A wonderful thing is happening in the Tri-Town area: ART, as in lots and lots of truly spectacular visual art of varying genres. Just zipping around the immediate area, one can take in paintings, etchings, pottery and photography by artists of exceptional skill and talent. Presently, there are three exhibits well worth the […] Read more »
“I just decided that I would like to be a person who has read all of Shakespeare’s plays and that was going to be my New Year’s resolution.” Elizabeth Sylvia, Mattapoisett resident and published poet, explained the impetus behind her work. Working as an English teacher meant she had more than a passing […] Read more »
The neighborhood Coyote often visiting our backyards and seen running along country roads in the headlights of our cars has evolved in crossbreeding to be as large today as a German Shepard dog. The modern Coyote has become much bigger than the small, 25-pound western canine that we saw in a Walt Disney character […] Read more »
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 »