As children, we played Ring Around the Rosie, ending with “ashes, ashes, we all fall down.” When small children fall down, it is fun. When older adults fall down, it is anything but fun. Over the course of my career, I saw many frail but independent elders fall, breaking a hip, and ending up in […] Read more »
“Think, Learn and Care” was the basis of Rochester Memorial School’s presentation of its School Improvement Plan to the Rochester School Committee at its December 14 public meeting. Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson reviewed the process, noting that all four districts were asked to bring forward a one-year, school-improvement plan with […] Read more »
The Library will have a delayed opening on Tuesday, January 9 to facilitate an all-staff safety training. The library will reopen from 2:30-8 pm. One Up Games presents a playable history of video games on Saturday January 20 from 12 to 3 at the Marion Music Hall. Learn about the evolution of video game […] Read more »
Of all the things Eddie Gonet could have become after graduating with the 2022 class at Old Rochester Regional High School, a Krokodilo was not on anyone’s radar. The Fairhaven native who attended ORR on school choice has always been up for a challenge. In high school, he helped start multiple clubs, survived […] Read more »
The Town of Marion Harbormaster Department will be allowed to remove trees that are interfering with the construction of its new Maritime Center that began in December and is expected to be completed by the end of summer. “Basically, it was an oversight on our end. We never had any intentions of them staying. […] Read more »
You work way too hard to feel this broke. Now is the time to take back control of your money, and that starts by taking Financial Peace University. Visit www.fpu.com/7C6CCE to join our class at First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way, Rochester, starting on Saturday, January 20. Make today the day you decide […] Read more »
On Tuesday, January 9, the much-anticipated Quahog Book Award is back at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, inviting students in grades 3 to 6 to embark on a literary adventure. This annual award aims to cultivate a love for quality literature among youth by empowering them to choose their favorite book from curated lists consisting […] Read more »
The town of Mattapoisett is home to a number of visual artists whose works are truly outstanding. And now the Mattapoisett Free Public Library is exhibiting a retrospective of stunningly emotive quality from the hand and the mind of Chuck McIntyre. On view now through January 31, the 20-plus paintings capture a vast range […] Read more »
What was thought to be a simple, two-lot subdivision at 14 Snow Fields Road returned to the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on January 2 as a new Notice of Intent filing. The property in question is owned by Dennis Arsenault, and the latest filing, a Notice of Intent, is for work done beyond the […] Read more »
Anne Quinlan, 83, wife, mother, gma, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, left this world peacefully on December 3, 2023. She was surrounded by family and passed away at home after a 2-year journey with cancer. She was born to Gerald and Abigail Fitzgerald in March of 1940 in New York. The family moved to […] Read more »