While the Mattapoisett School Committee was eager during Monday night’s public meeting to share in the same positivity pervading the Old Rochester Regional School District at large, the potential consolidation of school building lurks as the UMass Boston Collins Center carries out its study. Committee Chairperson Carly Lavin and ORR Superintendent of Schools […] Read more »
Learn to play Gaga Ball and about Scouting Marion on Saturday September 24, 11 am-1 pm. If your son or daughter enjoys camping, hiking and having fun, Marion Pack 32 and Marion Troop 32 would like to welcome youth living in Marion and Mattapoisett as well as the surrounding areas (where the scouting schedule in […] Read more »
Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion, Felicia Aguiar of Mattapoisett, Lilah Gendreau of Mattapoisett, Maya Dube of Mattapoisett and Chelsea Peterson of Rochester were named to the 2022 spring semester Dean’s List at Simmons University in Boston. To qualify for Dean’s List status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of […] Read more »
On September 10, the Mattapoisett Council on Aging held a grand lawn party in celebration of the COA’s 50-year anniversary. The weather was a perfect combination of late-summer warmth and refreshing sea breezes, as visitors learned about the extensive programs and services available to seniors and their caregivers. On hand to celebrate the […] Read more »
The owner of property at 28 Pitcher Street sent a letter to Marion Health Director Lori Desmarais summarizing repairs and improved conditions, but acting Health Agent Bob Ethier told the Marion Board of Health during its September 8 public meeting at the Police Station that the project has fallen three weeks off the prescribed […] Read more »
In her Health Director’s update during the September 7 Rochester Board of Health meeting, Karen Walega told the membership that the Town of Rochester would participate in a Capacity Assessment funded by a state Public Health Excellence Grant. The end game for this survey and assessment being orchestrated by the state Department of […] Read more »
Wednesday, September 21, at the Rochester Historical Museum at 355 County Road, at 7:00 pm, Andrew Noone will discuss his book on the tragic story of Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner, granddaughter of Timothy Ruggles who was the minister of the Rochester Congregational Church from 1710-1768. After the presentation, there will be a chance to purchase a […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals and Town Counsel Jon Witten engaged developer Ken Steen and his attorney Mark Bobrowski on September 8 in a continued public hearing for the Heron Cove project. The discussion that ensued at the Police Station was dominated by questions of procedure and the application of conditioning to […] Read more »
The 2022-23 school year has kicked off in the Tri-Towns, with a few new faces among educational staff. After Mattapoisett Schools Principal Rose Bowman retired this year, there was the question of how best to replace her. Bowman had presided over Center School while working in coalition with Kevin Tavares, then assistant principal […] Read more »
Timothy Ruggles, whose gravesite we visited on our June cemetery tour, was minister of the Rochester Congregational Church beginning in 1710 and continuing for 58 yrs. His father Samuel of Roxbury for quite some time owned proprietary rights in the land of Hardwick in Worcester County. Hardwick, also called the “Elbows,” was mostly unsettled when […] Read more »