Mattapoisett Congregational Church will offer “StoryTelling,” an interactive community event for all ages on Sunday, March 22 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Experience Bible stories in a new way and learn more about the art of storytelling. Rev. Bert Marshall will present old and new stories orally and musically passed down from generation to generation. […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional Junior High School Drama Club will perform The Little Mermaid on Thursday, March 19 at 7:00 pm in the junior high school auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for Students and Seniors; Children 5 and under are FREE. The performance is open to the public. Reserve your tickets by […] Read more »
Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for February, 2015: Green Team: Genevieve Grignetti and Ian Friedrichs Orange Team: Madeline Hartley and Logan King Blue Team: Hunter Hanks and Hunter Moreau Red Team: Finneas McCain and Ruth Harris Special Areas: Jillian Higgins and Edward […] Read more »
Please join Tabor Academy in welcoming oceanographer and science photographer Chris Linder to campus for our first Science at Work Lecture Series on March 30 at 6:30 pm in the Stroud Academic Center, Tabor Academy, 232 Front Street, Marion. For over a decade, Linder has focused on communicating the stories of scientists working in the […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club March 19 meeting starts at noon in Reynard Hall at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street. Don’t Be Late! You won’t want to miss Colby Rottler’s talk on his second-career journey to professional chef and culinary instructor. Topics on his agenda are: the change in career and the culinary institute […] Read more »
Come join the Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Wareham Land Trust on Wednesday, March 25 from 9:00 – 10:00am for a free morning stroll through the Wildlands Trust’s Rounseville II Preserve on Mary’s Pond Road in Rochester. Walking outdoors is great exercise for your body and mind, and on this walk you’ll also learn about […] Read more »
It is not a level service budget per se, if you compare it to last fiscal year, but the FY16 ‘better school budget’ could be considered level service if one takes into account the growing student body at ORR. With class size already a concern of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee, the projected increase […] Read more »
Despite winter weather, senior spring traditions have begun at Tabor Academy. On Monday, March 2, Tabor seniors attended the annual 100 Days Dinner, which marks the beginning of the countdown to graduation. Although its name tells otherwise, the seniors celebrated the beginning of the end of their time at Tabor with even less than 100 […] Read more »
With Town Administrator Mike Gagne unable to attend and a light agenda, the March 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen lasted all of twelve minutes. Coming before the board were Bruce Rocha and Jodi Bauer, organizers for the Pilgrim Sands Trail Riders Club, to request use of the Town’s landfill for upcoming events. […] Read more »
Louise D. Shanahan (Phinney), 69, of Vero Beach, Florida (formerly of Marion) died peacefully Sunday, March 1, 2015 at her home after a brief illness. She was born April 9th, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Vincent and Mary Phinney. She had been a resident of Vero Beach for twelve years, coming […] Read more »