Member David Nicolosi wondered if Friends of the Bike Path or any town agency had ever filed for permitting of the benches in the jurisdictional beach and surrounding dunes. No one seemed to recall a ...

It’s time to renew or maybe sign up for a new membership in the Rochester Historical Society. The Historical Society which owns and maintains its 1857 church/museum is predominantly member supported, ...

In 2024, the Rochester Historical Society Museum has had lots of visitors. Our current exhibit, a social history of how ...

Academic studies of the value of the annual physical exam (APE) have focused on whether doing this saves lives. Here the evidence is mixed. An analysis of many large observational studies reported an ...

In a hearing room crowded with residents, Rochester’s Park Commission opened and closed quickly a rare Monday morning meeting on December 23. &nbs[...] Read more » ...

Each quilt also has a special patch on the back with the recipient’s name, date made and the names of the two ladies who ...

The 2025 Beach/Parking Stickers, Transfer Station Stickers and Shellfish Licenses will be available at the Harbormaster Building at 1 Island Wharf Road beginning on Monday, February 3. The Benson ...

In total, 175 students from grades 4-12 have attended two districtwide workshops hosted at Old Rochester Regional High School (ORRHS) this year, and two more workshops are planned for the spring of ...

I had assumed, as many I have talked to, that New Years has been a holiday for time immemorial. However, we were wrong! The celebration of the dawn of a new year is relatively new, only being ...

Rochester’s Select Board Monday voted to recommend all seven money-spending articles on the January 27 Special Town Meeting warrant and most of its non-monetary proposals. With the help of ...

The Marion Historic District Study Committee is pleased to note that they are moving forward with the proposed bylaw for a design review district in the historic village center. The Preliminary Study ...