Rochester Institute of Technology announces its spring 2021 Dean’s List. Undergraduate students are eligible for Dean’s List if their GPA is 3.40 or higher for nine credit hours of traditionally graded coursework; they do not have any grades of “Incomplete,” NE, D, or F; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit […] Read more »
Children ages 8-12 are invited to join Greta Agnew on July 26 at 4:30 pm for a kid’s tour of Marion’s most interesting and historic sites and buildings! Eight-year-old Greta designed the tour with her grandmother, Meg Steinberg, and her mother, Julia Agnew, to give other children a kid’s perspective on our wonderful town! Participation […] Read more »
In Rochester, we are lucky to live in a town with many scenic vistas including ponds, bogs, and woodlands. These vistas also include meadows, though many have disappeared as farming has waned. As one enters Rochester from Marion on Route 105, the 1,000-foot frontage of 60 acres of meadow and farmland is an important part […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission voted at its July 13 meeting to move forward with the preliminary design agreement for the Koch Separation filter upgrade to its water treatment plant. After Jon Gregory of Tata & Howard told the commission that the preliminary design engineering agreements were set last month for filter […] Read more »
Mentorship played a key role in keeping first-year Old Rochester Regional School Superintendent Mike Nelson and his Central Office staff on an even keel through the tumultuous 2020-21 academic year that saw ORR District students begin the year mainly in a hybrid learning format and eventually return to school on a full-time, in-person basis. […] Read more »
On August 18, it will have been a year since Nolan Gibbons passed away in his sleep, and two of his best friends in the music world are still trying to process their loss. “A year before, I was doing Acapella Academy and he was my roommate at that camp, and I got […] Read more »
Chief Brian Jackvony is pleased to announce that three Marion firefighters recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer training program. Firefighters Derek Malouin, Jared English and Patrick Owen are three of the 16 graduates from the MFA’s Call/Volunteer Training Class 92, which officially completed the Firefighter I/II program on Tuesday, June 29. […] Read more »
The Rochester Town Democratic Committee will be hosting its Caucus on Thursday, July 20,at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Together, we will elect two delegates and one alternate to attend and participate in the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention for the purpose of adopting a party platform. The convention will occur on September 25, and the final […] Read more »
Roland R. Menard, 61, of Mattapoisett died July 12, 2021 unexpectedly at home. Born in New Bedford, son of Roland and Janet (Major) Menard, he was raised in Fairhaven, traveled around the country when young, but lived in Mattapoisett most of his life. He was a self-employed carpenter for many years. A hard […] Read more »
Please join us in celebrating the life of Charles “Charlie” McGowan. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 10:30am at St. Anthony’s Church in Mattapoisett. Following the service, the family will be hosting a casual lunch reception at 12:00pm at the McGowan family summer home at 3 Prospect Drive in […] Read more »