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Brief Planning Board Meeting

The April 7 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board became a very brief meeting when the three members in attendance moved to table major discussions. The members believed given the topics that were intended to be discussed, a fuller board needed to be in attendance. Tabled until the next meeting scheduled for May 5 […] Read more »

Washburn Could Get Parkour Course

Marion’s Open Space Acquisition Commission met on April 3 to go over a few action items, including a Point Road Bike Path update, proposed parkour course, and a survey. Chair John Rockwell said an inspection of the bike path area is forthcoming with the commission saying the selection for the Point Road Bike Path […] Read more »

MS4 Vote Pushed to 2026

The Marion Planning Board met on Monday and immediately jumped into a Pre-Submission Conference. The conference/presentation was for Sippican Holdings, LLC on 13 Barnabas Road. Work is now proposed for the Richard Arthur Building or “Building 3.” Justin Downey appeared as representative and explained that, instead of the originally proposed 49,000 square-foot area of […] Read more »

Town Meeting Warrant Closed

The Marion Select Board’s last meeting was held on April 1, when the members went down a long list of appointments, permit requests, monetary commitments, further Town Meeting discussions with the public, and other action items. For appointments, the board approved Peter O’Brien for assistant harbormaster. O’Brien had been a part-time employee at […] Read more »

Solar Array Expansion Faces Criticism

Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday allowed a proposal for a floating solar array at 53 Dexter Lane to proceed from informal discussion to the formal application stage, but not before lodging a complaint against the plan’s expansion. In an informal discussion of the project in a prior board meeting, Matt Swanberg of New Leaf […] Read more »

School Choice Questioned

On April 8, the Mattapoisett Finance Committee and Select Board sat down with Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Michael Nelson and Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howard Barber. For more than an hour, Barber laid out all the moving parts of the schools’ budgets with PowerPoint presentations and deep dives into what […] Read more »

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Rochester Historical Museum

Apr 17

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FCCR Holy Week Worship Opportunities

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Apr 18

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Events

April Vacation at the Mattapoisett Library

Attention teens, are you looking for something to do this April vacation? Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street. [...] Read more »

Rochester Memorial Day Boat and Kayak Race

The Rochester Fire Department will again sponsor the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race. &nb[...] Read more »

Local Artist John Magnan

John Magnan, who specializes in woodworking and sculptures, has recently completed some home-based pieces now displayed around the fireplace of a new [...] Read more »

Rochester Democratic Town Committee Caucus

The Rochester Democratic Town Committee will be hosting its 2025 Caucus on Monday, May 5, at 6:30 pm. The caucus will take place at the Joseph H. Plum[...] Read more »

Welcome Back Bird Walk

Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Nasketucket Bird Club in welcoming back our avian Spring migrants with an all-level bird walk on Saturday, Ap[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Mattapoisett Select Board

To the Editor I would like to exp[...] Read more »

Marion Village

To the Residents of Marion: Altho[...] Read more »

Marion’s Proposed Historic District

To the Editor, As long-time owner[...] Read more »

Thank You

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Sports

Three Wins for Bulldogs

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys tennis team edged Fairhaven High School on April 1, taki[...] Read more »

Boucher Earns Her Place on Mat

High school girls who compete in boys’ sports are necessarily treated differently, and as a result[...] Read more »

Bulldogs Showed Character in Run to Second Straight State Final

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team played Norwell in the MIAA Division 3[...] Read more »

ORR Advances Through The Elite Eight

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Features

Is There Calcium in My Coronary Arteries?

For many decades, doctors have used the traditional coronary disease “risk factors” to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart attacks or other major coronary events. These include smok[...] Read more »

Springtime

Spring comes in increments – each little note building up to a symphony. We bystanders are delighted by the show and feel ourselves[...] Read more »

ORR Sends Wake-up Call with “The Drowsy Chaperone”

The Tony Award winning screwball musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” is the story of a 1920s style stage musical set in[...] Read more »

‘Teacher to Teacher’ Podcast

Old Rochester Regional (ORR) School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to share that Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Jaime Curley was re[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Hello from Plumb Library

Welcome to April. Mark your calendars, we have some great things happening at the Library this month. [...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

In our museum exhibit, we have quite a few toys and games. It’s amazing how s[...] Read more »

Dogs and Kids Do Mix

On Sunday, April 13, at 2:00 pm in the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Community Room, the Mattapoisett Land Trust is helping folks enjoy our canine [...] Read more »

Rochester Republican Town Committee

The Rochester Republican Town Committee will hold its next meeting on Monday, April 14, at the Ponderosa Sportsman Club, in Acushnet. The guest speake[...] Read more »

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Schools

Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship

The Sippican Lands Trust seeks applicants for its Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. The ap[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Kathleen Dunn of Mattapoisett has been named to the 2024 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons [...] Read more »

The Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholarship

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came together to make the Jennifer Rusinoski Memorial Scholars[...] Read more »

Project GROW Preschool Program Registration Open

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson reminds parents and guardians that registration for the Old Rochest[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Katherine Solowey, Mattapoisett, has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the[...] Read more »

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