Select Board

To the Editor I would like to exp[...] Read more »

Marion Village

To the Residents of Marion: Altho[...] Read more »

Marion’s Proposed Historic District

To the Editor, As long-time owner[...] Read more »

Thank You

To the Editor, I write this from [...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Opinions Archive

The Latest in Our Photo Gallery

Sports

Bulldogs Showed Character in Run to Second Straight State Final

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team played Norwell in the MIAA Division 3[...] Read more »

ORR Advances Through The Elite Eight

The Old Rochester Regional high s[...] Read more »

Cougar Fab Five Tackle Three Questions

I asked all five of these members of the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School boys�[...] Read more »

Preparation Serves Bulldogs Well

The Old Rochester Regional High School girls basketball team hosted Arlington Catholic on February 2[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Sports Archive

Features

Sippican Students Take Home Science Fair Ribbons

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26. &nbs[...] Read more »

Oh, My Aching Back Part 1 – Acute Back Pain

Most of us have (or will have) experienced an acute lower back pain. Sometimes the cause is obvious – you unloaded six bags of loam from the trunk of your car – while other times “I just bent ov[...] Read more »

White House Easter Egg Roll

Easter is approaching and if you haven’t yet got your tickets for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, sorry, you’re too late. The tickets were free and were available through an on[...] Read more »

65-Car Pinewood Derby

For 72 years, the Pinewood Derby has challenged cub scouts to compete in races with their own miniature, hand-crafted wooden race cars. For six years, the Narragansett Council of Scouting America, whi[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Features Archive

Wanderer Today

Wanderer Today Daily Updates

Click Here to sign up for Wanderer Today Daily Updates

Happenings

Hello From Plumb Library

The Friends of Plumb Library are pleased to announce their Spring Book Sale. The sale will take place from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday April 25 and fro[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

As has certainly been mentioned in previous articles, the town of Rochester, incorporated in 1789, included both Sippican (now Marion) and Mattapoiset[...] Read more »

Rochester Women’s Club Earth Day

The annual Earth Day town wide clean up sponsored by the Rochester Women’s Club will be held on Saturday, April 19 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The[...] Read more »

ORCTV Board of Directors Meeting

There will be an ORCTV Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 5:00 pm Via Zoom meeting and in person at the ORCTV Studio 135 Marion Road,[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Happenings Archive

The Wanderer is available
on your favorite iOS device for free!

Schools

Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship

The Sippican Lands Trust seeks applicants for its Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. The ap[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Kathleen Dunn of Mattapoisett has been named to the 2024 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons [...] Read more »

The Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholarship

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came together to make the Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholars[...] Read more »

Project GROW Preschool Program Registration Open

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson reminds parents and guardians that registration for the Old Rochest[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Katherine Solowey, Mattapoisett, has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Schools Archive

Click below to see more details on the Tri-Town