On Wednesday, October 26, the Wareham Police Association is holding a blood drive from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Wareham Police Station. The event is in honor of two-year-old “Warrior Princess” Rylie Grace Dion. In June, Rylie was admitted to Boston’s Children’s Hospital due to swollen lymph nodes. The following month, she […] Read more »
Late for soccer sign-ups, Leon Hayward would be ahead of his time in the game of hockey. “There wasn’t a lot of hockey in Seattle … I ended up playing … on an accident, really. I didn’t sign up for a soccer team on time and had a friend say, ‘You should try […] Read more »
“Throughout my travels this year as I see other parts of the country, it just reminds me how much I love it here.” Rochester resident Grace Morrison-Hartley is talking about her cross-country tours as the town’s most-accomplished singer-songwriter versus pining for the homebase she has shared with her husband Scott Hartley and three-and-half-year-old […] Read more »
Well, you know Halloween season has arrived when stories of mass murderers, true crime real drama, are on offer. That was the case on October 6 when the Mattapoisett Museum hosted Chris Daley. By day, a history teacher and by night, a researcher and author, Daley has specialized on researching the gory, bizarre and […] Read more »
If you are thinking about heading south for the winter, you might want to consider Belize. As seen through the eyes of biology researcher and wildlife photographer Joy Marzolf, it is wonderland in full, living color. Hosted by the Mattapoisett Library’s Purrington Lecture Series on October 7, Marzolf made an hour-long photographic presentation, bringing […] Read more »
New England Lighthouse history tells about brave and heroic women who risked their own lives to save others under dangerous conditions. Many of these women were substituting for the male members of their family. At the Matinicus Rock Light off the coast of Maine, the keeper was a political supporter of President Zachery Taylor. […] Read more »
Lifesaving is a heroic, often emotional and in the case of Rochester Fire Chief Scott Weigel, ironic event, considering he was the loved one in need of rescue on August 14. The September 28, Rochester Fire Department Awards ceremony held at Rochester Memorial School gave the chief a public opportunity to thank not only […] Read more »
On September 30, the Town of Rochester signed an agreement to become one of a growing number of communities in the state that finds value for its senior citizens in joining TRIAD, a multiagency consortium with one goal: assisting senior citizens. From the state website Mass.gov, we find that TRIAD is a nationwide […] Read more »
As the thick, black plume rose over the Mattapoisett Boatyard on August 19, no one watching could know the heroism taking place as four boatyard employees put their personal safety aside to rescue one of their own. On September 29, the Town of Mattapoisett took some time to recognize the remarkable work of […] Read more »
If you are younger than the traditional retirement age of 65, the notion of an obituary might be strange, morbidly strange. But if you are 70 years of age and beyond end-of-life stuff like wills and trusts, yes, even what will be included in your obituary is a natural part of preparing for the inevitable. […] Read more »