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Old Rochester camping program to celebrate 50 years
MATTAPOISETT — A groundbreaking program at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School will be celebrating 50 years later this summer. The 50th reunion of Survival, a weeklong camping trip for seventh graders, will be Saturday, Aug. 17, 4 p.m. at Ned’...
Old Rochester hires new assistant superintendent
MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional School District has hired a new administrator to lead the student services office. Members of Old Rochester’s joint school committee appointed Dr. Jaime Curley as assistant superintendent of student services...
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Tri-Town students get a boost to medical education
Summer may be in full swing but some recent Tri-Town graduates are already planning ahead for the start of college in the fall – securing $1,500 scholarships on behalf of three Southcoast Health Hospitals. Out of 141 applicants, six Tri-Town...
Old Rochester subcommittee violates Open Meeting Law
MATTAPOISETT — On a Tuesday in March 2021, the Old Rochester Regional School District Equity Subcommittee held a two-hour long public meeting. The meeting minutes – the formal record of the committee’s activities – spanned 63 words. The...
Mattapoisett student earns dean’s list at Providence College
MATTAPOISETT — A Mattapoisett student has been named to the dean’s list at Providence College. Benjamin D. A. Giumetti, son of Shannon and Don Giumetti of Mattapoisett, earned dean’s list honors for the Spring 2024 semester, according to a...
Old Rochester Superintendent passes annual review with flying colors
MATTAPOISETT — One word was repeated over and over again in an annual review of Superintendent Mike Nelson’s performance at a meeting of the Old Rochester Regional School District’s joint school committee on Thursday, June 20: Exemplary. Rochester...
New assistant principal joining ‘incredibly special’ Sippican School
MARION — A new assistant principal for Sippican Elementary School has been named. Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Mike Nelson announced Gregory Thomas as Sippican School’s new assistant principal June 21. The appointment is...
Sippican Lands Trust announces 2024 scholarship recipient
MARION — A recent graduate of Old Rochester Regional High School has received a scholarship from Sippican Lands Trust. Tyler Young received the 2024 Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship, a $2,000 award, according to an announcement. The award...
Two retiring junior high school teachers to be honored with library books
MATTAPOISETT — Two new books will be available for students in Old Rochester Regional Junior High School’s library at the onset of the school year in honor of two outgoing teachers. Mary Caine, a severe disabilities teacher, and Karen Horan, a...
New Old Hammondtown principal ‘eager’ to connect with community
MATTAPOISETT — A new principal of Old Hammondtown School has been named. Stephanie Wells will enter the role leading the Mattapoisett school July 1, according to a June 13 announcement by the Old Rochester Regional School District. It is the third...
Old Rochester announces 2024 undergraduate awards
MATTAPOISETT – Old Rochester Regional High School announced June 12 the winners of undergraduate awards for 2024. AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS: Boys State- Xavier Pateakos, Wesner Archelus, Luke DeVoe, Nolan Bushnell, Jack DeCosta Girls State- Ella...
Old Colony administrators swap roles ahead of current principal’s retirement
ROCHESTER – The principal and assistant principal at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School are swapping roles in July. Old Colony is bumping up assistant principal Gary Linehan to principal at the beginning of next month. Linehan is...
Sippican School students get taste of summer at Band Blast
MARION — On the night before their final day of school, Sippican Elementary School students got a little taste of summer at the school’s 22nd annual Band Blast on Monday, June 10. Along with giving students a chance to play their instruments and an...
Old Hammondtown School sixth graders recognized with promotion ceremony
MATTAPOISETT — Students of Old Hammondtown School gathered in the cafeteria on the morning of Tuesday, June 11, the last day of school. The gathering, a sixth grade promotion ceremony, recognized rising junior high students for their time at the...
Four-legged friend joins Sippican School staff
MARION — Sippican Elementary School students will have a new friend to hang out with upon returning to school in the fall: a labrador retriever named Norman. Norman will be partnered up with School Resource Officer Jon Tracy of the Marion Police...
Rod and gun club scholarship funds students’ environmental endeavors
MIDDLEBORO – The Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club Scholarship Committee is helping to build the next generation of “responsible and ethical sportspersons” by awarding $6,000 in scholarships to local high school seniors this year. The committee gave a...
