Every high school senior, college student, and adult student who will be attending college during the 2015-2016 academic year needs to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to apply for federal, state, and institutional financial aid. FAFSA Day Massachusetts, part of the national College Goal SundaySM program, provides FREE help […] Read more »
Junior Lily Blouin has been uniting the Tabor community one photo at a time. Blouin, an international student from Canada, is involved in a number of activities at Tabor, especially the photography program. Over the summer, Blouin was inspired by Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” project, one in which he approaches random people in […] Read more »
Over the history of the Bay Club, developers have come and developers have gone. A recent addition to the list of homebuilders is Aerie Homes of Waltham, whose Ted Gowdy came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on January 12. Having purchased 36 lots on Fieldstone and Split Road Drives in an area of the Bay […] Read more »
For three years in a row, the Mattapoisett School District – Center School and Old Hammondtown School – has been recognized as a commendation school by the Massachusetts Department of Education, one of 42 schools receiving commendation status, and one of only five schools in the state to receive the status three years in a […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Director of Inspectional Services Andy Bobola was recently honored with an invitation to work on revisions to the Massachusetts State Building Code; specifically, those sections focused on structures in flood plains. Bobola was the only building inspector asked to participate on the code revision panel headed up by Michael Guigli, technical director for the […] Read more »
Rochester Memorial School students just weren’t hungry enough to participate in a school breakfast program, despite the efforts of RMS staff to entice enough kids in order to make the venture viable. RMS Principal Derek Medeiros told the Rochester School Committee on January 8 that some kids he polled did express interest in having breakfast […] Read more »
Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for December 2014: Green Team: Hanbyul “Katy” Kang and Brett Rood Orange Team: Lauren Ziino and Holden King Blue Team: Nicholas Gebhardt and Felicia Aguiar Red Team: Camden Brezinski and Meg Hughes Special Areas: Michelina DiTata and […] Read more »
What are your priorities for bicycling? Where do you want to go? What would help you get there? What would help you or your family make more bike trips or go farther? SRPEDD (acronym for SouthEastern Region Planning and Economic Development District) is in the process of developing a Regional Bicycle Plan to identify and […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons has agreed to make brief remarks at the Saturday, January 17 Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging. The 10:00 am meeting is open to the public. Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library meeting room. The election of Directors, the business of the meeting, is […] Read more »
A Parent Orientation Meeting for the parents of all children eligible to enter Kindergarten has been scheduled on Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria of Center School. All parents of children eligible to attend Kindergarten are asked to attend this special informational meeting. Any child born before September 1, 2010 is eligible […] Read more »