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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Personnel and capital improvement issues were discussed extensively at the December 19 Library Board of Trustees meeting.

It was primarily a musical evening. This year we resurrected the tradition of a Christmas party at the Rochester Historical Museum and expanded it to invite the public. It was a musical evening and ...