The news media have been filled with reactions to the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent pronouncement that alcohol was a major cancer risk, and that alcoholic beverages should carry a cancer warning label like that on cigarette packages. (Ireland currently requires such warning labels.) The World Health Organizations estimates that about 4% of cancers worldwide […] Read more »
In what can only be described as a coincidence, a surprising coincidence, Rochester’s Plumb Library along with the Friends of the Library, hosted Matt Davis on January 11. Davis’ timely lecture was on the topic of coping with threats from natural disasters. Davis brought his understanding of how humans cope with natural disasters in […] Read more »
On a bitterly cold Monday, the first of 2025, members of the Sippican Choral Society met in the northern section of the Wickenden Chapel on Marion’s Spring Street. For sixty years, the choral society has graced the Tri-Town with its performance of many different genres of song. For their anniversary, the chorus will perform […] Read more »
There are many gastrointestinal infections that spread person-to-person, including E. coli, salmonella and listeria, but by far the most common is the norovirus. Norovirus typically infects some 20 million people in the U.S. every year, and this winter has seen an increase in reported outbreaks. The virus is highly transmissible, resistant to alcohol […] Read more »
This is for the astronomer in all of us or the aspiring astro-physicist. Compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, generally speaking, the tri-town has pretty good dark skies. We are very fortunate in that regard. Though we can’t normally make out the Milky Way’s signature glow, we can still spot a lot. This […] Read more »
On Wednesday, January 1, Mattapoisett’s Town Beach was packed with people from near and far starting the year off freezing. Moments after the clock struck noon, the crowded beach-goers experienced firsthand the biting cold of the winter sea. Though it was 50 degrees, far from polar, the overcast weather and bitter wind made up […] Read more »
The cultural and societal value of history cannot be overstated. Whether it is our family history, national or even global history, and yes, local history. It tells us who we are, where we’ve been, and aids us as we plan our futures. The Massachusetts Historical Commission, under whose guidance all local historical commissions […] Read more »
About 78% of U.S. adults, including 68% of adults under 45, reported seeing a doctor in the last year for a wellness check. Is this a good use of your and your doctor’s time? Academic studies of the value of the annual physical exam (APE) have focused on whether doing this saves […] Read more »
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 to loosen bylaws restricting the construction of accessory dwellings so that more seniors could “age in place” and to formulate town bylaws that would […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson, Principal Michael Devoll, and Interim Assistant Principal Lauren Millette are pleased to share updates on the Project 351 initiative, which includes students in grades 4-12 at Old Hammondtown School, Rochester Memorial School, Sippican Elementary School, Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, […] Read more »