Spring has sprung, the weather is warmer, the days are longer, and just in time for Earth Day. AHA! celebrates our “Sustainable SouthCoast” on April 9. AHA! (Arts, History and Architecture!) is a FREE family-friendly event held rain or shine on the second Thursday of each month from 5:00 to 9:00 pm in historic downtown […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum after school group created “journey sticks” during our spring walk Wednesday. Each item collected represents a reminder from our journey. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold Read more »
There will be a Spring Fling Dance Fundraiser sponsored by the Rochester Historical Society on Friday, April 10 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Reservation Golf Club, 10 Reservation Road, Mattapoisett. Tickets are $15. For tickets or information call 508-961-7401. Read more »
The Rochester Police Department, in conjunction with Police Exam Solutions, has scheduled an Entrance Exam for the Rochester Police Department on May 30. The Rochester Police Department employs 10 full-time officers, five part-time officers and a number of reserve officers serving a population of approximately 5,400 residents. The department will hold an entrance exam to […] Read more »
You are invited to join us for supper on Friday, April 10 at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. Everyone is welcome. Open Table offers a delicious, nutritious meal prepared by volunteers on the second Friday of every month. There is no charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. Doors open at 4:30 pm and the meal will […] Read more »
On Tuesday, March 24, parents, siblings, and friends of area musicians gathered together for a night of great music in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. This marked the annual FORM (Friends of Old Rochester Music) Instrumental Concert, which brings together students not only from ORRHS and ORRJHS, but also Rochester Memorial School, Sippican […] Read more »
Who wouldn’t enjoy standing at the Rochester Country Fair listening to a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band while watching men throw telephone poles like javelins … with an ice-cold one in their hand? Sure, there might still be snow covering the Rochester Country Fairgrounds, but members of the Country Fair Committee are busy planning for the […] Read more »
What do you do when every Marion Conservation Commission agenda item is continued and there is a quorum of members assembled with only meeting minutes to approve and no new business? You watch them make jokes, approve a set of meeting minutes or two (without arguing over them), and witness them adjourn in under 15 […] Read more »
Leonard M. Bejtlich passed away on March 31 at 80 years of age after a brief illness. He is survived by his second wife Nancy J. Bejtlich of Jonestown Texas and his three children Michael M. Bejtlich of Rochester MA, Nancy A. Benson of Mattapoisett MA, and Amy A. Silva of Marstons Mills MA, and […] Read more »
It was the annual Bulldogpalooza on Saturday, March 28 for the Old Rochester Regional Hall of Fame. The event was a time for the organization to promote their new inductees and celebrate the big win this year. Above from left to right: ORR Hall of Famers Peter Borsari, Tom DeCosta, Bill Knapton (inductee), Peter Trow, […] Read more »