Alumni of the Old Rochester Regional Class of 1988 and friends of the class (including ORR alumni from the Classes of 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991) are proud to announce the 2021 call for applications for the ’88 Bulldog Pride Award. The award is to be given to an outstanding graduating senior who has […] Read more »
The Tri-Town Veterans Counsel is pleased to announce the selection of our new Veterans Agent for Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester. Christopher Gerrior of Rochester, a retired US Naval Officer, has been chosen by the Tri-Town Veterans Counsel to replace retiring Veterans Agent Barry Denham. Gerrior had a highly decorated 24-year carreer in the Navy before […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Board of Health on April 14, Public Health Nurse Emily Field provided an update on what has clearly changed our social culture – the COVID-19 pandemic. Field began her comments by saying that Mattapoisett is in the yellow zone, which translates to a 3-percent positivity rating over a 10-day […] Read more »
The warrant articles for the Rochester Annual Town Meeting got the seal of approval from both the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee during the former’s hybrid meeting held on April 20. Town Meeting will be held Monday, May 24, at 7:00 pm at Rochester Memorial School. After the public hearing was […] Read more »
What animal in our local area can go into a deep freeze in winter and come out of it in spring? Gary Johnson says that creature is the wood frog, which had mated, laid its eggs, and left town by the time a group of 10 people visited its vernal pool in an […] Read more »
To the Editor: Earth Day is this week, April 22, and Arbor Day is next week, April 30. Usually the Marion Tree and Parks Committee would celebrate with a town wide cleanup and tree seedling give away, but of course, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not doing that again this year. Instead, the Tree […] Read more »
Earth Day town wide clean up at the Rochester Women’s Club was met with great enthusiasm this year. With the support of many town organizations, much neighborhood participation, families, and various groups of happy excited folks. The cold, rainy Saturday, April 17, certainly did not dampen the spirits of the citizens of Rochester, Massachusetts. The […] Read more »
The April 20 meeting of the Marion Planning Board could have been a long night’s journey into day. It was, however, a rather short meeting with all cases except one continued. The case being opened and acted upon was the public hearing for the Proposed Bylaw Codification. The board members unanimously voted to […] Read more »
The residential development being vetted for Spring Street at Mill Street could result in stormwater runoff affecting bicyclists, according to Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell. “This project’s been going ahead, I guess full steam for a while, and I figured, well, we’d be notified about it when it was time […] Read more »
The Old Colony High School PTO Clothes will host a Fundraiser on April 24 from 9:00 am –12:00 pm at the Old Colony High School. Please drop of your unwanted clothes and linens in black garbage bags to the school on that day and time. Cash donations also accepted for this fundraiser. Please email Oldcolonypto1@gmail.com Read more »