Note: This is the first part of a series exploring Europe’s diverse landscapes and gardens, from formal designs to wild, natural beauty. The goal is to share my love for both cultivated and untouched nature. Travel, even today, is still fundamentally about exploration and discovery. When you travel for an extended period, it’s […] Read more »
At 5:40 am on the warm morning of July 29, a group of friends were out running on the Mattapoisett Rail Trail. As Erin Carr of Mattapoisett explained, she and her friends, David Gerber, Stephanie Poyant Moran, Jonathan Barratt, Nicole Reedy and Allie Straus, were out on an ordinary run until they began […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War History, let’s discuss what was going on 250 years ago in and around the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. The best way to figure out what was going on was to read Washington’s papers and General Orders of the time period, as there was daily correspondence and orders put […] Read more »
I recently came across a study showing that eating 1 or 2 eggs a week modestly reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, postulated to be due to the high choline content of egg yolks. (Choline goes to form a protein that carries signals between nerves.) My immediate reaction was to think “yes, but won’t […] Read more »
Similar to years prior, West Nile was confirmed in Tri-Town mosquitoes tested on July 24 by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This is not irregular nor unexpected at this point, however, as state and local bodies have worked to mitigate the risks of spread. Plymouth County Mosquito Control sprayed on July 31 and […] Read more »
The July 30 concert in Shipyard Park was one for the record books. It was a celebration of the Mattapoisett Town Band’s 125 years complete with recognition from the House of Representatives and the governor. Representative Mark Sylvia (D – 10th Bristol) presented the band with an honorary citation for its 125 years […] Read more »
I’ve spent most of my life in the Tri-Town, bumping between burrows in Rochester, a sandy beach hole in Marion, or in The Wanderer’s office in Mattapoisett (don’t tell my boss I live there). I spend my days drinking iced coffee, walking the streets in search of cool goings-on, or looking for myself in pages […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is excited to share that a group of Old Rochester Regional’s SAIL summer program students successfully embarked on a “Cruising with the Cops” boat tour with officers from the Marion, Rochester, and Mattapoisett police departments. “We met at the Marion Maritime Center where students were given a safety tutorial, life […] Read more »
We are well past the halfway point of 2025. So far, there’s been a good number of cosmic events to gaze up at. There are many more in the months ahead as well. On August 1, the moon reaches its “apogee,” meaning it is at its furthest distance from Earth in its orbit. Also […] Read more »
Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, having been found in Egyptian mummies from 3000 BC. In 17th and 18th century Europe it was known as “consumption,” and was commonly depicted in literature and opera. Marguerite, the heroine of the novel The Lady of the Camelias and the […] Read more »