The Rochester Grange Fair is just a week away. With 1000 books spread out the Tri-Town area with all the rules and information, it is hoped that many of you will be checking them to see what your entries in the fair will be. Get your friends and neighbors, children and grandchildren to enter as […] Read more »
Every kid of a certain age dreamed of running away with the circus. Short of hopping on a train and sleeping with the elephants, I lived the next best thing … the circus was in my back yard! In the late 1950’s, the Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus visited Mattapoisett and for three days set […] Read more »
The Annual Marion Town Party will be held on Saturday, August 24(rain date is Sunday, August 25, 2019) on the grounds of the Marion Town House, 2 Spring Street. Festivities begin at 4:00 pm. Marion Firefighters Association will partner with the Marion Harbormaster Department. All proceeds are for local community and departmental needs. To kick off […] Read more »
There will be a Summer Picnic Potluck on Tuesday, August 13at 6:00 pm at the Elizabeth Taber Library, 8 Spring Street. Bring your friends and family, as well as your favorite summer picnic food to share! Chess Club with Jim Kegle is held on Tuesdays from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Drop-in on Tuesday evenings […] Read more »
Warren Briggs, 85, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2019 at his home in Marion, MA. His family and friends will always remember him for his clever wit, irrepressible sense of adventure, and his willingness to march to his own drummer. Warren Grover Briggs was born on August 6, 1934 and grew up assisting his […] Read more »
It was as if the evening had been specially designed for the event: warm gentle breezes, skies blue with icing of gauzy white clouds, a picture-perfect location by a harbor sporting a glorious glassy high tide. Yes, perfect in every way for an event that has become an annual gala – the Great Community Picnic. […] Read more »
When the Hartley Pond flume collapsed last May, there were questions as to whether or not the historic Memorial Day Boat Race could take place. In spite of the pond being completely drained, the race went on as planned. Now months later, repairs to the flume are complete and the pond is slowly filling with […] Read more »
Dear Editor and Tri-Town Community Members, Over the past few months many comments, both positive and negative, have been made about the Old Rochester Regional District. Some of these comments, however, have been inaccurate. As a public, elected body, the ORR School Committee cannot publicly address these inaccurate statements until we have discussed them as […] Read more »
Want to know what it’s like to pull up a stool with the likes of Hemingway, Updike, or Capote? Delia Cabe, author of “Storied Bars of New York: Where the Literary Luminaries Go to Drink,” will be telling all at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Wednesday, August 21at 6:30 – 7:30pm. “Storied Bars of New […] Read more »
The full monthly newsletter and calendar are available on our website, www.rochestermaseniorcenter.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rochestercoa. The Annual Senior Picnic will be held on Monday, August 12from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. There will be live entertainment provided by “Voices in Time”, featuring Sharon Jensen’s young choral group. The folks from the Rochester Highway […] Read more »