The Rochester School Committee met briefly on August 19 for the purpose of approving changes to the Student Handbook for the 2024-25 academic year and approved changes. Committee member Robin Rounseville had requested language be included that spells out the “opt-out” option that parents/guardians have regarding their children’s ability to check out any library […] Read more »
Come strut your Pup at your leisure at the 8th Annual Dog Walk A Thon. Choose from the 1-mile or the ½-mile marked walks through the scenic Village of Mattapoisett. Sign up at the Center School parking lot at 17 Barstow Street. Saturday, August 24, 8:00-12:00. $20.00 donation for the walk and receive a T-shirt. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Recreation is pleased to announce we still have openings in many of our Fall programs. Flag Football on Sunday mornings at Tabor field still has spots available. Sign up today so we have enough Patriots shirts ordered. Evening Tennis lessons still has availability in both age groups. We have many after-school programs. Center school […] Read more »
Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman and Town Clerk Lissa Magauran would like to remind community members of voting information for the Massachusetts State Primary. The 2024 Massachusetts State Primary will be held on Tuesday, September 3. The last day to register to vote for the State Primary is Saturday, August 24. The Town Clerk’s Office, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday postponed the Special Town Meeting, previously scheduled for October 21, to January 6, 2025, because of the interim town administrator’s workload. Suzanne Szyndlar, who is also the town’s finance director, noted that because of her dual role for the town, she hasn’t had adequate time to put to together a […] Read more »
You know what “they” say, “Time sure flies when you are having fun.” Boy, we must be having lots of fun. Summer seems to have just flown by. It seems only yesterday that it was Memorial Day, the official start of summer. Memorial Day is, of course, a National Day of Mourning, with […] Read more »
An open invitation is extended to the women of Marion (and all who would enjoy getting involved in village activities), to join the Sippican Woman’s Club’s season of friendship, education and philanthropy. Friday, September 13, begins the new season for the SWC, with great programs each month starting with Rescuing, Sheltering and Caring for […] Read more »
Long-time visiting priest, The Rev. Jeffrey Paull Cave, Retired, Diocese of Atlanta, GA, will return to Mattapoisett to conduct services at St. Philip’s on August 25 at 8:00 am and 10:00 am using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. The Rev. Cave is also author of “The Church by the Town Beach”, a history of […] Read more »
Several days before Tuesday’s announcement that a mosquito in Marion had tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (prompting cancellation of the August 24 Town Party), the Marion Board of Health was already recommending precautions in light of a prior discovery that a Marion mosquito tested positive for West Nile Virus. Publicly thanking Marion […] Read more »
A presentation by the Marion Department of Public Works at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting celebrated the news that most of the town’s previously dormant wells are now up and running. Then it came time to tackle the subject of Creek Road. Accompanied by Tata & Howard engineer Jon Gregory, DPW Director Becky […] Read more »