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Mayflower Bank acquired by Rockland Trust, 'few changes' for Rochester branch
By Georgia Sparling - May 21Rockland Trust announced its acquisition of Plymouth County's Mayflower Bank earlier this week. But Rockland Trust Senior Vice President Ralph ...
Trip to Trinidad eye-opening for tri-town students
By Georgia Sparling - May 15A nun won’t dance for just any old reason, but a spiffed up orphanage will certainly put a little bounce in her step. During last month’s spring ...
Sailboat incident a 'cardiac event'
By Georgia Sparling - May 15A Wednesday morning incident on a boat in Mattapoisett Harbor resulted in a man being taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. At least one ...
Makepeace awards grant to Rochester library
By Caitlin Russell - May 09The Joseph Plumb Memorial Library just got $3,000 closer to making its basement 100% handicap accessible. The Rochester Board of Library Trustees ...
Welcome to the future: 3D printing comes to town
By Georgia Sparling - May 08The little plastic thingy on the bottom of the blender broke. The loss of Barbie’s hairbrush has Suzie in hysterics. And a miniature replica of ...
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Rochester voters back unified health district
By Matthew Bernat - May 20Voters at Rochester Town Meeting overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have withdrawn the town from participation in the Marion Rochester ...
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Resident wants two on town's healthcare named
By Matthew Bernat - May 19Former Planning Board member Tom Magauran has asked the Board of Selectmen to release the names of two elected officials who receive health ...
Henry re-elected to Board of Selectmen
By Matthew Bernat - May 17From a field of three, voters re-elected Selectman Jon Henry who will serve a fourth term on the board following Marion’s Town Election on ...
Church helps warm American Legion Post
By Matthew Bernat - May 16In a heart (and hearth) warming gesture, congregants of Mattapoisett’s Congregational Church raised money for a new furnace at The Florence ...
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A guide to Rochester's Town Meeting
By Matthew Bernat - May 15For 30 years, Marion and Rochester have shared a Regional Health District, but that could change in one night should voters dissolve the arrangemen...
Education
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Who were those masked kids anyway? Old Hammondtown students create fanciful art
By Georgia Sparling - May 19If art is all about self-expression, then the sixth graders of Old Hammondtown School are a bunch of wild animals. For several weeks, art teacher ...
Barking up the right trees
By Matthew Bernat - May 19Preservation and perspiration came together Saturday afternoon as families attended the free event “Barking Up a Tree,” sponsored by the Rochester ...
Old Hammondtown Jazz Band hits all the right notes
By Georgia Sparling - May 15Old Hammondtown School bands are on a (drum) roll this year. In April, the Concert Band took home a gold at the Massachusetts Instrumental and ...
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Two educators in the race for ORR School Committee
By Matthew Bernat - May 15Marion voters will have their choice between two educators who are seeking one open seat on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee. The ...
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District seeks volunteer grant writer
By Matthew Bernat - May 09The money is there for the taking; the Old Rochester Regional Schools just need someone to apply for it. At one time, the district employed a ...
Cops & Courts
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Police Activity 5/12 to 5/18
May 20Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police Activity 5/5 to 5/11
May 13Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police Activity 4/28 to 5/4
May 09Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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Police activity from 4/21 to 4/27
Apr 30Click on the pdfs below to view the police logs from Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.
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