On May 4, six-year-old Sippican Elementary School first grader Owen Excellent cut the ribbon to unveil the “Little Free Diversity Library” planted in front of the Rochester Women’s Club building as an appreciative crowd applauded a move that took months to come to a successful conclusion. Speaking from the club building’s front steps before […] Read more »
“Oh yeah, I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around, I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town…” With the famous rock-and-roll song, “The Wanderer” playing in the background, Mattapoisett Museum Curator Connor Gaudet strolled down the center aisle of the museum to the podium. He began his […] Read more »
Andrew Daniel’s Ray Kinsella moment came from his son rather than his father. Eleven years ago, the Marion resident’s son Jackson arrived home from Kindergarten with a flier for youth baseball. “He wanted to sign up. My youth baseball in the league didn’t end well, I didn’t enjoy it. I actually hated the […] Read more »
Troop 31 in Rochester would like to congratulate Marion residents Bryan Correia, Iain McManus and Cole Gretton for their recent acceptance into the Order of the Arrow (OA). OA is a service fraternity associated with the Boy Scouts of America and promotes community and camping-service projects that support the BSA and the local community. […] Read more »
Hospital pricing is notoriously difficult to understand. Until very recently, it was also impossible to find out how much a hospital was going to charge you for a test or procedure until you got the bill. Starting January 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United States was required to provide clear, accessible […] Read more »
Out of the blue, a friend of mine called me last week. I hadn’t heard from him for some time. He had just found out that our mutual doctor was leaving the area and moving to South Carolina. He wanted to know what we could do about it. I suggested we kidnap the turncoat physician. […] Read more »
What do comedy, firefighting and fighting cancer have in common? To Freetown and Rochester – that connection is Mark “Larry Legend Lawrence.” Lawrence has been a firefighter for 12 years. He started in his hometown Rochester as a call firefighter and moved on to neighboring Freetown. Over the years, he has […] Read more »
Distances vanish with today’s computer programs that allow meetings to take place with participants thousands of miles apart. And so it was on April 24 when the Mattapoisett Select Board met (remotely) with Colleen Tierney, finalist for the vacant position of Mattapoisett Free Public Library. After the interview, the board recessed to Executive Session […] Read more »
The regional advocacy group Tri-Town Against Racism (TTAR) is relocating the mail-box-sized “Little Free Diverse Library” that once stood in front of the Rochester Plumb Library to the Rochester Women’s Club building, 37 Marion Road, with a grand unveiling on Saturday, May 4, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Rhonda Baptiste, vice president of […] Read more »
A fledgling Division I college sports program can rarely accept a student-athlete’s commitment that comes with complications, but Hannah Squires is a rare student-athlete so her request to take two weeks off from the Stonehill University women’s hockey team was considered by coach Lee-J Mirasolo as an opportunity for Squires and the Easton-based school. […] Read more »