Rochester Christian Learning Center is a homeschool cooperative whose doors will open in September 2024 for Grades K-8 at First Congregational Church of Rochester. Homeschooling is a growing popular option for parents who want to directly educate their children. A Learning Center is an organized group of home-schooled children that meet at a facility sponsored […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Monday, March 11 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The Public and new members welcome. Read more »
To the Editor; A sincere “Thanks for Coming” to the February 28th Mattapoisett Tree Committee meeting last week. We estimate around 200 people attended between an overcapacity Fire Station meeting room, a spillover at capacity in Town Hall on Zoom, and 70 connecting from their own homes via Zoom on a night of terrible […] Read more »
The backside abutters living on Olde Sheepfield Road came out to Monday night’s Marion Planning Board meeting to weigh in on Arnie Johnson’s expansion proposal for Fieldstone Market on Route 6. Given the floor during the public hearing, some abutters rejected elements of the expansion plan itself, but more abutters seemed to be primarily […] Read more »
Down 2-0 on the scoreboard, the Old Rochester/Fairhaven coop hockey team got the pushback it was looking for entering the second period of Saturday’s MIAA Division 4 tournament game against Hanover. But an unlucky bounce and an untimely turnover conspired to undermine the Bulldogs’ effort in a season-ending 4-1 defeat at the Hobomock Arena […] Read more »
Welcome to Book (re)Marks, all the info you need about what’s happening at the Library this month. March brings us the start of Spring and most importantly, the beginning of Daylight Savings. Don’t forget to change your clocks. Do you love traveling and having adventures? Or maybe you’re more of an armchair traveler? Join […] Read more »
Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for February, 2024 Green Team: Rebecca A. Schaefer and John P. Ferreira Orange Team: Caden J. Gonsalves and Claire M. Vergoni Blue Team: Ava E. Dzerkacz and Oliver A. Hutchison Red Team: Aurora J. Froes and […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday rejected Public Safety Building Committee Chairman Arnold Johnson’s request to hire an owner project manager with $140,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, preferring to learn first what exactly an OPM would accomplish for them at this stage of the project to combine, replace or rehab the town’s space-challenged police […] Read more »
In early New England, the most important man in town was most likely not the owner of the biggest house, the town clerk, or a selectman, but rather the minister of the town’s church. Rochester’s first two ministers, Reverends Arnold and Ruggles, both served for many conflict-free years while growing the size of the congregation […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum is offering two summer sessions of Coastal Explorations. During our weeklong programs, we explore some of Marion’s unique natural areas, including shorelines, salt marshes, estuaries, riverbanks, ponds, swamps and bogs. These programs are designed for small groups of students entering grades 3-6. We meet from 9 – 12 in a […] Read more »