Rochester News

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.

A multimillion-dollar request for funds to renovate the Rochester Memorial School is expected to draw hundreds of voters to Monday's two-article special Town Meeting, Town Administrator Richard LaCamera said.

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee for renovations and addition to Rochester Memorial School, 16 Pine Street, Rochester, MA, which the school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an education facility ...

Rochester Selectmen's Meeting - October 19, 2009 - Categories: Rochester - @ 12:00:41 am A Meeting of the Rochester Board of Selectmen was called to order on Monday, October 19, 2009, at 7:02 pm by Chairman Richard Nunes.

A memorabilia collector from Canada says a rare 1954 Ted Williams baseball card he bought for $5,500 was stolen while he was staying at a motel in upstate new York.  State police say the collector told them the card was the only item missing from his belongings during a stay in early October at a motel in Farmington, near Rochester.

The Stoughton Animal Control officer has been accused of giving a valuable lost dog to a friend, even though the dog's owner was desperately looking for her lost Silky Yorkshire terrier.

A memorabilia collector from Canada says a rare 1954 Ted Williams baseball card he bought for $5,500 was stolen while he was staying at a motel in upstate new York.

OCHESTER, Vt. - The Vermont State Police says two men suspected of robbing a bank in Rochester have been arrested in Massachusetts.

Most people today would have trouble harvesting their own ice and, certainly, few would even know where to begin, but Ralph Walker, 95, did just that on Maine's Kennebec River.

Crawford Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has hired Jason Tisi as housekeeping and laundry supervisor.

The League of Women Voters grant recipients and league members are Laura Courage, Chad Cabeceiras, Tom Kinsky, Stephanie Cyr, Claire Russell , Jody Lane, Michael Devoll and Judith Coykendall .