The following students graduated from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School on Sunday, June 4: From Mattapoisett: Luke Alfonse, Jared Gammell, Cody Leonardo, Leann Lomba, Wyatt Major, *Amanda Masse, *Jack Murphy, Nathaniel Nicolosi, Orion Silva, *Bethany Spangler From Rochester: *Corbin Blanchard, Amanda Clark, Nicolas Conde, Matthew Cordeiro, *Noah Dexter, Isaac El Khoury, *Kelsey Fillip, […] Read more »
Open Table’s last supper for the season is this Friday, June 9, at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church and everyone is welcome! Doors open at 4:30 pm and supper is served at 5:00 pm. As always, dinner will be delicious and nutritious plus there is a little something extra coming your way! Invite a friend or […] Read more »
To the Editor: The Walter family would like to express great thanks to the Mattapoisett Fire-Rescue and Police Departments for their assistance on March 30 when Robert Walter passed away. Their efforts were above and beyond and really helped our family get through a “tough” day. We would especially like to praise officer Anthony Days […] Read more »
Just about the only thing in the Tri-Town on Memorial Day that is almost as equally exciting as paddling a handmade canoe down the Mattapoisett River in the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race is watching it – even when it’s raining. Either way, what would a boat race be without water? Like in past years […] Read more »
With temperatures starting to warm up and summer break for public schools only weeks away, kids are going to be outside enjoying the hot weather sooner than you think. But they aren’t the only ones who will be taking advantage of this opportunity – the bugs are out in full force this year as well. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Yacht Club will be hosting their annual Spring Round the Bay 25-mile pursuit race on June 10. It will be the first race in a series of six races sponsored by area yacht clubs to award an overall Buzzards Bay Trophy. There will be racing and cruising classes with a max PHRF rating […] Read more »
There is a lighthearted warm energy that one feels when first meeting Linda Burke. It’s an energy that is full of potential, possibility, and promise. It is this energy that she has passed onto hundreds of children in her many years of service as a children’s librarian. Now, however, it is time for Burke to […] Read more »
Here is a summary of this week’s sports at Old Rochester Regional. Boys’ Lacrosse: In their first game of this past week, the Old Rochester lacrosse team played Dartmouth and won 11-5 during their senior night. Despite a rough first quarter where the Bulldogs allowed the Indians a 3-0 lead, Old Rochester eventually bounced […] Read more »
To the Editor: A long time ago, in a previous life, I worked in an office building nestled in the suburban sprawl west of Boston. Each day at precisely noon, a stainless steel box on wheels would appear and park outside my office window. The daily arrival of the food truck created a mass exodus […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society is sponsoring a photo contest for Rochester children sixteen (16) years and under. In line with the theme of the Country Fair this year, the topic for the photo contest is “Farming in Rochester.” There are many types of farms in Rochester (i.e., cattle, cranberries, poultry, horses, vegetables, haying, sheep, etc.) […] Read more »