The full monthly newsletter and calendar are available on our website www.rochestermaseniorcenter.com. Events and photographs are also posted on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Rochestercoa. The Rochester Senior Center is hosting French Conversation and Culture on Friday, February 21 at 9:30 am. This activity is open to all skill levels. Anyone who is interested in the French language and […] Read more »
If you have a boat, thinking about buying a boat, or just like to go boating… The Onset/Marion Flotilla 63 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a seven-week course in Boating Skills and Seamanship that will teach you about boating safety, navigational rules, engines, equipment for your boat and much more. Registration […] Read more »
Curry College is proud to announce that Hannah Ribeiro of Mattapoisett has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester. Ribeiro is a member of the Class of 2021 and is majoring in Nursing. To earn a place on the list, full-time undergraduate students – those who carry 12 or more graded credits per […] Read more »
Anne Marta Poshkus, 90, of Marion, MA passed away February 18, 2020 with many of her loving family by her side. She was the wife of the late Vytautas (Paskevicius) Poshkus. She was born in Rudaiciai, Lithuania in 1929. Anne Marta fled Lithuania as a young girl with her family during the war to Luebeck, […] Read more »
Nicholas Castanhinha, 44 of Mattapoisett died February 15, 2020 unexpectedly at home. He was the husband of Jennifer L. (Hibbert) Castanhinha. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Frank and Irene L. (Boisvert) Castanhinha, he was raised in Dartmouth before moving to Mattapoisett in 2014. Nick enjoyed outdoor activities with Jacob and Joshua including […] Read more »
Construction of Mattapoisett’s Phase 1b of the Shared-Use Path, aka, bike path is well underway. One year ago Representative William Straus, an advocate of the project, released the following statement: “I was excited to join state highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver at MassDOT’s Boston office today for the signing and award of the contract to construct the […] Read more »
YMCA Southcoast and the Buzzards Bay Coalition are partnering to offer discounted short-term membership rates and special programming for potential swimmers seeking pool access and training support leading up to the Buzzards Bay Swim on June 27. Three-month YMCA Southcoast memberships are now available at $105 Young Adult (ages 20-29) and $153 Adult respectively with no […] Read more »
On Saturday, January 25, the Old Rochester Superintendent Search Committee completed its review of the 24 (twenty-four) applications submitted for the position of Superintendent of Schools for the Old Rochester School District and Massachusetts Superintendency Union #55. The Search Committee invited 7 (seven) applicants to interview with them beginning on Tuesday, January 21 and concluding […] Read more »
All are invited to St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Marion for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Mic Night. Tuesday, February 25at 6:00 pm, St. Gabriel’s Parish Hall, 124 Front St., Marion. We will eat delicious pancakes and if you have a joke to tell, a story to share, a song to sing or a musical […] Read more »
To the Editor; Spending summers in Mattapoisett as a young lad with his own 14-foot dory provided much daily adventure and excitement. Great appreciation of nature, tides and weather provided for education and independence. We explored the coastline, fascinated with rivers and estuaries running to the bay. Where these rivers ran into the bay became […] Read more »