News

Strategic Plan Connects Work Across Tri-Town Schools

Connecting curriculum, student support and school safety across the Tri-Town schools is the focus of work underway or planned for the fourth year of Vision 2028, the five-year strategic plan reviewed at the October 1 joint school committee meeting. Superintendent Mike Nelson explained how the plan guides the four school districts while allowing […] Read more »

Rochester Pauses Flock Following Outcry

Residents crowding into the Senior Center meeting room successfully lobbied the Rochester Select Board Monday to suspend the use of the Flock cameras scattered around town that video-record car license plates and, some say, spread townspeople’s private data. Flock cameras are AI-powered automated license plate readers used by law enforcement and private groups […] Read more »

55-Home Development Proposed Adjacent to Marion Pointe

The Marion Planning Board met on Monday, October 5, with Toll Brothers — a Pennsylvania-based builder of luxury homes — to discuss a housing development that will run adjacent to its Marion Pointe project at 78 Wareham Road. Marion Pointe, a 48-home luxury single-family development, is currently under construction; homes are priced starting at […] Read more »

Town Meeting Warrant Finalized

The Marion Select Board met on September 30 to vote on closing the November 9 special Town Meeting warrant and approving the ballot for the November 3 election. The brief meeting featured endorsement votes from the Select Board on the three and only Town Meeting articles, two connected to the shared-use path that passes […] Read more »

Three for Three at Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission on September 23 held public hearings on three properties within a wetlands buffer zone and approved all three. The first two on the agenda received the most scrutiny: Mary Ann Hubbard Trust is seeking to build a single-family home on Front Street and Benjamin Dion is proposing a four-bedroom home on […] Read more »

Mahoney’s Lane Hearing Set for October 28 at ORR

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission plans to open the public hearing on the proposed Mahoney’s Lane project Wednesday, October 28, at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Whether residents will be able to participate by Zoom remains unresolved. At its September 28 meeting, the commission discussed how to accommodate the […] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete News Archive

Upcoming Events

Oct 10

10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Fall Nature Drawing & Journaling in New England Rescheduled

Oct 10

7:00 pm

BPAA 4th Annual Alumni Homecoming Celebration

Oct 13

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

After School Activities

Oct 13

6:00 pm

The Cat and the Canary

Oct 15

11:30 am

Presentation with the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club

View Calendar

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

Events

The Best of Boston: Superstars of Sports

Welcome to The Best of Boston: Superstars of Sports, hosted by award-winning sportswriter and author Marty Gitlin, who wrote The 50 Greatest Athletes [...] Read more »

Marion Fire Department Open House

Join the Marion Fire Department for their Open House on Friday, October 9, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Learn about fire safety and meet local firefighter[...] Read more »

Deep Ocean Vents Program

The Marion Natural History Museum will present Deep Ocean hydrothermal vents and #LifeAfterVents with Dr. Stace Beaulieu, senior research specialist w[...] Read more »

Adult Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Visit us at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, located at 7 Barstow Street. Meet[...] Read more »

Presentation with the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club

Local residents are invited to join the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club for an engaging presentation by local author Michelle Cusolito, Surrounded b[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Events Archive

Opinion

The Erosion of Constitutional Order

To the Editor; The Erosion of Con[...] Read more »

Voting

To the Editor; Public-records law[...] Read more »

Drive and Drop Food Collection

To the Editor; The Mattapoisett C[...] Read more »

Thinking Green

To the Editor; The September 3, 2[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Opinions Archive

Sports

Angelica Yacht Club Ends Season

Angelica Yacht Club, located on Point Connett, is Mattapoisett’s other yacht club. Racing started [...] Read more »

ORR Football on Winning Streak

Football: The Old Rochester Regional High School football team played at Dartmouth (1-2) on Septembe[...] Read more »

ORR Keeps the Victories Coming

Football: The Old Rochester Regio[...] Read more »

ORR Teams Sweep Openers

Boys Soccer: Old Rochester’[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Sports Archive

Features

Back to School — Houseplant Edition

Just as students head back to school when summer winds down, our houseplants need to come home, too. Plants that spent the warm month[...] Read more »

New England Brittany Rescue Celebrates 25 Years

It was a Brittany takeover at Silvershell Beach in Marion on a sunny Saturday, October 3, with temperatures reaching 67 degrees. &nbs[...] Read more »

What’s Up There?

This is the continuing monthly column for the astronomer in all of us, or the aspiringastrophysicist. Compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, generally speaking, the Tri-Town has pretty good dar[...] Read more »

A Weary Defense

This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the early-United States. Last week, lo[...] 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

Upcoming Events at Rochester Historical Society

October has already been a busy month at the museum and events continue. On October 17 and 18, we’ll hold our annual yard sale. On Saturday, Oct[...] Read more »

BPAA 4th Annual Alumni Weekend

This coming weekend, the ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA), for the fourth consecutive year, invites all ORR alumni and friends to Alumni We[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

Along with researching and setting up the exhibit, “Rochester and the Revolution,” supported in part by the Rochester Cultural Council, a [...] Read more »

Rochester Residents to Participate in Jimmy Fund Walk

Three residents from Rochester will participate in the 2026 Jimmy Fund Walk for Dana-Farber on Sunday, October 4. [...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Happenings Archive

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

Schools

BPAA Grant Program

The Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Morgan Browning of Mattapoisett was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from The [...] Read more »

UCCRTS Open House

Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School will host its annual 8th Grade Open House on Saturday, Octo[...] Read more »

60th Reunion for Old Rochester Class of 1966

The ORRHS Class of 1966 will hold its 60th reunion on Saturday, October 3, at 5:00 pm. Classmates wi[...] Read more »

RMS Committee Chair Kate Duggan Joins MEPF

Michael S. Nelson is pleased to share that Rochester Memorial School Committee Chair Kate Duggan has[...] Read more »

Click Here to Go to the Complete Schools Archive

Click below to see more details on the Tri-Town