Mattapoisett Tennis Scholarship

The Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association (MCTA) is pleased to announce the winner of a $500 scholarship for a senior member of the Old Rochester Regional High School tennis team.             The recipient this year is Amalia Dupre of Mattapoisett. Amalia plans to attend New York University to pursue a program of study in Drama.             […] Read more »

Real Wishes for the Real World

Editor’s note: The Wanderer has invited keynote student speakers at this year’s high school graduation exercises to share their speeches with our readers. The Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School graduation was held on June 7. By TJ Graber, Old Colony RVTHS Valedictorian             Families, Friends, OC Teachers and Staff, and the Class of 2024. […] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Springfield College has named Dylan Aguiar from Rochester to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the 2024 spring semester. Aguiar has a primary major of Health Science / Pre-PT. Read more »

Bulldog Pride Alumni Association’s Award

The president of the ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association, Thomas Xenopoulos Peccini ‘88 announced the winner of Bulldog Pride Award at Senior Awards Night on Thursday, May 30, 2024. In attendance were fellow alumni and officers, including the Hon. First Justice of the Hingham District Court and Class of ‘88 valedictorian, Heather (Smith) Bradley.             […] Read more »

Boys’/Girls’ State

Eight members of the class of 2024 at Old Rochester Regional High School will be attending the Boys’/Girls’ State Convention sponsored by the American Legion’s Florence Eastman Post 280, June 15-21, at Stonehill College in North Easton, MA.             Boys’ State: The American Legion Florence Eastman Post 280 will be sponsoring Xavier Pateakos. Lawrence DiCara, […] Read more »

ORR Senior Class Awards

English Language Arts Certificates of Excellence: Advanced Placement English 12 – Allison Root Creative Writing – Mackenzye Caton English 12 A – Madison Lucas English 12 A Honors – Tyler Williams Genealogy – Rylie Coughlin Creative English A – Keira Hart-Bonville Creative English Honors – Sofia Bouley Monsters, Murder and Madness Honors – Mackenzye Caton, […] Read more »

ORCTV Kenneth J. Souza Memorial Award

Each year, Old Rochester Community Television honors one graduating senior from our Old Rochester Regional High School video production program with the ‘Outstanding Video Production Student Award’. The $1000 award is meant to assist the student as they move on to study video production or film upon entering college. This program is named in the […] Read more »

Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 2024

Congratulations to the graduates of ORR! *Emily Grace Abbott, Helena Antoinette Anesti, John Taylor Armanetti, Ryan Andrew Arruda, Noah Evan Michael Arsenault, Lila Aline Bangs, *Chloe Marie Bean, *Chase Thomas Besancon, Arianna Elizabeth Bessey, *Hunter Thomas Bishop, Jaeleigh Marie Black, Noah Henry Bongiorno, Emily Kate Borges, Blaine William Boulanger, *Sofia Alice Bouley, Cameron Hunter Bourque, […] Read more »

Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship

Sippican Lands Trust is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. Due to the rising costs of higher education, our scholarship committee has raised this award to $2,000. This award is given to a high school senior or a student in their first or second year of […] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Torsten Charles Brickley of Mattapoisett, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering, was named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester at Clarkson University.             Adam Sylvia, from Rochester, was one of 232 Central College students who were celebrated during Commencement 2024 on Saturday, May 11, in the Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium, in […] Read more »