Like crocuses, election season has passed, not to reappear for year. Like those blooms, participation in town government is left to the winners, and the rest of us can go back to ignoring all things political, at least on the local level. Which, in my humble opinion, may be a good thing.             The town […] Read more »

On May 21, the Mattapoisett Museum’s Education Committee and Curator Connor E. Gaudet were delighted to present “Women’s Day” to the fifth graders of Old Hammondtown Elementary School. The Museum and OHS teachers Katherine Trudell, Amy Casi and Stacy Barrows collaborated to develop a program of workshops to dovetail with their unit of study on women’s rights.             […] Read more »

The first impression we got upon entering the Marion Art Center on May 24 was all the color pouring out of paintings done by Robert Abele and Mary Moquin, whose works now grace the gallery walls through the month of June.             These works, nearly all of dwellings, cottages and tenements, are given over to […] Read more »

            Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll stopped by Island Wharf on May 22 to view the development of Marion’s new Maritime Center. During her tour, she got an inside look at the construction that will serve as the new headquarters for the town’s Harbormaster Department.             Marion Harbormaster Adam Murphy and Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne […] Read more »

Editor’s note: Vietnam veteran and longtime Marion resident Charlie Brown enlisted in the Army in 1966, was selected for Officer Candidate School and upon completion was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He was transferred to Vietnam and assigned to the First Cavalry Division Airmobile, with 430 helicopters – their rides into battle. He was combat […] Read more »

            Neighbors across the street from an inspiring display of teamwork involving the Rochester Fire Department and support from neighboring Wareham, Marion, Mattapoisett and Acushnet departments described the High Street house that caught fire on Monday morning in Rochester as “cursed.”             A fire at the address had occurred two years ago, but what had […] Read more »

Mattapoisett’s Florence Eastman American Legion Post 280 hosted the annual Memorial Day Observances with participation from not only the post in the form of Post Commander Rachel Perron guiding the event that included performances from the Old Hammandtown Elementary School Band and the Showstoppers.             With the passing of Chaplain Richard Langhoff, Tri-Town Veterans Agent […] Read more »

Protein is everywhere on the grocery and pharmacy shelves these days. There are protein shakes, protein bars, high protein cereals – you name it.             One reason for this emphasis on protein is that in the 1980s and 90s we were taught to fear fat, and in the 2000s we were told carbohydrates were bad […] Read more »

            After a short hiatus from my weekly attempt to give you a respite from the important news of the world, I am back.             I find it difficult to understand how an election is more important than stories about pickleball, porches, phones that make bird calls and cherry trees (alas, Stumpy the cherry tree […] Read more »

Unbelievably packed into one late afternoon on May 16, Rochester Memorial School for the second consecutive year celebrated its students’ achievements in various expressions via an event dubbed STEAM-a-palooza.             STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, and some of the things produced by RMS students encompass multiple facets within the STEAM theme. […] Read more »