Rochester resident Tiffany Rozenas recently graduated from Springfield College with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Rochester resident Hillary Rozenas was recently awarded a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Studies from the University of New England. Aren Johansen of Rochester was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Nicholas Lima of […] Read more »
Louise E. “Peggy” (Perkins) King, 97, of Marion died June 8, 2013 at her home on Converse Road. She was the wife of the late Dr. Robert G. King and mother of five children. She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on October 15, 1915, daughter of the late Maxwell and Louise (Saunders) Perkins, and […] Read more »
Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two By Rudd Wyman Part III Across from Warrens, the Trefrey family summered. Charles ran a successful real estate business in the Boston area […] Read more »
Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of this piece, the identities of the young people are not disclosed. Here goes nothing. I’ll be straight up with you from the beginning. This is not an easy article to write. There are many things I’ll need to be careful about. Please let me make it clear that […] Read more »
Most libraries would throw away books that have been drawn in, cut up, and pasted or taped together, but the Mattapoisett Free Public Library has presented some for everyone to see. A group of junior and senior artists from Old Rochester Regional High School have taken books from art teacher Joanne Dorothy’s father’s library, and […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Rochester Historical Society will be on June 19 at 7:00 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Road. The program for the evening will be presented by Diane Finn, author, teacher and tour guide. All are welcome. Take a stroll through the 17th and 18th century of lesser-known heroes […] Read more »
The following Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School student from the Tri-Town was recognized as a School Council “Student of the Month” for June: Jeremy Josephson, Rochester, Grade 9, Automotive. Read more »
For over 60 years, the Mattapoisett Women’s Club has been striving to help young people in their educational pursuits. This year the Club is happy to award five scholarships to students from Old Rochester Regional High School. The selected students are: Joshua Bardwell, son of Lori and Jerry Bardwell, who will attend Northeastern University to […] Read more »
To the Editor: “My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky.” So wrote beloved British poet William Wordsworth. I didn’t see a rainbow; in fact, today is a cloudy day, but this morning, as I was running in Mattapoisett, I came upon a rather large group of Center School students and their […] Read more »
Signaling that it is one step closer to approval, the Rochester Planning Board closed the uneventful public hearing on Shawmut Associates LLC’s proposed expanded recycling facility at 50 Cranberry Highway, extending the vote date to June 28. Planning Board members traded notes with Green Seal engineer Gary James on the project’s existing order of conditions, […] Read more »