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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 »

Commission Approves Rail, Pig Farm Plans

Rochester’s Conservation Commission approved plans for MassDOT Cape Main Rail and Transit railroad tracks and a pig farm at its meeting on Tuesday, September 1. In response to a request for a Determination of Applicability to conservation bylaws for MassDOT’s proposal to remove vegetation within the wetlands buffer zone around its third track near […] Read more »

Plans Discussed for Marion’s 175th Anniversary

The Marion Select Board convened on Tuesday, September 1, at 6:00 pm at the police station. The meeting opened with updates on the town’s 175th anniversary celebrations from Kellie Crete, a member of the anniversary’s planning committee. In early 2027, they will kick off with a winter fest, followed by a 175th birthday […] Read more »

Home Projects Face Scrutiny Over Wetlands

Marion’s Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, August 26, in the police station’s conference room, where they had a full agenda to tackle. Commission membership was limited at the meeting, with only Chair John Walsh and Commissioner Matt Shultz present, along with two Associate Commissioners, Natalie Burgo and Tom Drechsler. Drechsler, being the more senior […] Read more »

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Mattapoisett Congregational Church Yard Sale

Sep 12

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Woodland Walk for Mushrooms

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Woodland Walk for Mushrooms

Sep 12

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Events

Woodland Walk for Mushrooms

On Saturday, September 12, join us for a late-summer hike looking for which mushrooms are fruiting starting at 10am. We will chat about basic anatomy [...] Read more »

Children’s Department Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Our Thursday and Friday storytimes will be returning soon. Family Storytime, which happens on Thursday mornings at 10:30, will start up again on Septe[...] Read more »

Saturday Family Programs at ETL

The Elizabeth Taber Library invites you to join us for two free family events on Saturday, September 12. Kids ages 5 and under, and their caregivers, [...] Read more »

September Rochester Historical Society Events

There will be two events this month. The first is our Wednesday meeting on September 16 at 7:00 pm at the Historical Society Museum, 355 County Rd. Af[...] Read more »

Teen Events at the Mattapoisett Library

The school year is almost here. Start planning your after-school activities with some of our weekly library programs. Each Wednesday, from 3:00 pm to [...] Read more »

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Opinion

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 »

The Right to Vote

To The Editor: RE: The Right to V[...] Read more »

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Sports

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 »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

Tuesday Night Ensign Races: Another beautiful racing night with light winds. The battle for August h[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

August is turning out to be a great month to sail as both Tuesday and Wednesday nights brought perfe[...] Read more »

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Features

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 »

Kayla King Named Elizabeth Taber Library Director

The Elizabeth Taber Library Board of Trustees named Kayla King as the library’s executive director. &[...] Read more »

Century-Old Letter Rewrites Tale of Mattapoisett Swordfish

For generations, Mattapoisett thought it knew who carved the wooden swordfish weathervane that became one of the town’s best-known [...] Read more »

Over 400 Rock With Elvis Tribute Band

Elvis has left the building. The Rochester Council on Aging (COA) building, that is. The Rochester COA’s outdoor free summer concer[...] Read more »

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Happenings

9/11 A Day of Remembrance and Service

We said we would “Never Forget.” On Friday, September 11, or anytime in September, let’s renew that pledge we made 25 years ago with a little Re[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

As we all know, especially lately, the longer a war of any size goes on, the more of a burden it puts on those who stay at home. When the American Rev[...] Read more »

Quaker Open House Brunch

Mattapoisett Friends Meeting will hold an open house brunch this Sunday, September 13, from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. If you’re curious about Quakers[...] Read more »

Sippican Woman’s Club

Our General Meeting and Luncheon will be held Friday, September 11 at 12:00 pm for current members. The afternoon will include a short business meetin[...] Read more »

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Schools

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 »

Academic Achievements

Paetyn Tripp, of Marion, has been named to the Spring 2026 Emmanuel College Dean’s List. [...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Westgate Waring

Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Westgate Waring, age 83, passed away on September 6th, 2026. She was the wife of the late Sumner James Waring, Jr., sharing 45[...] Read more »

Nelida “Lucy” Luzza

Nelida “Lucy” Luzza, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2026 after a five‑year journey with dementia surrounded by the[...] Read more »

Freda Evelyn Hall Ruel

80 year old Freda Evelyn Hall Ruel came into this world the same way she would live life, on her own terms. Born in an elevator at Windham Hospital, i[...] Read more »

Ronald McDonald, Sr.

Ronald McDonald, Sr., 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday August 29, 2026 after a brief illness. &n[...] Read more »

George M. Graham Jr.

George M. Graham Jr., “Jock,” 91, of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on August 23, 2026, at Parl[...] Read more »

Jason “Jake” Jacobsen

Jason “Jake” Jacobsen, 56, of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at AdventHealth hospice in Altamonte Springs following a long illness[...] Read more »

Bradford N. Eames

Brad Eames never did anything halfway. Born in Attleboro, MA on August 6, 1943 to N[...] Read more »

Chad Philip Jacobs

Chad Philip Jacobs, born September 3, 1969, in Waltham, Massachusetts, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on July 26, 2026, in Mattapoisett, Massac[...] Read more »

Wayne J. Ferreira

Wayne J. Ferreira was born in New Bedford on July 15, 1951, to the late Joseph and Roberta (Reynolds) Ferreira. The family moved to Rochester in the 1[...] Read more »

Neil J. Graner

Neil J. Graner, 85, passed away peacefully on August 11, 2026, at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich, Massachusetts, surrounded[...] Read more »

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