Ideas for these articles come from many sources, but as I’ve mentioned before, scrapbooks in the museum collection are full of interesting stories. Over the 50-odd years of the Rochester Historical Society, various members have assembled scrapbooks full of pictures, mementos and pertinent news articles. While leafing through one of these books, I came across […] Read more »
Just for today … I will not judge or criticize or blame others or myself. Instead I will compliment and encourage, both others and myself. Just for today … I will remember to give thanks, for the gift of family and friends. Just for today … I will send a little note, […] Read more »
The musical Mockingbird is well known as a backyard bird with a vast vocabulary of songs and a variety of other sounds up to 200 in number to orally select from. Each sound at the drop of a hat is usually repeated as many as six times during the day and even more […] Read more »
The Public Safety Facility Feasibility Study Committee on February 14 agreed with consultant Ted Galante’s new focus for examining whether to combine, replace or rehab the town’s police and fire stations. At the conclusion of Gallante’s presentation on study options Tuesday afternoon, he and the board agreed his firm will focus on a […] Read more »
All Things Art returns for the 2022 summer camp season. Program director Kate Frazer Rego will lead three sessions of this immersive weeklong program, which takes place in late summer and is geared toward young artists ages 10-13. During their time in the MAC Art Studio, young artists will experiment with a number of practices, […] Read more »
Marion stakeholders are determined to build the town’s new Department of Public Works operations center on the $4,500,000 budget approved by voters last year at Town Meeting, and they intend to do it by internally handling as many tasks as legal and possible and bypassing a general contractor. Some tasks, lead architect Will Saltonstall […] Read more »
The following students have achieved honors for the second term at Old Rochester Regional High School: Highest Honors, Grade 9; Gavin Coffey, Hannah Thorell, Amanda Tomasso, Sasha Volkema, Grade10; Clara Bonney, Nolan Bushnell, David Fredette, Dillon Furtado, Caitlin O’Donnell, Zoe Pateakos, Scarlet Patnaude, Emily Wyman, Grade 11; Jacob Hadley, Corinne Hibbert, Grade 12; Sylvie […] Read more »
The MAC announces a new exhibit, The New Printmakers, with works by Taylor Hickey and Janie Kinnane, featuring student work from Old Rochester Regional and Tabor Academy. The show runs Saturday, February 18-Friday, March 24, and an artists’ reception is scheduled on Saturday, March 4 from 3:00-5:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to […] Read more »
The February 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board found the members not only filling empty seats on various boards and committees but also noting the number of seats that are up for reelection or to be filled with new faces come May 16. Mattapoisett’s 2023 Election Nomination papers have been available since January […] Read more »
The Friends need your help. The Friends of Plumb Library are raising funds for the purchase of children’s chairs. Chairs are child/youth size and will be used during Story Time as well as during children/youth programs taking place at the library. Chairs will be used with new adjustable height tables. Cost per chair is $50 […] Read more »