Improv Workshop comes to the MAC

The MAC welcomes Watermelon Alligator back for a new Improvisation Workshop on March 28 from 6:30-9:00 pm. Highly experienced theater practitioners Garrett Olson and Jess Wilson will be conducting the workshop. This course is a basic introduction to the art of improvisation. Course work includes beginner games and exercises exploring awareness, relaxation, observation, the senses, […] Read more »

FCCR Holy Week Worship Opportunities

First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, is pleased to announce its Holy Week schedule. We invite you to come and worship with us. Our gatherings will also be live streamed on our website, www.rochestercongregational.com.             March 24 at 10:00 am – Palm Sunday. Our pastor, Rev. Colby Olson, will help us […] Read more »

Leonard A. Desautels, Jr.

Leonard A. Desautels, Jr., of Plymouth, MA, died on February 18, 2024, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.             Len was born in Montague, MA, in 1945, the son of Regina (Walichowski) Desautels and Leonard A. Desautels, Sr. He graduated from Turners Falls High School in 1963 where he lettered in football and baseball. […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Preps for Town Meeting

            During Tuesday night’s rather short Mattapoisett Select Board meeting, the members checked calendars and selected dates for a few of the moving parts associated with the Spring Town Meeting.             First and foremost is the actual meeting itself, scheduled for Monday, May 13, at Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Although the time was […] Read more »

Why Do So Many American Women Die From Childbirth?

            For most of human history, pregnancy and childbirth was the cause of many women’s deaths. In the modern era, this should be an extremely rare event, and in most of the developed world, it is.             About 800 women in the United States die every year during pregnancy, delivery or the six weeks that […] Read more »

Marion Social Club Chicken Dinner

The Marion Social Club located at 44 Pumping Station Road, will be having a Chicken Dinner on Sunday March 24 at 1 pm. Doors will open at 12:00 pm for socializing, and we would love to have you attend. We will be serving barbequed chicken, baked potato, vegetable & dessert for $15.00 each. For ticket […] Read more »

Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom with Lisa Elliott

Instructor Lisa Elliott returns to the Marion Art Center to teach the next 5-week session of Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom. The class runs April 25 – through May 23 and meets Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:30 pm in the MAC Studio. The cost is $150 for MAC members and $160 for nonmembers, plus a […] Read more »

Adelaide S. “Ada” (Silva) Alves

Adelaide S. “Ada” (Silva) Alves, 94, of New Bedford, formerly of Mattapoisett died March 14, 2024 at Sippican Health Care Center surrounded by her family.             She was the wife of the late John D. Alves.             Born in Worcester, the daughter of the late John A. and Hortense F. (Lima) Silva, she was raised […] Read more »

Board Stands Firm on Bio-Hydraulic Fluids

            Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday delayed signing the draft decision to allow Blue Wave Solar and BWC Snows Pond LLC to build a solar-energy array at 0 Cushman Road after the applicant’s representatives raised concerns about one of the decision’s conditions.             BWC Snows Pond LLC Managing Director of Solar Operations Aaron Simms, appearing on […] Read more »

Trying to Remember What I Don’t Remember

            A woman stopped me in the post office the other day to tell me how much she liked my last column. I politely said thank you, though I had no idea what she was talking about. I could not for the life of me remember what I had written only a few days before. […] Read more »