Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (ORRJHS) Principal Silas Coellner are pleased to announce that ORRJHS will be hosting the 31st Annual ORRJHS Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Banquet. The banquet is for Tri-Town (Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester) senior citizens and will take place on Sunday, November 24 in the ORRJHS […] Read more »
Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion, and Lilah Gendreau of Mattapoisett have been named to the 2024 spring semester dean’s list at Simmons University in Boston. To qualify for dean’s list status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more credit hours of […] Read more »
Facing a room full of residents loudly opposing the plan, Rochester’s Select Board Monday approved accepting a $35,000 donation from the local non-profit “Tri-Town For Protecting Children” for the Park Commission’s proposal to reconstruct the Gifford Playground. Board chair Brad Morse began the discussion by telling the crowded room that this was not a […] Read more »
John (Jack) Harold Hartley, 86, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2024, surrounded by loving family and friends at Saint Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. Born June 17, 1938, Jack was the youngest son in a family of four children raised by Robert and Ella (Millette) Hartley. He attended the Waterman School in Rochester […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church Street, invites the public to an Evening of Acoustic Music with Gary Brown and Seth Asser on October 26 at 7:00 pm. They will entertain the audience by playing some of their own original material as well as interpreting songs from their catalog of folk, blues, country, and other artists […] Read more »
We are living in an era, in the U.S., when the insurance company often overrides your doctors’ decisions. Less often with traditional Medicare but more with commercial health insurance and Medicare Advantage plans, you may find that a test or procedure your physician ordered is refused payment by your insurer and you are stuck with […] Read more »
At 11:00 am Saturday, October 26, the Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will host a ceremony honoring Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Bassett by installing a memorial marker at his grave. Thomas Bassett served both as a seaman and as a soldier in the Revolution. He was married to […] Read more »
For the fourth year, the South Coast will once again be haunted by Ghost Stories for an Autumn Night at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Marion. This atmospheric event brings spine-chilling Victorian and Edwardian horror tales to life in the candlelit chapel. Master storyteller Eric Fialho, who has been thrilling Boston-area audiences for over […] Read more »
The Muppet character Count Von Count on Sesame Street must have been inspired by the federal government. Let me explain. The United States government is obsessed with numbers, just like the Count. There is the U.S. Census Bureau which is charged with counting every resident in the country, plus all manner of other data. With […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Commission along with the Historical Society want to invite Rochester residents to attend the Sons of the American Revolution’s Gravemarking Ceremony at the Rochester Center Cemetery on Saturday, October 26 at 11:00 am. This will honor Rochester resident, Thomas Bassett, who enlisted and served in the new American army during the […] Read more »