Old Rochester Travel Basketball will be holding tryouts for the 2014-2015 season on October 18 for the Girls’ teams and October 25 for the Boys’ teams. Tryouts will take place at the Old Rochester Regional High School gymnasium. The Old Rochester Travel Basketball program is entering its 8th season and competes in the Cape Cod […] Read more »
Every October, an influx of school spirit sweeps through the halls at Old Rochester Regional High School. Usually taking place in the middle of the month, the Homecoming football game and dance are among the school year’s most anticipated events. Proceeding Homecoming, there will be four ‘Spirit Days,’ which include themes like ‘Pajama Day’ and […] Read more »
There is a new face at the Town House in Marion. The Conservation Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals will now have the administrative support they need with the hiring of Donna Hemphill. Only two weeks into her new position, Hemphill has handled numerous departmental documents, attended a ConCom meeting, and sat in on […] Read more »
To the Editor: I would like to commend the Marion Planning Board for how they handled last Monday night’s meeting with CVS. It was a packed Music Hall filled with opposition to CVS moving the Captain Hadley House and building a 12,900 square foot building on that corner lot. After hearing and reviewing the CVS […] Read more »
Salty the Seahorse and the Mattapoisett Land Trust once again wish to invite children of all ages to join us for what has become a fall tradition of fun in the firelight on Saturday, October 25, from 5:30 until 8:00 pm at Dunseith Gardens (Route 6 at North Street). The Land Trust will provide the […] Read more »
Applications for the Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Program are now available. This program allows Mattapoisett seniors, older than 60, to perform services for the Town in exchange for a maximum $750 reduction on the taxes for Mattapoisett property that they own and occupy. Applications are available online at the city’s website, mattapoisett-ma.gov, under the […] Read more »
Here is a look at the sixth week of results in scheduled games for all ORR athletic teams. Football: The Bulldogs suffered their second consecutive loss this week, falling to Dighton-Rehoboth in a hard-fought 21-7 game. The Bulldogs played fairly well and were moving the ball consistently against the tough opposing defense, but never seemed […] Read more »
It was a dusky dark, chilly October evening. Inside the house, the Jack O’ Lanterns were carved and lit, their seedy, slimy orange goopy guts laying in a bowl on top of the table, and pairs of little eyes were looking up at their parents asking, “So, now what are we going to do?” These […] Read more »
A Special Town Meeting article pertaining to an amendment to the table of contents of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws has been taken off the warrant and tabled until the Annual 2015 Town Meeting after Rochester Planning Board members voted to revisit the zoning bylaw book and restructure its contents. The article proposed eliminating Roman numerals […] Read more »
Seven Old Rochester Regional High School students that attended the Project Contemporary Competitiveness program all had at least one thing in common – they said it changed their lives for the better. The students gave a short presentation highlighting their experiences at PCC, a six-week advanced studies residential program at Stonehill College in Easton for […] Read more »