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Rochester’s senior tax work off abatement policy amended
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Select Board unanimously voted to amend conditions of the town’s senior tax work-off abatement policy at a meeting on Tuesday, April 16. At a Jan. 22 Special Town Meeting, residents voted to raise the amount seniors can...
Mattapoisett approved for Tree City USA program for 16th year
MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Tree Committee announced that its application to participate in the national Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program was approved for the 16th year. The award is given to communities that have a tree committee or...
Teen board at Mattapoisett Library seeking animal shelter donations
MATTAPOISETT — The Teen Advisory Board at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library is collecting donations for the Fairhaven Animal Shelter. The shelter needs non-clumping cat litter, laundry detergent, bleach, canned dog food, Lysol cleaner, Pine-Sol...
Marion resident shares 44 years of travel with photo cards
MARION — Geoffrey Neal needed something to keep himself busy in his retirement. A Marion resident, Neal worked as a cabin crew member on flights to Europe and within the United States for American Airlines from 1976 to 2021. During layovers in...
Oral rabies vaccine baits to be distributed in Marion and Rochester
Baits intended to mitigate the spread of rabies will soon be distributed in Marion and Rochester. According to a press release from the Cape Cod & Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force, the first raccoon-variant rabies case on Cape Cod in...
‘It’s like a celebration.’ Painting exhibition opens at Marion Art Center
MARION — Locals flocked to the Marion Art Center on Saturday, April 13 to get a glimpse at a new collection of artwork lining the walls. A reception for the opening of the new exhibit, which features pieces by Bernie Klim, a Mattapoisett resident,...
Jodi Bauer
Having served on the Mattapoisett Select Board since 2021, Jodi Bauer said she loves what she does – working with the people of Mattapoisett. “I have an openness with the citizens and I take the citizens' concerns very [seriously],” Bauer said. “And...
Kathleen Costello
Formerly Mattapoisett’s Administrator of Assessing for over a decade, Kathleen Costello is running for Select Board because she has a unique skill set that would allow her to make a potentially significant impact in an administrative position for...
Two candidates face off for Mattapoisett Select Board seat
Two candidates are facing off for a seat on the Mattapoisett Select Board. Kathleen Costello is running against incumbent Jodi Bauer. The Mattapoisett town election will be held Tuesday, May 21 at Old Hammondtown School. Polls will be open from 8 a...
Mattapoisett Select Board closes Town Meeting warrant, to include more than 20 items
MATTAPOISETT — The agenda for the approaching Mattapoisett Town Meeting will have 22 items for town residents to vote on. The warrant for Town Meeting was closed by the Mattapoisett Select Board Tuesday, April 9. Among the 22 agenda items to be...
Marion Food Pantry to close April 30
MARION — The Marion Food Pantry will be closing its doors permanently on Tuesday, April 30 after over two years of serving the community. According to Marion Council on Aging Director Karen Gregory, the pantry had been receiving its food from Damien...
Near-total eclipse brightens onlookers’ days
MATTAPOISETT – Lots of eyes were on the sky during a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. In Mattapoisett, people gathered at the town wharf to watch the moon pass in front of the sun – an astronomical event that won’t be seen again in this part of...
Rochester author chronicles ocean research trip in third book
ROCHESTER — In May 2021, Rochester resident Michelle Cusolito boarded a research ship in Vigo, Spain and didn’t step back on land for 24 days. Cusolito joined a group of scientists studying the way carbon is passed along and stored beneath the ocean...
Washburn Trust looks to new possibilities for revitalized park
MARION — Meredith Mattson-Days has been going to Washburn Park for decades, from horse shows when she was little to coaching Old Rochester Regional High School cross country in recent years. Now, Mattson-Days goes to the property as the president of...
Get ready for the solar eclipse in the Tri-Town
While Massachusetts is not within the path of totality for the approaching April 8 solar eclipse, the astronomical sight will still be visible as a partial eclipse from the Tri-Town. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun...
Public Hearing to address Marion’s Green Community designation
MARION — Since 2019, Marion has been designated a “Green Community” by the state of Massachusetts. Now, five years later, residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on the program and could even vote to leave at Town Meeting on May 13. A Green...
Taunton City Councilor running for Pacheco’s Senate seat
Barry Sanders, social worker and Taunton City Councilor, has announced that he will be a candidate for the Third Bristol and Plymouth State Senate seat, being vacated by longtime incumbent Marc Pacheco. The seat covers multiple communities across...
