Rochester News

The Tri-town communities of Marion, Rochester and Mattapoisett have begun scheduling community H1N1 flu clinics.

The Memorial School is getting a $26 million face lift and expansion and there's a good argument to be made that it wouldn't be happening without Sharon Hartley.

Jeffrey Eldridge wears many hats. A lifelong resident of Rochester, Eldridge, 40, serves as the town's highway surveyor, tree warden, captain in the Volunteer Fire Department and an emergency medical technician.

Several schools and school districts have cancelled school for Monday because of the storm.

Freetown is paying almost double what district members are to send students to Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, at a time when more and more of the town's students want to go to Old Colony.

A regular meeting of the Rochester School Committee was called to order by Chairperson Sharon Hartley at 5:45 pm at the Rochester Town Hall.

Two Norwich University students have been charged with assaulting a fellow freshman.

Rochester held its annual tree lighting on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Rochester Town Hall.

A Portsmouth school bus driver has been charged with soliciting a 13-year-old student for sex.

A regular meeting of the Rochester Planning Board was called to order by Gary Florindo at 7:15 pm on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at the Rochester Town Hall.

Unlike its neighboring towns, Marion does not have a community center for its older residents, a population estimated at 1,476 people, about 29 percent of town residents.

The Prince Henry Society held its annual banquet at the Century House in Acushnet in October, when the following officers and board of directors for 2009-10 were sworn in by Judge Armand Fernandes.

A simple "Good Morning" or someone asking "How was your day?" is not something Chulawan Bualuang is used to.

The Artisan Kitchen wholesale bakery in Rochester is the subject of the Friday, Nov.

The Town of Rochester voted on October 31, 2009, to appropriate funds for expansion on the Rochester Memorial School, which is currently over-capacity. In an October 26 Special Town Meeting, Rochester residents voted 260 to 5 to approve the renovation and expansion project, which will add 14 classrooms, expand the cafeteria and add 200 parking ...

A 25-ton house, gifted from Rochester resident Greg Kamon to soon-to-be Mattapoisett resident Deborah Francoeur, sits on a barge at the end of Brant Beach on November 5, 2009 while workers from New England Harbor Services and Mike Reid Mover Builders wait for 1:00 pm low tide to unload the house.

"We're anxious and we're watching carefully and we're thankful that to date we have not had a major outbreak." - Old Rochester Regional Superintendent Bill Cooper, relieved that his district has yet to see many H1N1 flu cases.

A 21-year-old woman who hosted a party on Halloween was shot yesterday in Dorchester, police said.

The town will hold a special election Saturday to vote on a single question regarding the funding of Memorial School.

Jay Ryan is principal of Rochester Memorial School. October 29, 2009 12:00 AM It was very gratifying to see the strong show of support at Town Meeting for the expansion and renovation project at Rochester Memorial School.