Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Early Childhood Coordinator Doreen Lopes are pleased to share that the first Old Rochester Regional High School Chapter 74 Early Childhood Education class has graduated from their program. The Class of 2024 Old Rochester Regional High School Graduation Ceremony was held on June 1. During the ceremony, eight students […] Read more »
Marion Police Chief Richard Nighelli and Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Michael S. Nelson are pleased to welcome a new comfort dog to the Marion Police Department and Sippican Elementary School. Norman is a 13-week-old Labrador Retriever. He officially joined the department on June 7. Sippican Elementary School students voted between a total […] Read more »
Americans take a lot of pills! About 20% of adults between 49 and 75 are taking five or more prescription medications daily. This gets commoner as we get older. Surveys found that 13% of young adults (30-49) take four or more prescription drugs daily, while 54% of those over 65 do so. While […] Read more »
Editor’s note: The Wanderer has invited student speakers at this year’s high school graduation exercises to share their speeches with our readers. By Jacob Hadley, ORR Valedictorian Good afternoon and welcome Superintendent Nelson, Principal Devoll, administrators, school committee members, faculty, staff, family, friends, and most importantly, the class of 2024. Last fall […] Read more »
Recently the Prime Minister of Japan was given the key to the White House. Yeah, our White House. But the souvenir was not given by the current resident. No, a former resident who dreamed up the idea of a souvenir “Key to the White House” has been giving them out to foreign dignitaries for some […] Read more »
The words “coming home” were the first used by newly hired, incoming Sippican Elementary School Principal Lynn Dessert. Dessert has lived in Rochester for 34 years and conducted her student teaching at Rochester Memorial School. Around that time, she fell in love with the Tri-Towns of Rochester, Marion and Mattapoisett. “I fell in […] Read more »
Editor’s note: The Wanderer has invited student speakers at this year’s high school graduation exercises to share their speeches with our readers. Tabor Academy’s Commencement Ceremony celebrating the Class of 2024 was held on May 31. Tabor annually selects a male student and a female student to deliver the Senior Address as co-heads of school. […] Read more »
To Noah Bellefeuille, becoming an Eagle Scout is about much more than a rare level of expertise in all things outdoorsy. The 17-year-old Rochester resident just finishing up his junior year at Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School wants to be a calming influence in a fragile society dialed deep into social media […] Read more »
Longtime Town of Marion employee Kathy Kearns is being recognized by Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman as she retires after working for the town for nearly 32 years. According to the press release issued by the town on Tuesday, Kearns worked as an accounts-payable clerk in the town’s Finance Department but could be found working […] Read more »
Pediatricians are fond of saying that children are not just small adults – that their physiology and response to diseases are different. In the same way, women are not just men with different sex organs. Every cell in women is different than the corresponding cell in men, due to the difference in chromosomes. […] Read more »