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Center School Clock Tower Needs Structural Repair

The Center School clock stopped for part of the summer because the floor beneath its bell has sagged enough to interfere with the clock’s drive shaft, longtime clock keeper Ray Andrews told the Select Board on September 22. Andrews got the clock running again in late July, but said his adjustment was temporary. […] Read more »

Rochester Tax Rate Rises Just Three Cents

The Rochester Select Board met briefly on September 21 with some good news for town taxpayers. The board approved the Board of Assessors’ recommendation to set a property tax rate for FY2027 of $10.62 per thousand dollars of value, which is only three cents higher than the current rate. The select board also […] Read more »

High Street Solar Project Advances

The Rochester Conservation Commission on Tuesday, September 15, approved a Positive Order of Conditions for the Notice of Intent application of High Street Solar, Site B, which proposes work within the 100-foot wetlands buffer zone for a massive ground-mounted solar array within the parcel’s northern lots near Mayflower Lane. The move means the […] Read more »

Application Prompts Discussion on New State Law

A routine special permit hearing before the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals on September 10 turned into a more extensive discussion about how recent changes to Massachusetts zoning law could affect the town’s bylaws. The discussion followed the board’s consideration of a special permit application from Robert and Elizabeth Allen to demolish and […] Read more »

Decades-Vacant Property Gets Site Visit

The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, September 9, at 7:00 pm to vote and hear from citizens seeking to modify their properties in accordance with the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act. Doug Guey-Lee, town planner and conservation agent, reported the recent removal of overgrowth and trees at 4 West Avenue on Planting Island, […] Read more »

Second Overflow Crowd Delays Mahoney’s Lane Hearing

For the second time, an overflow crowd prevented the Conservation Commission from hearing plans to replace seven rental houses on Mahoney’s Lane with seven larger single-family homes. Eighty-seven people arrived at the Fire Station Conference Room for the September 14 meeting, while another 39 joined through Zoom. The hearing had been moved from […] Read more »

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Events

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 »

Auditions for Puss in Boots

This Christmas, the MAC is bringing a classic English tradition to New England with our Panto production of Puss in Boots. In this fun holiday traditi[...] Read more »

September and a little October at the Rochester Historical Society

On September 26, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, the Historical Society will be at the COA for the Block Party and 250th celebration. We will join the Histo[...] Read more »

Children’s Department Events at the Mattapoisett Library

Looking for some storytimes? Family Storytime, for kids ages 2 and up and their families, is on Thursday mornings at 10:30. Baby Storytime, for ages 0[...] Read more »

Marion Special Town Meeting

The Town of Marion will hold a Special Town Meeting on Monday, November 9, at Sippican Elementary School’s Multipurpose Room, 16 Spring Street. The [...] 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

Hammond Cemetery’s 20 Patriots Honored and Remembered

On a sunny, cool Saturday morning at Hammond Cemetery in Mattapoisett, Dr. Barbara Shurtleff told more than 100 attendees that when s[...] Read more »

SOGIE Presentation Draws Crowd

The Rochester Rainbow Coalition hosted a Community Education Presentation, “Understanding SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Ide[...] Read more »

Mahjong Fever Hits the Tri-Town

The game of Mahjong, which originated in China, is trending in the Tri-Town, as folks have found it a great way to exercise their bra[...] Read more »

A Disorganized Strategic Abandonment

This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check in on what was going on 250 years ago in the early United States. Last week, Pa[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Food Drive for Damien’s Place Food Pantry

A food drive is planned to support Damien’s Place Food Pantry, from 8:00 am to 10:45 am, on Saturday, September 26, at 140 Front Street, across [...] Read more »

Children’s Department at the Mattapoisett Library

Looking for some storytimes? Family Storytime, for kids ages 2 and up and their families, happens on Thursday mornings at 10:30. Baby Storytime, for a[...] Read more »

Fall Nature Journaling/Drawing

Marion Natural History Museum will be hosting Fall Nature Journaling/Drawing in New England on Saturday, September 26, from 10:00 to 11:30 am &n[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

Recently I overheard someone say that an acquaintance had referred to Rochester as a “cow town.” I know this isn’t the first time su[...] 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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Obituaries

Kris Kenneth Stone Smith

Kris Kenneth Stone Smith, 59, of Marion passed away at home on September 9, 2026 after a brief illness. Kris was the eldest son of Chester S. Smith II[...] Read more »

Dominga (Luz) Pina

Dominga (Luz) Pina, 96, of New Bedford, formerly of Mattapoisett, passed away Wednesday September 9, 2026 at Sacred Heart Home. She was the wife of th[...] Read more »

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 »

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