Portion of Marion waters closed to shellfishing
Upon re-examining a portion of the Weweantic River in Marion and Wareham that had been conditionally approved to be open to shellfishing, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries closed the area to shellfishing effective April 1. The closure...
Registration dates and info released for Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race
ROCHESTER — As Memorial Day nears, so too does the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race. The Rochester Fire Department will again sponsor the race, which will be held Monday, May 27 at 8:30 a.m. A boat building seminar will be held at the Rochester Fire...
“It was a dream come true”: Mattapoisett resident debuts in UFC
MATTAPOISETT — On ESPN on a Saturday night, Connor Matthews entered the octagon for his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut and was announced by ring announcer Bruce Buffer as fighting out of Mattapoisett. Matthews, who trains in his gym in...
Children swarm Silvershell Beach for St. Gabriel’s Easter Egg Hunt
MARION — Silvershell beach took on a new look on Saturday, March 30 as 10,000 plastic eggs were placed in the sand and grass for St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church’s first ever Easter Egg Hunt. Waves of children in search of sugar eagerly sped around...
Grab a pair of solar viewing glasses for the eclipse at the Mattapoisett Library
MATTAPOISETT — Safely celebrate the approaching total solar eclipse with a pair of solar viewing glasses provided by the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library. On Monday, April 8, the moon will glide between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow across...
Vietnam War veterans plaque unveiled in Rochester Town Hall
ROCHESTER — On National Vietnam Veterans Day, a new plaque in Rochester Town Hall dedicated to those from Rochester who served during the Vietnam War was unveiled. The plaque and the people who helped to create it were honored during a Friday, March...
Marion dog to be muzzled in public for one year
MARION — A three-year-old St. Bernard will have to wear a muzzle and be leashed at all times for at least the next year when off the Marion property where she lives. On Thursday, March 28, the Marion Select Board held a public hearing where...
Raynham select board member running for Pacheco seat
Raynham Select Board member Joseph Pacheco has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Third Bristol and Plymouth Senate seat currently held by Marc Pacheco who is not seeking re-election. While the state senator and the select...
Sidewalk project sub-committee proposed to Select Board
MATTAPOISETT — The project that would address roadways and affect trees on Water Street, Main Street, Beacon Road and Marion Road has once again been brought before the Mattapoisett Select Board. Members of the Mattapoisett Tree Committee proposed...
Mattapoisett resident to make UFC debut
MATTAPOISETT — Connor Matthews and about a dozen others were in his parents’ basement on a Sunday afternoon. In pairs, most of the people there were grappling intensely with one another. Down in the basement of his family’s Mattapoisett home,...
New building commissioner in Mattapoisett announced
MATTAPOISETT — A new building commissioner has been named in Mattapoisett. Christopher Canney was announced as the town’s building commissioner at a Tuesday, March 26 Mattapoisett Select Board meeting. Previously the building commissioner of...
Mattapoisett Community Sailing Association names new director of youth sailing program
MATTAPOISETT — Jack Stellato has sailed from Marion to Bermuda and New Bedford to Antigua. He’s done Buzzards Bay regattas and raced Beetle Cat sailboats. A Mattapoisett resident since 1969, Stellato was announced Tuesday, March 19 as the new...
Harbor Days planning in full swing
MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Lions Club has started preparations for the week of community dinners, vendors and other family fun that the Mattapoisett community has long loved. A preliminary schedule of the annual Harbor Days festival weekend has...
Two Old Rochester students sworn in to Gov. Healey’s Youth Advisory Council
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey swore in members of her Youth Advisory Council Monday, March 25. Two of those members are Old Rochester Regional High School students: junior Emerson Gonet and senior Jaymison Gunschel. Gonet, Gunschel and 58 other council...
Days after reopening, Mattapoisett waters again close to shellfishing
MATTAPOISETT — Portions of Buzzards Bay waters in Mattapoisett and other municipalities have again been closed to shellfishing, just days after some of those areas had been reopened from a prior emergency closure. Due to combined sewer overflow...
‘Kids doing cool stuff’: Rochester hosts regional pinewood derby
ROCHESTER — It poured rain as the first cars took their positions on the starting line. Had it been NASCAR or Formula 1, the races would have almost assuredly been delayed significantly, perhaps even postponed altogether. But not at the Narragansett...
