Everyone is invited to the Elizabeth Taber Library’s Annual Meeting, Monday June 23 at 5:30 pm. Explore our new space and see highlights from the past year. For more information on the Elizabeth Taber ...

“Women’s Rights Day” was celebrated by all the fifth graders of Old Hammondtown School on May 20. OHS teachers, Katherine Trudell, Amy Casi, and Stacy Barrows collaborated with the Mattapoisett Museum ...

The Rochester Town Election on May 28 defeated a move to make the Town Clerk an appointed, rather than an elected position and sparked a recount in the race for Park Commission.

To the class of 2025, I once again urge you all to live by the profound meaning of the semicolon. No matter what may come along your path, always remember that there is so much light that comes from ...

The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, June 4. We meet at the American Legion Hall on Depot Street. Social time begins at 5:00 pm followed by dinner at 6:00 pm. Our speaker ...

The Rochester Planning Board meeting on Tuesday started with a sequel to last week’s Annual Town Meeting vote approving a zoning change to the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District, site of ...

Many of us take dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other products to boost our health. Since many supplements contain natural ingredients, it’s easy to assume they are always ...

Jean Hirons will be conducting a two-day workshop on the world of pastels on June 17 and 18, from 9:00am-4:00pm each day in the MAC Studio, located at 80 Pleasant St. Marion. This workshop will focus ...

This free program for kids in Grades K – 6 will be held on July 21-25 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm each day. Register online for one day or the whole week at vbspro.events/p/bd3ec3. Pre-registration is ...

Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals started its May 22 meeting with its biggest news of the night. Long-time Chairman David Arancio announced he was resigning as of June 12.

Dad quit cold turkey in 1964 when the first Surgeon General warning was aired on prime-time TV. He’d spend the next year sucking on hard candies as suggested by all in the know.

June Worthington Mendell, 85, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully surrounded by family in her home on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Born in New Milford, Connecticut along with her sister Diane and late ...