Eighth graders face off in volleyball for last day at Old Rochester junior high
MATTAPOISETT — As the clock ticked down, the screams from spectators of “Five, four, three, two, one” saturated the gymnasium at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School. After a breakfast, slideshow and yearbook signings, eighth graders competed...
First Old Rochester Regional early childhood care class graduates from program
MATTAPOISETT — The first Old Rochester Regional High School Chapter 74 Early Childhood Education Class has graduated from the program. During the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 1, eight seniors were recognized for being part of the...
Recipients of Marion Social Club scholarships announced
MARION — The recipients of two scholarships from the Marion Social Club were announced Friday, June 7. Lillian Manning of Marion, a graduate of Bishop Stang High School, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship. Jacob Hadley of Marion, a graduate of Old...
‘Leave a legacy’: Old Colony class of 2024 graduates
ROCHESTER — The principal of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School told graduating seniors they had the world in front of them and exemplified what it meant to be an Old Colony student. The graduation ceremony for the class of 2024 at...
Two Old Rochester seniors receive revamped Bulldog Pride award
ROCHESTER — The Old Rochester Regional High School Bulldog Pride Alumni Association awarded its revamped “Bulldog Pride Award” at Old Rochester’s Senior Awards Night on Thursday, May 30. The association awarded $1,000 to Old Rochester Regional High...
Interim principal of Rochester Memorial School named to permanent capacity
ROCHESTER — The interim principal of Rochester Memorial School has been named the permanent principal. Heidi Letendre, who has served as the interim principal of the school since the beginning of the academic year, was announced Friday, May 31 as...
Tabor Academy seniors bid farewell at 2024 commencement
MARION — More than 140 students, including 15 from the Tri-Town, are set to make the next step in the journey of life after being celebrated at Tabor Academy’s commencement on Friday, May 31. Head of School Tony Jaccaci called the departing class “...
Student named recipient of Old Rochester Community Television award
MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Community Television each year honors a graduating senior from the Old Rochester Regional High School video production program with the “Outstanding Video Production Student Award.” Amalia Dupre was named the recipient...
‘Hope, community and friendship’: Old Rochester class of 2024 graduates
MATTAPOISETT — The president of the class of 2024 at Old Rochester Regional High School encouraged fellow classmates to take a moment to appreciate the individuals that had made up their now-concluded high school experiences. “Throughout every...
Old Colony seniors ready for skilled trade careers
ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School seniors are “workforce ready,” according to superintendent Aaron Polansky. Seniors entering the workforce full-time at Old Colony were recognized at an industry signing day ceremony on...
Old Rochester student artwork exhibited at reception for AP, honors art courses
MARION — Lexi Lord, a soon-graduating senior at Old Rochester Regional High School, had never used oil paint before. Yet after having taken AP Art this year, Lord now has oil paintings displayed inside Uncle Jon’s Coffee in Marion. A reception was...
Eight Old Rochester students to attend Boys’/Girls’ State convention
MATTAPOISETT — Eight members of the Old Rochester Regional High School’s class of 2024 will be attending the Boys’/Girls’ State Convention sponsored by the American Legion’s Florence Eastman Post 280, June 15 to 21 at Stonehill College in North...
New principal of Sippican Elementary School announced
A new principal of Sippican Elementary School has been announced. Lynn Dessert was named principal of the elementary school in Marion effective July 1, according to a May 29 press release from the Old Rochester Regional School District. Dessert has...
Old Hammondtown students celebrate Women’s Day
MATTAPOISETT — On May 21, the Mattapoisett Museum’s Education Committee and Curator Connor Gaudet presented “Women’s Day” to the fifth graders of Old Hammondtown School. The Museum and the OHS teachers, Katherine Trudell, Amy Casi and Stacy Barrows...
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll visits Sippican Elementary School
MARION — About 400 kids cheered when the two black SUVs pulled up to Sippican Elementary School. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll stepped out of one of the vehicles as students and teachers across kindergarten through sixth grade gathered on the grass in front...
Photos: Old Rochester graduating seniors revisit, stroll through elementary schools
MATTAPOISETT — Graduating students at Old Rochester Regional High School observed the “senior stroll” tradition Friday, May 24, as they revisited their elementary schools across the Tri-Town. Starting at the high school, seniors in red graduation...
