July 4 will be here before we know it and so will the 53rd running of the Mattapoisett Road Race, “4 on the 4th”. Begun in 1971 by Bob and Doris Gardner, 15 runners raced from Point Connett to Shipyard Park. Since then, the route has changed a few times, and now, over 1000 runners […] Read more »
Winter is over and spring is here so the Historical Society will once again have meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Rochester Historical Museum at 355 County Rd., Rochester. Meetings will start at 7:00 Pm and be followed by refreshments and conversation. Our first meeting will be Wednesday, April 16 […] Read more »
The Friends of Plumb Library are pleased to announce their Spring Book Sale. The sale will take place from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday April 25 and from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Saturday April 26 in the Library’s Downstairs Program Room. This area is handicapped accessible via a lift. On sale will be […] Read more »
As has certainly been mentioned in previous articles, the town of Rochester, incorporated in 1789, included both Sippican (now Marion) and Mattapoisett until the mid 1800’s. Some newspaper clippings found in the Museum tell about the desire of certain sections of town to separate into two new towns. Mattapoisett led the charge by pressing […] Read more »
The annual Earth Day town wide clean up sponsored by the Rochester Women’s Club will be held on Saturday, April 19 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Women’s Club will be open during those hours for you to stop by, grab your street cleaning supplies and a cup of coffee. There will be a […] Read more »
There will be an ORCTV Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 5:00 pm Via Zoom meeting and in person at the ORCTV Studio 135 Marion Road, Mattapoisett. The link for the Zoom meeting is: us02web.zoom.us/j/9377728445?pwd=U2hNdU9OZEVzbVYwMmFnbFppOE9TQT09&omn=81699895463 Meeting ID – 937 772 8445 – Pass Code – 1uGsze. Read more »
Back to the history of Rochester’s schools. By 1859, there were eleven school districts in town. They were spread throughout town with the hope that no child was too far from a schoolhouse. Schools had a summer and a winter term. Generally, the different terms would have different teachers. Each district was a legal […] Read more »
The Marion Village Historic District Study Committee met on March 11 to tabulate and report out the results of their recent survey of town residents regarding a proposed local historic district bylaw. The survey was conducted at the request of several village property owners at the Study Committee’s public meetings in January and February. […] Read more »
The Tri-County Music Association is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2025 John R. Pandolfi Music Scholarship and Summer Study Grant. Each year the Tri-County Music Association awards $13,000 to aspiring local high school and college musicians from the Tri-County area (Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable). The music scholarships are conditional and available […] Read more »
Walking into the Rochester Historical Society Museum, aka East Rochester Congregational Church, you can’t miss the mannequin poised at the edge of the altar. She’s pretty imposing and what you probably don’t realize is that you are looking at a “Bathing Beauty” who is ready to go to the beach and who has a […] Read more »