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Mock Trial in Marion1247 views“Anne Hutchinson” (Christina Hai) is sworn in by real-life Attorney Laura O’Rourke during Sippican School’s recent mock trial, The Massachusetts Bay Colony vs. Anne Hutchinson. The Marion students learned about the trial from 1637 where Ms. Hutchinson was banished from the colony for allegedly being “a woman not fit for society” because of her religious beliefs.
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Rochester Restorer1246 viewsWilliam Maxwell of Rochester poses with a copy of The Wanderer outside a house he helped to restore in the wake of the disaster in Chalmette, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. Like many others, Mr. Maxwell volunteered to help with crucial relief efforts down south.
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05-10-01-11244 viewsCharlie Tate of Mattapoisett poses in front of a statue honoring Prince Henry the Navigator in Sagres, Portugal during a recent trip. The site is a navigation school to which scientists, cartographers, astronomers, and explorers from all over Europe once flocked. This school and its students sparked the “age of discovery” which culminated with the discovery of the Americas and also a sea route to Asia. There is a similar statue dedicated to Prince Henry located in nearby Fall River. 05/10/01 edition
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041703-31244 viewsMembers of the Mattapoisett Touring Club all posed with a copy of The Wanderer during a trip the group took to Stockholm, Sweden last June. The group members are posing here in front of the Baltic Sea, visible in the background. (Photo courtesy of Kay Levine). 4/17/03 edition
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6-21-01-11240 viewsSuzan Mitchell and Marianne Mattison of Mattapoisett took The Wanderer to the Great Wall of China while on vacation there. This photo was taken at Badaling, about 40 miles outside of Beijing. The Great Wall is over 4,000 miles long and was built by hand in the 5th century A.D. 6/21/01 edition
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Rochester Baseball Champs1239 viewsMembers of the Rochester Youth Baseball (RYB) 11-12 All Stars are on a roll this summer. They just nabbed their second tournament win in the Rehoboth Summer slam by beating Easton 8-5. Here the teammates pose with their tournament trophies right after the big win. (Photo courtesy of Chris Dessert).
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ORR Athletic Phonathon1238 viewsThe ORR Athletic Booster Club (ORRABC) will hold their annual Phonathon Fundraiser from March 4 - March 20, 2008. Funds raised by the Booster Club have been used to enhance the school’s athletic facilities and to purchase equipment used by all of the teams. Last year the ORR Girls’ Track Team (pictured here) purchased a golf cart using their team funds raised through Booster Club calendar sales which is used by the school’s athletic trainer to respond to athletes in need of care.
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05-23-02-71236 viewsDave Anmahian of Mattapoisett and his wife Jan recently posed with a copy of The Wanderer at the country’s smallest post office located in Ochopee, near the Florida Everglades. 5/23/02 edition
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0904031236 viewsDuring a bike/barge trip through the Burgundy region of France last month, this group of “Wandering Wanderers” traveled from Tournus to Besançon and remembered to pose with a copy of The Wanderer along the way. They include (l. to r.) Fred Rioles of Mattapoisett, Lois Rioles of Mattapoisett, Ed Scholter of Mattapoisett, Ray Lemieux of Mattapoisett, Betty Scholter of Mattapoisett, and Lorna Walker of Rochester. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Walker). 9/4/03 edition
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0325041236 viewsThe Ellis family of Mattapoisett recently took a week respite and managed to bring a copy of their favorite paper with them during February school vacation in the Turks and Caicos islands. This island chain in the West Indies is where Columbus first landed when he was traveling to the “New World.” Pictured here is Brad Ellis with a copy of The Wanderer in front of one of the waterfall pools at Beaches Resort in Turks and Caicos. (Photo by Pam Ellis, courtesy of Ron Ellis). 3/25/04 edition
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Mattapoisett Congregational Church1236 viewsMattapoisett Congregational Church
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105 in Rochester1236 viewsRochester resident Arthur Lionberger celebrated his 105th birthday at the Rochester Bakery on Monday, December 24. A Rochester resident for some 70 years who used to summer in Marion, Mr. Lionberger turned 105 on December 26 but celebrated the milestone early on Christmas Eve with several family members and friends. A former banjo player with The Woodchoppers, Mr. Lionberger enjoyed a hot bowl of soup for his birthday meal. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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