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Appointments, Resignation Top Agenda

Board appointments and a board vacancy dominated the agenda when the Rochester Select Board met briefly on September 8. The board began by appointing resident Timothy White to the Board of Assessors for a term expiring with the results of the spring 2027 election. This appointment will replace assessor Jana Cavanaugh, who passed […] Read more »

Officials Eye Recovery of Unpaid Property Taxes

There are 30 properties in town with delinquent taxes and Select Board members at Tuesday’s meeting were seeking answers from town tax title attorney David Condon. Condon said that, with changes to the law and a proactive approach, the town can recover the tax funds, and he expressed confidence that most of these cases […] Read more »

The Board Responds to Complaints

The Marion Board of Health met on Thursday, September 3, in the police station’s conference room. While waiting for more members to arrive, the board began by approving minutes from their July 23 and August 6 meetings. Next, the board extended a grant approved at their last meeting for an additional 30 days […] Read more »

Board Approves Senior Housing Site Change

The Rochester Planning Board on Tuesday approved a minor modification to the site plan review approval for a 68-unit senior living apartment building at Rochester Crossroads, 22 Cranberry Highway, but not before questioning who is controlling the massive series of projects being planned there. That area of Cranberry Highway also includes the recent […] Read more »

Special Town Meeting Set for November 9

Mattapoisett residents will be asked to return to Town Meeting on Monday, November 9, as the town prepares a short warrant expected to focus largely on project funding and transfers rather than new taxpayer spending. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco told the Select Board Tuesday that the highway department building is expected to cost […] Read more »

Marion Weighs Solar Expansion at DPW Site

A plan seeking to double the number of solar panels at the Marion Department of Public Works (DPW) administrative office was shared during the Energy Committee meeting on Monday, August 31. The plan, proposed by chair Christian Ingerslev, would leverage federal subsidies to reduce the project cost by $80,000. According to committee members, […] Read more »

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Upcoming Events

Sep 17

5:30 pm

Voters Rights Session By ACLU

Sep 17

7:00 pm

Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee

Sep 19

10:00 am

Woodland Walk for Mushrooms Rescheduled

Sep 19

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Write With Community Workshops

Sep 19

7:00 pm

Matt York Returns to the MAC Singing Johnny Cash

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Events

An Informational Series to Explore SOGIE

The South Coast LGBTQ+ Network and The Rochester Rainbow Coalition present: An Informational Series to Explore SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Ident[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee

Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee will host an open community discussion on Thursday, September 17, featuring Tim Dunn, lead political reporter f[...] Read more »

Voters Rights Session By ACLU

A Know Your Rights session provided by the ACLU of Massachusetts will be held at 5:45 pm on Thursday, September 17, in the Community Room of the Mario[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee

The Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee invites residents to join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, September 23, at 6:30 pm at the Mattapoiset[...] Read more »

Adult Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Take a break from the busyness of your day and join health coach and mindfulness teacher Lauren Masse for a peaceful 30-minute mindfulness and meditat[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Thinking Green

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

The Thin Green Thread

Regardless of what we think of them, the plants keep rising — through broken earth, through poison[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Village

To the Editor; There are very few[...] Read more »

Sweet Reflections of Summer

To the Editor; Sweet Reflections [...] Read more »

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Sports

ORR Teams Sweep Openers

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

ORR Opens with a Win

Old Rochester’s golf team played their opening match at Fairhaven on Septem[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club

Phoenix Cup Results — MYC held its last race of the season Wednesday night. Named the Phoenix Cup [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club August Series

Mattapoisett Yacht Club finished off its last regular week of the August series with two beautiful n[...] Read more »

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Features

Rochester Dedicates 9/11 Memorial on 25th Anniversary

The Rochester Police and Fire Departments held the third annual 9/11 ceremony and commemorated the addition of a 9/11 Memorial to the[...] Read more »

Peace Talks and the Turtle Attacks

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, 9,[...] Read more »

Gathering Beauty

Flowers breed contentment. Spread them around. Adorn your indoor h[...] 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 o[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Quaker Yard Sale Donation Drop-Off

The Mattapoisett Friends Meeting will soon be holding donation drop-off times in preparation for an October 10 yard sale. The Friends are looking for [...] Read more »

Woodland Walk for Mushrooms Rescheduled

On Saturday, September 19, join us for a late summer hike looking for which mushrooms are fruiting. We will chat about basic anatomy and diagnostic fe[...] Read more »

September at the RHS Museum

On September 16 at 7:00 pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum at 355 County Road, there will be a short meeting followed by a talk on how smal[...] Read more »

MHC Announces Completion of Third Phase of Community-wide Survey

The Mattapoisett Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Phase Three of a multi-year community-wide survey of historic and cultural resource[...] Read more »

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Schools

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 »

Academic Achievements

The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,000 of its newest alumni during the University[...] Read more »

Back to School at the Elizabeth Taber Library

The staff at the Elizabeth Taber Library are excited to welcome our neighbors at Sippican Elementary[...] Read more »

ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association

To celebrate the alumni of ORR, the ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA), for the fourth cons[...] Read more »

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