Student Actors Take Outdoor Stage

Students in the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s summer reading programs put on a performance they wrote themselves Friday afternoon in their outdoor theater outside of the library.  Check out our pictures below!  Photos by Katy Fitzpatrick. Read more »

Mattapoisett Police Investigating More Break-Ins

Mattapoisett Police are investigating both a house break-in and an attempted break-in that occurred late yesterday morning, Thursday, August 2. The actual break-in occurred on Park Street, and Police Chief Mary Lyons said the suspect took jewelry and a laptop.  Today, the police are checking with local pawnshops to see if any of the stolen […] Read more »

Helen Ruth (England) Kenison

Helen Ruth (England) Kenison, age 81, of Salem, NH and Mattapoisett, MA died June 28, 2012 at Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH. Mrs. Kenison did clerical work at Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, MA; Loom Weave, Lawrence, MA; National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD; and MFE Corporation, Salem, NH. She was born in Cambridge, […] Read more »

Lesley J. (Sackman) Kelley

Lesley J. (Sackman) Kelley, 71, of Mattapoisett passed away at home on Wednesday August 1, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Paul M. Kelley, Jr. Born on September 3, 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Eugene R. and Dorothea (Winslow) Sackman, she was […] Read more »

Police Find Missing Marion Woman

Multiple police departments and emergency response teams worked together to find a missing 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s Disease who went missing early Friday morning from her Marion home. On Friday, August 3 at 2:29 am, the Marion Police Department responded to a report of a missing 84-year-old female with Alzheimer’s Disease in the area of […] Read more »

Robert P. Balzarini

Robert P. Balzarini, 64, of Rochester, died July 31, 2012 in the Boston Medical Center, Boston. He was the husband of Michelle A. (Dupuis) Balzarini and the son of the late Peter J. and Nellie T. (Gallerani) Balzarini. He was born in Wareham and lived in Rochester all of his life. Bob graduated from Old […] Read more »

ORR Remembers: Class of 1962

Well, the day is almost here.  Members of the 1962 class of Old Rochester Regional High School will soon be gathering to celebrate their graduation from ORR 50 years ago. Yikes, where did the time go? It really can’t be 50 years since we’ve seen each other. Well, not really. We did have a 15th […] Read more »

Taber Library Book Sale

The Elizabeth Taber Library will hold its annual used book sale on Saturday, August 11 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Music Hall on Front Street in Marion. There will be a variety of hardcover and paperback books, as well as DVDs and audio books. Proceeds from the sale will be used to […] Read more »

Marion Philanthropist Heading to Nepal

This September, Sally Hunsdorfer of Marion, and a small group of intrepid women will embark on a trip through Nepal and over the border to the remote regions of Tibet. Sally, founder of The Himalayan Project, has been visiting this part of the world for fifteen years delivering fleece jackets to those in need and […] Read more »

Old Rochester Hires New Technology Director

Old Rochester Regional School District and Massachusetts Superintendence Union #55 is proud to announce that Mr. Ryan McGee will be the new District Technology Director beginning in August of 2012. Mr. McGee is presently the Director of Technology for the Barnstable Charter School in Barnstable, MA. Prior to being the Director of Technology in Barnstable, […] Read more »