Though it might add approximately $70,000 to the town budget, the Rochester Finance Committee Monday approved recommending a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment increase for all contract town employees for Fiscal Year 2025. The vote came after Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar advised the board to set the COLA figure right away so the […] Read more »
Archaeologist Erin Flynn of Public Archaeology Laboratory based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was the guest speaker at the Marion Natural History Museum on February 9. Flynn took her audience on a journey of many hundreds of years, a journey of our collective past but more specifically the long, ongoing journey of the First Nations […] Read more »
Alane Hall passed away on February 10, 2024; and is survived by her husband Larry of 43 years, children Barbara and Ben and their spouses Chris and Aly, grand-critters Sebastian, Reagan, Cyrus, and Riley, sister Carla, sister-in-law Mary, niece Heather and nephews David and Carl, and fake daughter Kellie and her family. Alane was […] Read more »
The Rochester Cultural Council (RCC) is excited to announce that we have awarded $6470 in grant funds to support 17 projects in 2024. Grants ranged from $150 to $850 and were awarded in the categories of arts, sciences and humanities. Emphasis was placed on funding programs that benefited Rochester residents and are to be held […] Read more »
The Marion Historical Commission and the Sippican Historical Society will cohost a live presentation The Story of the Tremont Advent Camp Meeting on Thursday, March 21. Historic preservation consultant Lynn Smiledge will present the talk at the Marion Music Hall at 6:30 pm. Have you ever noticed the little Tremont Advent Camp sign along […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Interim Principal Heidi Letendre are pleased to announce that Rochester Memorial students recently participated in several activities to learn about and apply concepts in computer science and coding. During Computer Science Education Week, students at Rochester Memorial School participate in the Hour of Code with Media Specialist Sandi Sollauer. […] Read more »
The planning for a massive upgrade to the filtering system in the Mattapoisett Water Treatment Plant has reached its fine-tuning stages, and the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission wasn’t at all thrown off by a corporate takeover of Koch Separation Solutions, the designer of the state-of-the-art system to be installed in the plant […] Read more »
For the fourth consecutive year, the communities of Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester will celebrate Black History Month by encouraging area youth to celebrate through artistic expression: the Creative Expressions Contest. And thanks to the nonprofit Tri-Town Against Racism, this nonprofit is ahead of the game, celebrating African American artistic expression, which is this […] Read more »
Come along on a guided 2.5-mile hike through forests, fields and along the rocky coastline at Nasketucket Bay State Reservation on Wednesday, February 21 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. We’ll explore winter wildlife, look for signs of animal activity and discover animal adaptations for surviving our winter weather. Meet at the main dirt parking […] Read more »
On Sunday February 25 from 1:30 – 3:00 PM, The Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee will sponsor its second in a series of Speakers’ Forums in the downstairs public meeting room of the Mattapoisett Public Library. Light refreshments will be provided and a $10 donation is requested. We will discuss climate change and its effects on […] Read more »