The Rochester Fire Department has wanted a new fire station, with improved safety and efficiency features, for three years.  The fire department and Rochester Building Committee have worked together ...

Third and fourth grade Tri-town students get their hands dirty and thumbs green with the Marion Institute’s Grow Education program, bringing experimental learning to the outdoors.  Started in New ...

December 23, 2025  It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Jean “Jeanie” Rose, who left us peacefully on ...

Across the Tri-town, residents have decked out their houses and yards with Christmas lights, blowups and other decorations. For some, it has become an annual tradition to entertain neighbors and other ...

Christmas trees made of repurposed, painted buoys are a common holiday sight around New England.  When Deming Dwyer, Taylor Karvonen and Morgan Karvonen — all juniors at Tabor Academy — noticed them ...

Zero Waste Solutions, a waste management company at 48 Cranberry Highway, was among seven waste facilities in Massachusetts fined for discharging industrial waste into waterways without a permit. The ...

After residents voted against constructing a new  Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School building, the school held a meeting with member towns to discuss next steps.  Superintendent ...

Andre Arsenault, a former culinary arts teacher at Old Colony Regional Vocational High School convicted of rape, assault with intent to commit rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or ...

A Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game grant could bring a new outdoor learning area to the Elizabeth Taber Library. Children’s librarian Macy Davis presented the library’s grant proposal to the ...

The Tremont Advent Camp Meeting property on Oakdale Avenue was recently determined eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  The Massachusetts Historical Commission made the ...

Elaine Botelho was on the Atlanta Falcons’ first cheerleading squad in 1966.  The 78-year-old has lived in Mattapoisett since 2005 and is a mother, grandmother, teacher, gardener and former president ...