Rochester Memorial School 4th Grade held an all school Flag Day ceremony on June 14th honoring and thanking community first responders. Commencing this energy filled event was the raising of the flag to the National Anthem followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Acknowledgements to a fantastic show of local and state police, fire fighters, EMT’s, […] Read more »
Shirley Wojtunik, age 88, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the New Bedford Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Edwin S. Wojtunik. A lifetime New Bedford resident, she was the daughter of the late William and Albina (Denault) Yates. Mrs. Wojtunik worked as a sales associate at the Outlet company […] Read more »
As predicted late Sunday, the ‘line honor’ leaders hit the wall Monday afternoon. According to the YellowBrick tracker they now seem to be sailing on the wind, on a long port tack to Bermuda. The ‘handicap’ leaders are the smaller boats that have kept the old, reaching breeze longer and made their time […] Read more »
1600hrs ADT/1500 EDT, June 16, 2013: Little has changed in the race for line honors on the 2nd full day of racing in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. It is just wait and see… and enjoy the pink beaches and the bright Bermuda sunshine or a round of golf while you’re at it. Today, the […] Read more »
Last year was a dud, but this year will be a blast. Marion will have a fireworks display on Saturday, July 6, at dusk on Silvershell Beach. Thanks to the work of a dedicated Fireworks Committee, led by Marion Recreation Director Jody Dickerson and Co-Chairman Donna Hemphill, the group raised just over $40,000. Other Committee […] Read more »
The 2013 Tri-Town Basketball Camp, under the direction of Coach Rick Regan, will be held again this summer at the Old Rochester Regional High School gymnasium. The camp is for boys and girls in grades four through nine. This is the 17th year the Tri-Town Basketball Camp has been under the direction of Coach Regan. […] Read more »
1500hrs, June 14, 2013: Shindig had a fast start from Marion and carried a record pace for the first 24 hours of the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. At 68 feet, Shindig was turning the 15-20 knot winds into a 12-knot pace. She was about 400 nautical miles out and just West of the 164º rhumb […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Road Race Committee recently met to continue preparations for its 43rd 5-mile run to be held July 4 at 9:00 am. The Race Committee is headed by Bill Tilden, ORRHS Athletic Director. Throughout the history of the race, the Race Committee has given over $120,000 in awards to Tri-Town students who have been […] Read more »
You have to hand it to the seventh-graders who opt out of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School’s Survival Week: They don’t just sit around twiddling their thumbs. ORRJS science teacher Kathy Gauvin heads up the school’s Selected Courses Offered for Personal Enrichment program, which serves as the alternative for students who don’t sign up […] Read more »
Mary I. (Coutu) Ringuette, 73, of Mattapoisett died June 13, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of Robert E. Ringuette. Born and raised in Pawtucket, RI, the daughter of the late Albert and Lorraine (Grenier) Coutu, she raised her family in South Attleboro before retiring to Mattapoisett in […] Read more »