Mattapoisett Congregational Church is pleased to once again offer scholarships to students graduating from high school in June 2025 who reside in the town of Mattapoisett, Marion, or Rochester or are a member of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. Two $2,500.00 scholarships will be awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, community service and financial need. […] Read more »
Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School, announces the following, Students of the Month for January 2025: Green Team: Oliver Ward & Leah Oliveira. Orange Team: Zacharia Rezendes & Elin Humenuk. Blue Team: Tallulah Lovegrove & Cameron Eitas. Red Team: Jaxon Trombly & Adeline Gil Veras. […] Read more »
Blanca Graciela “Chela” Short of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Arthur William “Bill” Short, and mother to Natalie M. Short, Carol A. (Short) Lee and husband Robert, Jeffrey W. Short and his wife Kim, and Colleen N. Short and “Abuelita” to […] Read more »
It’s never too early to start planning for retirement. In fact, the earlier one plans, the potential for an early and/or more comfortable retirement. This session provides a practical guide focused on strategies of which you may, or may not, be aware. Your presenter, Sam Docknevich, retired in October 2019 after a career with IBM […] Read more »
Unless you are Chinese, you have probably never heard of Barbie Hsu, but in the Chinese-speaking world this Taiwanese actress is famous. That world was shocked to learn of her death from influenza while on a family vacation in Japan. Ms. Hsu was young (48), healthy, rich and treated in a country with an […] Read more »
The following students have achieved honors for the Second term at Old Rochester Regional High School: Highest Honors: Penelope Angeley, Clara Bonney, Nathanael Bushnell, Phoebe Cowles, Alexander Dai, Sara Duane, John Ferreira, Brendan Fuller, Caden Gonsalves, Katherine Guevara, Lucas Hadley, Sadie Hartley-Matteson, Isabella Hollis, Tiera McCarthy, Ella Milhench, Elise Modracek, Xavier Monteiro, Caitlin O’Donnell, […] Read more »
Rochester has had many noteworthy residents, some born here and others arriving from other places. One such person, Dr. Gabriel Farrel, with his wife, like many before them, started as weekend residents until 1953 when they began to spend more of their time living in town. The change of address from Cambridge to Rochester came […] Read more »
Get your body moving with our Adult Tap Class and our Intro to Improv Comedy Workshop: Adult Tap-Dancing Class with Teah Keogh- March 25, April 1 and April 8. Join a tap-dancing class at the MAC to work on your skills. Instructor Teah Keogh leads this three-week course for adults who need to tap […] Read more »
To the Editor; Upon hearing of the soon to be retirement of the council on aging’s director Jacqueline Seney, I would like to publicly thank her for how she has personally supported me through the past several years. (I realize she’s will still be around for a while, but here goes). Not only […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, February 12 to go over various different property alterations, comments from the Planning Board, and discussions on the proposed Marion Historical District and Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) work on Route 6. A request for a Certificate of Compliance was brought forward for 11 Parkway Lane. The […] Read more »