Rochester Girls Softball is open to Rochester, Marion, and Mattapoisett. Open Registration for grades 3-8 through March 1. Register online at townofrochesterma.com under “Community Links.” Read more »
Rochester Girls Softball
Greater New Bedford Garden Club Scholarship
The Greater New Bedford Garden Club is accepting applications for the $1,500 Rose L. Murphy Scholarship to be awarded to a student enrolled in a full-time college program in 2017-2018. The applicant must be pursuing a degree either in environmental sciences, horticulture, landscape architecture, conservation, or related scientific fields. Students are required to have been […] Read more »
Police Warn of Phone Scam
The Rochester Police Department has received information that town residents are receiving calls from a company claiming to be “Legal Support Services.” This is a fictitious company being used as the front for a phone scam. The victims are being told by the company that they will be at the address within 48 hours serving […] Read more »
Special Olympics Basketball Tournament at Tabor
On February 12, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Tabor Academy will host the second annual Basketball Tournament on behalf of Special Olympics MA. The tournament will welcome athletes from across the state and will represent multiple age groups as well as unified and traditional teams (unified teams include intellectually-impaired athletes with those without intellectual […] Read more »
Tri-Town Unified Recreational Facilities, Inc.
To the Editor: The Old Rochester Regional (ORR) School Committee supports the Tri-Town Unified Recreational Facilities, Inc. (T.U.R.F.) nonprofit group’s efforts to rehabilitate the high school’s outdoor athletic facilities for the benefit of the entire community. At its October 2016 meeting, the School Committee toured the athletic facilities, saw first-hand the ravages of continual use […] Read more »
Marion Republican Town Committee
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Monday, February 13 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. Please join us. The public and new members are welcome. Read more »
February Programs at Plumb Library
For their February book, “Just the Facts” Nonfiction Book Discussion Group will be reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates. In a series of essays, written as a letter to his son, Coates confronts the question of race in America and how it has shaped American history, many times at the cost of […] Read more »
Blanche B. Perry Scholarship
The Mattapoisett Land Trust is seeking applicants for their $1,000 “Blanche B. Perry Scholarship.” This award is available to a Mattapoisett resident interested in the field of Environmental Studies, Sciences, Technology or a related field, and is a graduating senior from a secondary school by June 2017. The scholarship is made available through the Edith […] Read more »
Know Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
All YMCA SOUTHCOAST branches are now enrolling for classes to begin in March. With millions of Americans at risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, YMCA SOUTHCOAST urges our community to learn their risk and take action to prevent the disease. Currently, diabetes affects nearly 29 million people and another 86 million Americans have prediabetes, […] Read more »
Gateway Youth Hockey
Squirts: On Saturday, the Squirts faced off with the Coastal Stars and skated away with a hard fought 5-4 win. Scoring for the Gladiators were Tommy Clavell (3), Ben Hebbel (1), and Thomas Carrico. Nate Wilson played net and stopped 21 of 25 shots for the win. On Sunday afternoon, the Gladiators suffered their first […] Read more »