Beckoning, calling, whispering, urging you to wade in its cold beauty, calming your nerves, healing your wounds, dampening your skin, filling your lungs with a cold fog that tastes of tears, pulling you in, wrapping you in a dark icy blue that drags you under, weighing you down, taking your breath and softly tumbling you […] Read more »
Black History Month Creative Expressions Contest
Tri-Town Against Racism (TTAR) is thrilled to announce the 4th Annual Black History Month Creative Expressions Contest, open to all Jr. and Sr. High School students, attending or residing in the Tri-Town area during the 2024 school year. This year’s theme is African Americans and the Arts. “African American art is infused with African, […] Read more »
ConCom Continues Fight over Water
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday agreed to keep pursuing the town’s rights to the water on Red Brick Farm East land that is part of a 241-acre Conservation Restriction giving Rochester no rights to the groundwater that the property might produce. Commission Chairman Christopher Gerrior told the board Tuesday that he expected the issue to […] Read more »
American Legion: Florence Eastman Post #28
All Southcoast Active Service Military, Reservists and Veterans are invited to join the monthly meetings of the American Legion: Florence Eastman Post #28. (Serving the Tri-Town area of Mattapoisett – Marion – Rochester and beyond.) We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 1900 (7 pm.) Florence Eastman Post is located […] Read more »
From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society
In 2026, the United States will be celebrating its 250th Anniversary. Just recently, an official government committee came up with a logo for the celebration. It will be interesting to see how Rochester chooses to celebrate. As mentioned in a previous article, the Bicentennial Celebrations included a Ball and plans for a small parade, a […] Read more »
Library Seeks Volunteer Web Design
The Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library needs an up-to-date, easier-to-use website and to make its lower-level entrance more accessible to people with disabilities. Both concerns were the feature of the Library Board of Trustees’ meeting Monday. The January 22 Special Town Meeting will be asking voters to spend $3,000 from Capital Improvement Funds […] Read more »
Upcoming Events at the Elizabeth Taber Library
One Up Games presents a playable history of video games – Saturday January 20 from 12 to 3 pm at the Marion Music Hall – Learn about the evolution of video game consoles by playing retro & modern games. A great time for all the gamers in the family. Marion Arts Center Presents Creative […] Read more »
Abutters Have Say on Solar Array
As it faced a roomful of abutters concerned about the installation’s effect on their neighborhood, Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday continued until February its public hearing on the Special Permit and Site Plan Review application for BWC Snows Pond LLC’s plan to build a solar-energy array on 12.55 acres of a 31-acre parcel at 0 […] Read more »
FDA Needs More Sticklers
The high point of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) showing its worth came in 1960, when Dr. Frances Kelsey refused to let thalidomide be marketed in the U.S. She prevented the U.S. from experiencing the epidemic of babies born with deformed limbs to mothers who were prescribed the drug for morning sickness in […] Read more »
Rayna Lee Caplan
Rayna Lee Caplan, 83, of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts died peacefully on Sunday, January 7, 2024. Rayna was born in Malden, Massachusetts but grew up in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the daughter of the late Joseph and Rhoda (Klasky) Caplan. She graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy and Lasell College. Rayna raised her family in Lexington, Massachusetts and lived […] Read more »