Rochester Memorial School bustles with science, more during ‘Steam-a-palooza’
ROCHESTER — What happens when you cross a science fair with musical performances, art displays and a book fair? It might not be the most natural question, but the answer could nonetheless be found at Rochester Memorial School May 16. The school was...
Rochester Memorial School’s second annual STEAMapalooza
ROCHESTER — Rochester Memorial School’s second annual “STEAMapalooza” will be held on Thursday, May 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Many different events will be taking place concurrently inside the school as part of the event. The ninth annual...
Old Colony stage gets colorful for ‘Clue’ debut
ROCHESTER — Mystery is afoot at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School. The school’s theater company debuted “Clue” on Friday, May 10 and followed up with two additional shows on Saturday, May 11. The play is based on a popular board...
Sippican Elementary School students exchange scissors for seeds
MARION — Third-grade students at Sippican Elementary School put their pencils down and took a break from the classroom on Thursday, May 9, spending some time outside sharpening their gardening skills. Nate Sander, manager of Marion Institute’s Grow...
Three candidates face off for two Mattapoisett School Committee seats
Three candidates are facing off for two seats on the Mattapoisett School Committee. Incumbent Jim Muse, Jack LeBrun and Kathleen McArdle-LeClair are running for three-year terms on the committee. The Mattapoisett town election will be held Tuesday,...
Jack LeBrun
As Jack LeBrun returns to Mattapoisett upon completing his undergraduate degree in legal studies and psychology at UMass Amherst, he said he thought about how he can “best make an impact on the community.” He is running for a three-year seat on the...
Jim Muse
Jim Muse originally ran for Mattapoisett School Committee 12 years ago “as a means of giving back to the community” and to a town to which he was “very proud and thankful for the great education” it afforded. Now running for a fifth three-year term...
Kathleen McArdle-LeClair
A Mattapoisett resident for more than twenty years, Kathleen McArdle-LeClair said she feels like it’s time to “give back to the community and get a little bit more involved.” McArdle-LeClair is running for a three-year seat on the Mattapoisett...
Marion student awarded scholarship from state public accountants association
A student from Marion was awarded by the state professional association of certified public accountants. Raegan Rapoza, a student at Bryant University, received the Women in Accounting Scholarship Silver Scholarship by the MassCPAs Educational...
Three candidates face off for two Marion School Committee seats
Three candidates are facing off for two seats on the Marion School Committee. Incumbent April Nye, incumbent Michelle Ouellette Smith and Kristina Schmid Callina are running for three-year terms on the committee. The Marion town election will be...
Michelle Ouellette Smith
Incumbent candidate Michelle Ouellette Smith is running for another three-year term on the Marion School Committee. Ouellette Smith is also the chairperson of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee. She did not respond to multiple requests for...
Kristina Schmid Callina
As a member of the Sippican Elementary School Council, Kristina Schmid Callina wants to move into a decision-making role and is running for a three-year term on the Marion School Committee. Schmid Callina, a parent of a Sippican School student and...
April Nye
As current chairperson of the Marion School Committee, April Nye said she wants to continue the work that has already started. Nye is running for a third three-year term. “I'm a firm believer in doing self reflection, and when we ever have the...
Mattapoisett Congregational Church announces scholarship winners
MATTAPOISETT — The Memorials and Scholarship Committee of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church announced Sunday, May 5 the winners of its 2024 scholarship awards. Old Rochester Regional High School student Rylie Coughlin received the $2,500 Dagmar...
Two Tri-Town high schoolers win ‘Student of the Year’
Old Rochester Regional High School student Tyler Williams and Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School student Evan Angel were named “Student of the Year” of their respective schools by the Wareham-New Bedford Elks Lodge. Williams and...
‘Clue’ to debut at Old Colony
ROCHESTER — In the mood for a good mystery? Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School will be presenting “Clue” in the coming weeks. The show will premiere on Friday, May 10 at 7 p.m. Two shows will follow on Saturday, May 11, at 3 p.m...
View the artisanal excellence of Old Colony at arts fest
ROCHESTER — Check out the artistic efforts of the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School community with a weekend event. OC Arts Fest is Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Old Colony. The curated exhibit will feature the works...
Old Rochester School Committee withdraws $12 million debt Town Meeting item
A Town Meeting article that would authorize the Old Rochester Regional School District to borrow $12 million to address facility improvements was withdrawn following pushback from some Rochester and Mattapoisett officials. At an Old Rochester School...
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