Hearing loss as we age is universal. In young adults, hearing loss is rare and usually mild, but as we pass 60, it becomes both more common and more severe. Past 80, the vast majority have hearing loss, and it is usually at least moderate. Most hearing loss is gradual and so often […] Read more »
Lawrence Clifford (better known as L.C.) Humphrey was an interesting man. I have mentioned him many times as his papers tell us a lot about the people and events in Rochester’s past. He is, of course, interesting in his own right. Born in 1864 into a farm family, he worked on the farm from […] Read more »
At the conclusion of Monday night’s three-hour, 26-minute public meeting, the details of agreed-upon conditions still needed assembly for the purposes of Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee’s written decision. But the Marion Planning Board unanimously voted to approve the proposed expansion of Fieldstone Farms Market at 806 Mill Street (Route 6). After Representative Bill Madden […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School girls’ tennis team edged a 5-1 Bishop Stang squad on May 3 by a 3-2 score to maintain a perfect 9-0 on the season with seven matches left to play in the schedule. The players of the match were Neva Matos and Mari Sudofsky. The Bulldogs are scheduled to […] Read more »
It amazes me that people can live in a town all their lives and miss things that are right under their noses … or high above them. Have you ever noticed the carvings around the doors and along the edge of the original Center School roof? There are several fleur-de-lis and clover-like patterns and […] Read more »
Ticket sales have begun for the upcoming Annual Benefit Pops Concert for the Tri-County Symphonic Band. The theme for this year is “Broadway Showstoppers.” The concert will once again be held on the waterfront in a grand tent on the campus of Tabor Academy in Marion. Fine music, excellent food and a fun-filled festive afternoon […] Read more »
What good are bees and why should we save them? The Sustainability Partnership of the Mattapoisett Public Library will showcase Dr. Robert Gegear, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at UMass Dartmouth to answer those questions and more on Wednesday, May 15 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm in the Mattapoisett Library Meeting […] Read more »
To the Editor; The Mattapoisett Annual Town Meeting is Monday May 13 at 6:30pm at ORR High School auditorium. I am asking that all residents and taxpayers to please attend the Annual Town Meeting. A citizen’s petition Article 23 will be on the warrant. This Article 23, not supported by the Mattapoisett Planning Board […] Read more »
On May 7, Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King read into the minutes a letter from the Select Board regarding its decision to seek professional advice regarding any possible contamination of soils at The Bogs. The Bogs, located off Acushnet Road, are former agricultural bogs which had been farmed for decades. When the […] Read more »
Nellie Zygiel has been in and out of the hospital for most of her life and was diagnosed with her third rare disease at the age of 10. Now 20, this Marion native wants to work at Boston Children Hospital and give emotional support to kids – remembering how therapy dogs and other supportive hospital […] Read more »