Rochester Affordable Housing, Inc. (RAHI) hosted a June 30 informational workshop on Massachusetts’ new law allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) by right on residential properties across the ...

A well-structured garden incorporates a variety of elements both natural to the environment in which they thrive, and human-made architectural features. A well-placed Buda (head only or lounging ...

The Conservation Commission at its June 25 meeting endorsed a project initiated by the Sippican Lands Trust (SLT) that will use herbicides at the Brainard Marsh to target what the trust calls one of ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, was signed. A note, most signatories wouldn’t sign until ...

The Town of Rochester almost dropped its long-held municipal insurance policy with the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) to pay lower premium rates with another company. But MIIA’s ...

‘Now is the springtime of our discontent, made glorious summer’ by a hot dry spell. Pardon the Shakespeare quip but it occurred to me that a “glorious summer” would be a fine thing about now. What are ...

The candidates pointed to a lack of dedicated Recreation Department space as a possible hinderance to the growth of programing. Candidate Soutter was given equal time with responses that landed ...