News

All Articles Passed; Victory for Shared Use Pathways

Marion held its Special Town Meeting on Monday night in Sippican School’s auditorium, and up for popular vote were three articles handling property transfers to the Select Board, a shared use path on Washburn Park Road and Spring Street, and the Sewer Enterprise Fund. The meeting began with Select Board Chair John Hoagland […] Read more »

Water Woes Sink Building Funding

Residents’ concerns about discolored drinking water took center stage at Mattapoisett’s November 9 Special Town Meeting at ORR High School. Voters rejected Article 2, which would allocate nearly $4 million in additional funding for a new Water and Sewer Department building. Residents also voted to indefinitely postpone a proposal under Article 9 to transfer […] Read more »

Mahoney’s Lane Proposal Draws 128 to Hearing

A proposal to replace seven houses on Mahoney’s Lane with seven elevated homes drew a crowd to the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium on October 28, with 128 people signing in for the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission hearing. Residents questioned how the redevelopment would affect nearby salt marsh, coastal banks, and existing trees. […] Read more »

Board Weighs Preliminary Housing Proposal

A residential development proposal at Nicky’s Lane and Deerfield Road returned to the Mattapoisett Planning Board on November 2, with plans that could add 26 housing units while preserving about 79% of the property as open space. David Nicolosi, representing property owner Dennis Mahoney & Sons, presented a preliminary two-phase Special Residential Development […] Read more »

Certificate of Compliance Issued for Plumb Corner Project

The Rochester Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by approving the Certificate of Compliance for the successful completion of the Plumb Corner housing development at 0 Rounseville Road. The ConCom issued its Order of Conditions for the senior age-restricted housing complex, with 44 units and a clubhouse, in 2019. On Tuesday, Commission Chair […] Read more »

Town Budget Faces Rising Costs

Rising costs, budget talks and the future of the codification committee were among the topics at the November 3 Select Board meeting at the Town House. Select Board members and Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman agreed that the town should work toward a level funded budget for next year. They said this would not include […] Read more »

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Nov 15

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Rochester Democrats Winter Clothing Drive

Nov 17

4:00 pm

Public Review: Molly’s Cove Culvert Replacement

Nov 18

5:30 pm

Rochester Historical Society Thankful Supper

Nov 18

6:30 pm

Nasketucket Bird Club Meeting

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Events

November Presentation with the MWC

Curious about the future of local news and the important role it plays in our communities? Join the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club on Thursday, November [...] Read more »

Adult Events at the Mattapoisett Library

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

Nasketucket Bird Club Meeting

The Nasketucket Bird Club will host “Investigating the Footsteps of a Birder: Elisabeth Goddard Weeks,” presented by Mike LaBossiere, on Wednesday[...] Read more »

Rochester Historical Society Thankful Supper

The Rochester Historical Society is holding its annual potluck Thankful Supper on November 18 at 5:30 pm. We’ll also have a brief meeting and ra[...] Read more »

Teen Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Each Wednesday, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, teens in grades 6-12 can join us in the Student Lounge for snacks, crafts, and chill time. Teens and tweens i[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Municipal Oversight

To the Editor; Recent reporting a[...] Read more »

We are not a democracy.

To the Editor; Repeat after me: &[...] Read more »

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

To The Editor: Are we sleepwalkin[...] Read more »

What Does Veterans Day Mean

What Does Veterans Day Mean It’[...] Read more »

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Sports

Franco Records 500th Career Dig

Unified Basketball: The Old Roche[...] Read more »

ORR Unified Basketball Victorious

Unified Basketball: The Old Roche[...] Read more »

ORR Football Scores Homecoming Win

Football: The Old Rochester Regional High School football team hosted Bishop Fenwick (3-3) on Octobe[...] Read more »

Senior Molly Franco Records 500th Career Kill

Girls Volleyball: The Bulldogs ho[...] Read more »

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Features

From Engineer to Sci-Fi Storyteller

Meet Richard Cutler: Rochester resident, retired engineer, former town selectman, and the author of a science fiction novel trilogy s[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Riders Celebrate Special Olympics Success

For the riders at Helping Hands and Hooves, the annual Special Olympics equestrian competition is an opportunity to demonstrate skill[...] Read more »

Inaugural ORR Tri-Town Education Foundation Fall Gala

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to share that the inaugural Fall Gala to benefit the ORR Tri-Town Education Foundation was enormously successful, and the funds raised will provide immense [...] Read more »

The Walls Close In

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, th[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Public Review: Molly’s Cove Culvert Replacement

The Town of Mattapoisett is working with Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) to design a replacement for the undersized, failing culvert under Mattapoisett [...] Read more »

Stone Walls: A Lasting Legacy of New England’s Formation

Stone walls are among the most recognizable features of the New England landscape. “Each wall in the woods is a local dryland,” stretching[...] Read more »

Sundays at the Rochester Historical Museum

We continue to be open at the Museum at 355 County Rd. on Sundays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm or by appointment to view the exhibit “Rochester and t[...] Read more »

No One Should Go Hungry: Support Damien’s

A food drive is planned to support Damien’s Place Food Pantry from 8:00 am to 10:45 am on Saturday, November 21, at 140 Front Street, in front of Ma[...] Read more »

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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 »

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