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Girls' Goal!1378 viewsThe girls indoor field hockey team from Old Rochester Regional Junior High School remained undefeated in their final six-week session at the Bridgewater Sports Dome. Coaches Kate Souza (left) and Polly Lawrence (right) volunteered their time each Monday night for 24 weeks from October to April, ending the season with a championship game against Mansfield.Jun 20, 2006
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Recreation Rebound1157 viewsMembers of the Fifth and Sixth Grade Mattapoisett Recreation Girls Basketball team recently finished up a winning season. Pictured here are (back row, l. to r.) Molly Magee, Chris Dessert, Dave Francis, Jim Johnston, Cayla Johnston, (middle, l. to r.) Kirsten Dessert, Tess Martin, Madison Jagoda, (front row, l. to r.) Allison Francis, Hannah Bouvette, and Abigail Offringa.Jun 20, 2006
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Locks of Love899 viewsRochester sisters Arissa Anne Underhill (age 9) and Deianeira Marie Underhill (age 7), both students at Rochester’s Memorial School, recently had their hair cut to be donated to the charity “Locks of Love.” Hairdresser “Deb F.” of Hair and Body Solutions in Rochester cut the girls’ long locks which will be donated to make wigs for children suffering hair loss due to cancer treatments. Both girls were born with their own medical issues and received years of care from local hospitals.Jun 20, 2006
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Birthday Plans in the Making1187 viewsThe Town of Mattapoisett is gearing up for a week-long 150th Anniversary celebration planned for August 2007 to commemorate their breaking off from the Town of Rochester in 1857. The planning committee is currently sponsoring a contest to get a new logo for the anniversary event which will be used for promotional items such as t-shirts. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).Jun 20, 2006
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Indian Summer951 viewsMattapoisett resident and part-time reporter for The Wanderer Lee Yeaton poses with a copy of the newspaper outside the new United States Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, during a recent trip to our nation’s capital. (Photo courtesy of Lee Yeaton).Jun 13, 2006
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Tree House1044 viewsLongtime Mattapoisett resident, Mercedes May Murolo poses with her brother and part-time Mattapoisett resident, Fred Murolo, after successfully finishing a beautiful marathon through the giant redwood trees in California, a few hours north of Mercy’s new home in Sonoma County. In The Avenue of the Giants Marathon, Mercy came in third in her class, Fred fourth in his, and both qualified for Boston in April. The two plan on running in the Mattapoisett Fourth of July Road Race.Jun 13, 2006
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Gone to Guatemala986 viewsJim Cannell of Mattapoisett poses with a copy of The Wanderer among coffee trees in Guatemala. Jim is the owner if Jim’s Organic Coffee, purveyors to The Shipyard Galley, among others. (Photo courtesy of Jim Cannell).Jun 13, 2006
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Learning From The Past1167 viewsThird Grade students at Rochester’s Memorial School recently got acquainted with Rochester’s rich, historic past thanks to members of the Rochester Historical Commission. Students were treated to a hands-on experience with old toys, primitive household items and educational tools, and learned about early church customs, Rochester’s Native Americans, and changes in the town boundaries as Marion, Mattapoisett, and Wareham eventually broke off from the large township of Rochester to form their own towns.Jun 13, 2006
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Mr. Nunes Goes to Washington835 viewsRochester Selectman Richard D. Nunes (third from left) recently worked for three months for Alan D. Lebowitz, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Operations (DASPO) for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) in Washington, DC. Mr. Nunes, a lawyer and Senior Investigator for the Boston Regional Office, worked as Special Assistant to the DASPO in the National Office. During this detail, Mr. Nunes was admitted and sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court and also paid a visit to the White House.Jun 13, 2006
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Defib Donation877 viewsRochester Chief Dispatcher Tracy Eldridge (left) presents Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee (right) with a new portable defibrillator which Ms. Eldridge managed to purchase with a donation she solicited from People in Business Care (PIBC). The $3,000 donated unit will be kept inside one of the on-duty police cruisers at all times. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).Jun 13, 2006
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ORR Relay for Life915 viewsJust some of the nearly 200 students, teachers, family members and friends who recently participated in the Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS) at Old Rochester Regional High School on Friday, June 10. The fund-raising event kicked off with the first laps led by cancer survivors, while 17 teams of walkers continued on throughout the 18-hour event. This year’s walk raised more than $48,000 for ACS programs.Jun 13, 2006
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United We Stand888 viewsCenter School students Luke Gauvin (left) as James Madison and Meredith Gauvin (center) as George Washington go through a dress rehearsal for the Mattapoisett school’s annual end-of-the-year third grade production titled “United We Stand.” This year’s play focused on the founding of our nation and featured such songs as “We’ve Got To Be One People,” “Shhh! We’re Writing the Constitution,” and “It’s Wise to Compromise.” (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).Jun 13, 2006
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