Continuing their long journey towards the Annual Town Meeting, the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on April 1 met with Town Administrator Michael Gagne and Harbormaster Jill Simmons. Simmons was making a return visit to the FinCom after having had an opportunity to meet with Gagne and learn what type of Fiscal Year 2016 budget details were […] Read more »
Meat pies, anyone? This year’s Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club production of Sweeney Todd will make victims of the audience – victims of dark comedy and dangerously delicious drama. Sweeney Todd, played by junior Kyle Costa, is a barber with a sinister secret. He kills his barber shop clientele with his barber’s razor, […] Read more »
Progress, and whether construction can begin in 2016, has been the topic of Bike Path Committee meetings in past months. The Committee is very appreciative of residents’ turnout to last fall’s 25% public hearing. It was a resounding message of support. Since then there has been good progress in drawings and submissions: We are on […] Read more »
On April 2, 3, and 7, about 150 accepted students visited Tabor Academy’s campus to help them determine if they will attend Tabor next year. According to Caldwell Harden, a head tour guide, “Revisit days are a vital part of a student’s schooling decision because it is one thing to read about a school and […] Read more »
Thanks to the record-breaking snowfall from this past winter, the Old Rochester Regional High School spring sports teams, which began practicing on March 18, have had to postpone and reschedule many of their games in order for the muddy fields to get in order. Luckily, a few teams managed to get their seasons started this […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Town Administrator Michael Gagne met with the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen on April 7 to present the Fiscal Year 2016 budget and to answer their questions and flush out areas of concern in advance of Town Meeting. Gagne and the Finance Committee had been plugging away for weeks, meeting with department heads and reviewing […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Rochester Historical Society will be on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum 355 County Road. Michael McCue, Town Administrator, will speak about his interest in local history and his research regarding Benjamin Church, early ancestor of the George Church family of Rochester. All are welcome. […] Read more »
To the Editor: Now that the winter season has finally passed, WE HOPE, I would like to take a moment to thank Barry Denham and his crew for the top-notch job they did keeping our roads plowed and safe for travel all through this monumental winter. No matter how big the storm, our roads were […] Read more »
An organization like the Math Team is often not a primary focus of the Old Rochester Regional High School student body, and therefore their success goes mostly unnoticed. This season, however, the team has been garnering notoriety for their strong showings in the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference of Mathematics League (SMCML). Math Team advisor Melanie Kellum, […] Read more »
The Saltworks Marine property development project slated for 291 Wareham Road made some progress on April 6, even with the revelation that the project would require a special permit in addition to the site plan review process with the Marion Planning Board. Saltworks owner Daniel Crete and Engineer Douglas Schneider, standing in for David Davignon, […] Read more »