Mattapoisett waters reopen to shellfishing after emergency closure
MATTAPOISETT — Areas of Mattapoisett waters that had been closed to shellfishing in February reopened on Thursday, March 21. The shellfish growing areas had originally been closed due to combined sewer overflow discharges that impacted parts of...
Rep. Bill Straus not seeking re-election
After more than three decades as the 10th Bristol district’s voice in the Massachusetts State House, Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) will conclude his tenure later this year. Straus announced in an email Wednesday, March 21 that he will not be...
Foundation of new harbormaster building in place
MARION — The Marion harbormaster building, currently undergoing construction, continues to take shape as framing of the structure is expected to take place later in March. Construction of the pillars of the building has been completed and...
Rochester Police Chief Robert Small to retire
ROCHESTER — After 26 years with the department, Rochester Police Chief Robert Small will be retiring later this year. The Rochester Select Board unanimously accepted Small’s retirement letter, dated March 11, at its March 18 meeting. His last day...
Former Old Colony teacher pleads not guilty to rape, indecent assault and battery
WAREHAM — Former Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School culinary teacher Andre Arsenault, 35, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 following his arrest on Tuesday, March 12. The...
Natural History Museum goes out of this world
MARION — On Wednesday, March 13, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group learned about planets, stars, galaxies and the universe with amateur astronomer Peter Marshall. Marshall specializes in studying and taking photos of these rarely...
Application for Sippican Lands Trust scholarship open
The Sippican Lands Trust is seeking applicants for its Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. The applicant for this $1,000 award must be a Marion resident in their last year of high school or enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in college elsewhere. A...
Need seeds? Mattapoisett Library restocks ‘seed library’
MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s seed library has been restocked with a number of garden essentials. The seed collection features a variety of options to promote planting and encourage healthy eating like herbs, tomatoes,...
Tri-County Music Association scholarship applications open
Applications are now available for the 2024 John R. Pandolfi Music Scholarship and Summer Study Grant through the Tri-County Music Association. Each year the Tri-County Music Association awards thousands of dollars to aspiring local high school and...
Marion receives $47,897 state grant
MARION — Marion is one of four Massachusetts towns to receive state funding aiming to protect habitats in Buzzards Bay waters. According to a press release from the Massachusetts office of Coastal Zone Management, the grants were awarded by the...
Watch: Sippican Week interviewed by ORCTV
The staff at Sippican Week got the chance to sit down with Old Rochester Community Television to talk about the paper. Watch the ORCTV video below to meet the team and learn more about Sippican Week.
Holy Week schedule announced
Father Jude Thaddeus Osunkwo, pastor of St. Isidore Parish, has announced the schedule of the Holy Week and Easter Sunday Masses. St. Isidore Parish is made up of three worship sites: Sts. Martha and Mary Church, Lakeville; Sacred Heart Church,...
Letter sent to MIAA alleges harassment from Old Rochester fans, players
WORCESTER – In a letter sent to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, representatives from Pittsfield Public Schools claim that Old Rochester Regional High School fans, students and parents harassed Pittsfield players during a MIAA...
Former Old Colony teacher arrested, accused of raping student
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
A neighborhood in Marion was quiet on Wednesday, March 13, but only one day earlier on Tuesday, March 12, Massachusetts State Police and uniformed Marion...
Incumbents and new candidates enter Marion town election races
MARION — Races are heating up as Marion’s May 17 town election draws nearer, and nomination papers are taken out and returned. Two candidates have taken out nomination papers for a seat on the Marion Select Board. Incumbent Randy Parker, who has...
Opening and closing dates set for Mattapoisett Town Meeting agenda
MATTAPOISETT – Dates have been set for the opening and closing of Mattapoisett’s Town Meeting agenda. At a March 12 meeting, the Mattapoisett Select Board decided on the days between which items can be added to the agenda for the Monday, May 13 Town...
A year after blaze, Marion firefighters visit rebuilt Camp Hadley
MARION — Six Marion firefighters and two fire department vehicles came to Camp Hadley on Saturday, March 9. Only 367 days before, the camp used by Marion Boy Scouts Troop 32 and Cub Scouts Troop 32 burned. That March 2023 fire, originating from a...
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