Finals week has left students drained, yet relieved to begin the months-long decompression period known as summer vacation. It’s the moment students are excited about from the moment they begin school in September – a time to spend time on what they enjoy doing, while spending time with their friends on the sunny New England […] Read more »
Cell phones have become too much of a distraction at school, ORR Principal Michael Devoll told the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on June 8 before proposing to amend the student handbook to restrict personal cell phone use at school. “We find students with cell phones in classes … to be the single greatest distraction […] Read more »
The Town of Marion and the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post 2425 of Marion are presently organizing the Annual Marion Fourth of July Parade that is scheduled for Monday, July 4 at 9:00 am sharp. The Parade will form beginning at 8:00 am on the Fourth of July in the ball field behind the Marion […] Read more »
Tabor Academy educator, Karl Kistler, was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT Excite Award. This award is given annually to a select group of educators across the country who have applied to receive a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for the following school year and have been selected as a finalist. Award recipients participate in invention education learning opportunities […] Read more »
Clean Energy Collective was ordered during the June 1 meeting of the Rochester Planning Board to install fence screening around the Mary’s Pond side of the solar farm under construction off Perry’s Lane before the next meeting or else the board would re-open the public hearing, which would essentially halt progress on the project. Developer […] Read more »
This week marked the end of the 2015-2016 sports year for Old Rochester. Five teams finished up their seasons this week, with boys’ tennis and baseball both making it to the final rounds of their respective state tournament. It has been another great year for Bulldog sports with a variety of teams finding success. Before […] Read more »
The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that more than 4,986 undergraduates have qualified for the Spring 2016 Dean’s List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, other states and 25 countries. The following students from the Tri-Town were […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Cultural Council is collecting input to help set its community funding priorities for the next three years. The survey seeks information about the community’s awareness of the local cultural council’s annual grant-making as well as recommendations for local funding priorities. The survey is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3T8MCDT and paper copies may be found […] Read more »
Mau VanDuren, the author of Many Heads and Many Hands: James Madison’s Search for a More Perfect Union, will speak on Tuesday, June 28 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall. Mr. VanDuren, an independent historian, is from the Netherlands and immigrated to the United States in 1982. In his book, he discusses that […] Read more »
The Wanderer is pleased to announce that we are soliciting nominations for our 21st annual “Wanderer Keel Awards.” The yearly community service honor – which is presented to one Tri-Town resident from each of the three central towns in our circulation area – will be announced in our July 28 edition, and each winner will […] Read more »