Patriots Team Doctor Visits Mattapoisett Library

            Dr. Bertram “Bert” Zairns has seen it all when it comes to sports-related injuries suffered by high performance athletes. As team doctor to the New England Patriots for 25 years, 32 years for the Bruins and 14 years healing the wounds of the Revolution soccer team, Zairns has been there, done that.             On November 3, […] Read more »

Marion Republican Town Committee

The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Monday, November 11 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The public and new members welcome. Read more »

ORR Class of 1970

The ORR Class of 1970 needs your help in recreating a mailing list to send out invitations for its 50th reunion in 2020. Please email Dede Pangaro Smith at smithlil@comcast.net or Cindy Haskell at Molly5971@gmail.com. Read more »

Tri-Town Observes Veterans Day

            The Tri-Town tradition of honoring those who have served our country continues, and with each year as participation grows and grows, these Veterans Day observances have established themselves as core community events in the annual Tri-Town cycle.             The public is invited to attend the observances of Marion and Mattapoisett this Monday, November 11, at “the […] Read more »

Property Values Up, Tax Rate Down

            Rochester property values have increased, which means the tax rate will go down for fiscal year 2020.             The Rochester Board of Selectmen on November 4 met with the Board of Assessors for the annual tax rate classification hearing, and adhered to the assessors’ recommendation that Rochester keep a single rate rather than a split rate. […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Museum Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair

Avoid mall parking lots! Don’t get stuck in holiday traffic! Instead, join the Mattapoisett Museum for our annual Holiday Arts and Craft Fair at 5 Church Street, Mattapoisett on Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Shop for unique holiday gifts among local, one-of-a-kind items. There will be a large selection of handmade creations available: […] Read more »

White Cedar Preserve

White Cedar Preserve was acquired in partnership with the Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Town of Rochester Conservation Commission and was made possible by funding from the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, the State of Massachusetts Conservation Partnership Program, and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. It is located at the intersection of Walnut Plain […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club November Meeting

On November 14 at 11:00 am in Reynard Hall at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will have their November Luncheon. Our speaker will be Mary Smoyer. Ms. Smoyer is a member of “Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the South-Coast” (a New Bedford Whaling History installment), and has been on the Steering Committee of […] Read more »

‘No’ to Recreational Marijuana Cultivation

            The November 4 Fall Special Town Meeting in Mattapoisett was set after a citizen’s petition was submitted proposing amendments to the Medical Marijuana Bylaws already in place.             The amendments, if carried, would have allowed the cultivation of marijuana destined not only for medical use, but also for recreational adult use.             The zoning bylaw amendments would […] Read more »

ORRJH Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Banquet

The 29th annual Thanksgiving Dinner for Tri-Town (Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester) senior citizens, sponsored by the eighth-grade class of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, will be held on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 12:00 pm in the O.R.R.J.H.S. cafeteria.  (Doors will open at 11:15 am).  Three hundred tickets will be available, 100 per town, distributed through the […] Read more »