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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most municipal activities around the tri-town region in the year 2024 have shared a common theme: emerging concerns of long-time residents. Efforts were evident across the region’s adjudicatory boards ...

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 ...