Donald A. “Donny” Campbell, III, 60, of Rochester, died April 5, 2013 at home after an illness. He was the husband of Susan J. (Mannion) Campbell and the son of the late Donald A. Campbell, Jr. and Doris M. (Robinson) Campbell. He was born in Toledo, OH and lived in Freetown before moving to Rochester […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee held a public hearing Thursday to discuss the proposed budget of Rochester Memorial School for fiscal year 2014. The proposal, which is for $5,526,343, shows a decrease of $46,771 from fiscal year 2013, which was $5,573,114. It includes the elimination of two teacher positions at RMS and the addition of an […] Read more »
Mary “Bonnie” (Walsh) Davidson, 57, of Marion died April 4, 2013 at home after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was the wife of Paul D. Davidson, with whom she shared 35 years of marriage. Born in Cambridge, MA, the daughter of the late John and Mary (Breslin) Walsh, she was raised in Arlington, […] Read more »
In order to earn the title of Town’s Best Orthographer, you had better know how to spell that word and many more. Orthography is the standardization of writing systems, including the rules of spelling, and it will be on serious display April 26 during the Second Annual Mattapoisett Community Spelling Bee at the Old Rochester […] Read more »
Nicole Pruchnik said that she was five or six years old when she first started flipping. “I was a kamikaze — I just went,” said the 18-year-old Southern Connecticut State University freshman and graduate of Old Rochester Regional High School. “They would put me in the gym and I would just go. You just kind […] Read more »
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Tri-Town Planning Committee is holding its next meeting for the 2013 season on Wednesday, April 10 at 6:00 pm at the Old Rochester Regional High School Library located at 135 Marion Road, Mattapoisett. Relay for Life is the signature event of the American Cancer Society. It is […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen have voted to extend the scallop season until the end of April 2013. The inner harbor is closed from Mansfield’s Pier to Ned’s Point. Read more »
Applications are still available to help qualified Mattapoisett taxpayers with their 2013 property taxes through the Town’s Elderly and Disabled Tax Relief Fund. Applications and eligibility information are available at the COA Office at Center School and online through the “Most Used Town Forms” icon on the Town’s website, www.mattapoisett.net. Annually, the Committee disperses $500 […] Read more »
“The flames were are high as the house and climbing up to the tops of the trees,” is how one bystander described the scene. Just after 1pm the Mattapoisett Fire Department received a call for an out of control brush fire on Meadowbrook Lane. The fire, which had spread from a small brush pile that […] Read more »
ORRHS’s Journalism class was selected to attend a journalism conference in Boston on Thursday, April 4. On the Suffolk University campus, the conference takes applications from high school newspapers to attend the conference and compete to win a number of awards. ORRHS’s Journalism class, the Paw Prints staff, applied in December. By sending in a […] Read more »