The Monuments Men (PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.) is playing at the Mattapoisett Senior Center, Center School, Barstow St., on Tuesday, May 27 at 12:00 noon. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging (formally known as the Friends of the Elderly), the movie is free. You get two pizza slices for only […] Read more »
Here is a look at the seventh week of scheduled games for ORR spring athletics. Baseball: Though the ORR baseball team has yet to clinch their share in an SCC title, they certainly seem poised to do so, evident in their fairly successful week. The boys won an important game over Dighton-Rehoboth, 9-3, ending an […] Read more »
On Tuesday, May 20 the Rochester Conservation Commission began its meeting by addressing a request for determination of applicability filed by John Scheub. Scheub was present to discuss a shed on his property that he would like to expand from its current 12- by 8- foot size to a 12- by 24-foot size. The committee […] Read more »
At 7:00 pm, the Marion Planning Board meeting was called to order by former Vice Chairman Stephen Kokkins. The first order of business was to re-organize the board and welcome in three new members, Eileen J. Marum, Robert H. Lane and Michael Popitz, M.D. Kokkins added that he would also like to “recognize the extremely […] Read more »
Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, will be performed by the students in the Old Rochester Regional High School Theater Elective on Thursday, May 22 in the high school auditorium. In the re-imagined setting of WWII, complete with music by the Andrews Sisters, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy comes alive. Returning soldiers – Don Pedro, Claudio […] Read more »
Join us on Thursday, May 29, at 6:30 pm at the Elizabeth Taber Library as Amy Schram, from the Better Business Bureau, presents a Scams & Fraud/Identity Theft presentation that will cover the most common scams currently circulating the communities, the major red flags to watch out for, and the precautionary tactics we can use […] Read more »
Mattapoisett School Committee members hold on to the hope that they will get one additional second-grade teacher for next year at Center School to support the larger first-grade moving up to second. The second grade currently has only three classes, rather than four. All during budget season, School Committee Chairman James Higgins continued to advocate […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Industrial Business Park will soon be the new location for Sid Wainer & Son now that Zoning Board of Appeals approval has been received. Wainer, a food merchant, will occupy the warehouse space previously home to LESCO Distributing. John Folino, owner of Cape Building Systems, Inc. and of the warehouse in question, petitioned the […] Read more »
Are you looking for events taking place in your neck of the woods this Memorial Day? Every corner of Tri-Town will be honoring our local veterans with parades and ceremonies, along with the tradition that continues in Rochester with the Rochester Annual Boat Race kicking off at 8:30 am at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir on Snipatuit […] Read more »
Donald Bamburger, President of The Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 45,000 Lion’s Clubs around the world, announced the recipient of 2014 Mattapoisett Lion’s Club Award of Excellence in the amount of $5,000. This year’s recipient is Rachel Brown, a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School. Rachel has been admitted to the School of Health […] Read more »