ROCHESTER — Of nearly 5,700 residents, only one can hold the title of being the oldest living person to call Rochester home.

That honor currently belongs to 102-year-old Maureen Riley, who was honored at a Rochester Council on Aging ceremony on Friday, July 12.

Riley was photographed sitting below the Boston Post Cane, which hangs framed on a wall of the Rochester Senior Center.

According to Council on Aging Director Eric Poulin, each Massachusetts municipality received a cane from the Boston Post in 1909 to be given to their oldest resident.

“Rochester has the distinction of being one of few communities in Massachusetts to still have their cane,” said Poulin.

A photograph of Riley, who turned 102 on May 4, will soon be hung on the wall beside the cane.

At the ceremony, Riley also received recognition from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts Senate.

“Your 102 years are a testament to resilience, grace and enduring happiness,” said Minhtram Tram, representing the district attorney’s office.

According to her daughter Kathy Riley-Keough, Riley was born in New Zealand but has lived in Rochester for about 75 years.

Some of Riley’s interests over the course of her life have included playing tennis and gardening, according to Riley-Keough.

“If you don’t have a trophy room at home, you’re going to have to build one now,” said Poulin.