Here is a look at Old Rochester Regional High School sports for this week: Boys’ Basketball: The Old Rochester Bulldogs started off the week right with a 75-60 point win over Joseph Case High School. Senior captain Matt Valles led the team with 27 points and 12 rebounds. He was followed by Bennett Fox […] Read more »
For some of us, the 1980s seem like just yesterday – a time when computers were beginning to enter everyday business activities and mobile phones were the size of a regular wall-mounted phone. But when it comes to public safety having effective equipment, getting with the times is critical. Just ask Chief Andrew Murray of […] Read more »
There were no fireworks last Fourth of July in Marion, and this year again there may not be any fireworks due to low funds and fewer volunteers. The town has celebrated Independence Day with fireworks for as long as Fireworks Committee Co-Chair Donna Hemphill can remember. The town had to skip a year back in […] Read more »
Roger F. Sites, 93, of Fall River, formerly of Brockton, died after a long illness. He was a resident of the Crawford Nursing Home, and formerly lived in the Montello section of Brockton for his entire life. Born in February 9, 1924, he was the son of John George Sites and Katherine Daley Sites. He […] Read more »
Friends Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Benjamin Kennedy as Friends Academy’s new Head of School, beginning July 1. Kennedy’s dedication to students and his expertise in academic innovation, faculty development, and secondary school placement are qualities that will suit him well at Friends Academy. Kennedy is just the sort of reflective […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will meet in Reynard Hall of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street, Mattapoisett on Thursday, February 16. Our members begin gathering after 11:30 am to socialize, followed by a noontime luncheon. Our guest speaker is Elizabeth Leidhold who is the Director and Board Chairman of the Marion Natural History Museum […] Read more »
The flu season is once again upon the Tri-Town. Although many will feel tempted to attend school or work regardless of the severity of their symptoms, do yourself and everyone else a favor and stay home to keep from further spreading the sickness. ORRHS has recognized the presence of the influenza in the area and […] Read more »
Some residents along a stretch of Neck Road in Rochester have experienced a strange sighting at their bird feeders lately. An unlikely patron of the winter buffet of various birdseeds throughout the neighborhood, one could say. No one knows from where it came, why it is here, and how come it has not succumbed to […] Read more »
It’s likely that most of us inside the Marion Town House on the night of February 7 will be dead before there’s any progress on the town house renovation project, suggested Marion Board of Selectman Stephen Cushing just before acquiescing to allowing an exploration of a town house construction project at the VFW site. The […] Read more »
Grease, one of the most performed musicals in history, comes to the Tabor Academy stage on February 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 pm. The show is free and open to the public in Tabor’s Fireman Center for Performing Arts in Hoyt Hall at 235 Front Street, Marion. In its original production in Chicago, Grease […] Read more »