Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Michael Devoll are pleased to share that Old Rochester Regional High School alumnus Kris Gundersen recently spoke to high school students about his work at NASA. Gundersen, who graduated with the Class of 2000, is the Lead Separation System and Pyro Devices engineer responsible for NASA’s Space Launch […] Read more »
“I guess it’s time to go home again,” Planning Board Chair Arnold Johnson said. With that recommendation on Tuesday, the board approved moving its regular meetings back to town hall starting in February. The panel had been meeting in the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School library since the COVID pandemic began […] Read more »
Come to the Mattapoisett Library from January 15 – February 14 to view a photography exhibit by Mattapoisett resident Richard Van Inwegen. Photography has been a long-time hobby for Van Inwegen. He has taken numerous courses and seminars on photography and for several years has photographed the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and other nonprofits. […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night approved the Certificate of Compliance for a 33-year-old, earth-removal project at Plumb Corner. Project engineer Michael Pimental explained this approval would close out the plan that in 1989 removed 77,000 cubic yards of earth from what is now the Plumb Corner development. The developer has finally restored […] Read more »
At 3-2 going into Tuesday night’s South Coast Conference game against Dighton-Rehoboth, the Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team is still in the early stages of navigating its 2022-23 season. “We lost our center, big Steve Morrell (to graduation in 2022),” said Sawyer Fox, who serves with Liam Geraghty as the […] Read more »
On Saturday, January 28, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra presents The Magic of Disney, performed by over 70 musicians under the direction of Music Director Yaniv Dinur. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney Company, this season’s “movie night” concert will feature music from The Little Mermaid, Fantasia, Beauty and the […] Read more »
Join Mattapoisett Land Trust’s Community Engagement and Stewardship Manager, Colleen Andrews, for a guided hike on Friday January 13 at 12:30 pm. Enjoy the beginning of the new year by stepping outside and enjoying the fresh air. The hike will start at the MLT Prospect Road parking area in Mattapoisett and will be between 1.25-1.5 […] Read more »
Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell hopes to keep any of the commission’s work done in house if possible. In his Point Road Bike Path update to MOSAC’s December 7 public meeting, Rockwell told fellow members that he realized the town’s Department of Public Works has been performing some excavation-type work […] Read more »
Are you overwhelmed, anxious and just don’t know where to begin to organize your papers, closets, drawers, etc.? Join with members of the Sippican Woman’s Club on Friday, January 13 at 6:00 pm at our clubhouse, 152 Front Street when Kristi Santelli will walk us through the process she uses to help to purge, declutter […] Read more »
To the Editor Thank you Tom and Frances Kearns, for your strength in speaking truth to power. Over the past few months, we have been increasingly concerned at the reports of racial bullying and harassment of LGBTQ students in our Mattapoisett schools and on the school buses. Additionally, we are alarmed at the attempts […] Read more »