Great Dane Gives Great Comfort

            Mattapoisett resident Sara Garde had always wanted a Great Dane, but she never expected to have one given to her, nor could she have imagined the circumstances that would bring her and Redd the Great Dane together.             Garde is an Army veteran. Two years after graduating from high school in June 1996, she […] Read more »

Willow Ruel(s) on Links and Rinks

Willow Ruel was admittedly nervous at the sight of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Jeremy Swayman approaching her like they would any other Boston Bruins teammate, offering a fist bump with a hockey glove and a pat on the head.             This actually happened at 12:30 pm Saturday on TD Garden ice, moments before the […] Read more »

Art Exhibit Discovers Beauty Within

The Marion Art Center’s latest exhibit brings together the works of two artists who share a common goal of finding the beauty and meaning that hides within and bringing it into the light. The show is titled Emergence. Very apropos for a spring event.             Tracey J. Maroni is a painter whose canvasses explore what […] Read more »

Herring Migration A Cause to Celebrate

In visiting the April Herring migration under the bridge on Route 6 just east of Mattapoisett Neck Road, you can tell herring are running out of the ocean into the river by a clamorous gathering overhead of gulls, ospreys and crows swooping down to feast on easy pickings of bait fish driven to the surface […] Read more »

Murphy Making Another Run at Select Board

            In 2020, Adam Murphy ran against Woody Hartley for the latter’s Select Board seat and lost. Murphy is back in the race this year, this time running against Select Board Chairman Brad Morse, whose term is up.             The term is three years.             Morse is running for reelection in one of only two […] Read more »

Medeiros Going The Distance for A Cause

            Rochester resident Kyle Medeiros is following in his mother’s footsteps, not only in his pursuit of a career in medicine but in the willingness to put those footsteps through all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18.             Kyle’s mother, Sandrine Medeiros, who works as program manager for the child and […] Read more »

The Resurrection of Godspell

            Godspell the musical, which gained great acclaim when it was first performed in the early 1970s, has been a staple of many high school drama productions for decades. But for the Old Rochester Regional High School drama club, it is also a musical with history in the school. It was first performed 25 years […] Read more »

Fire Damages Bike-Path Bridge

On April 2 at 6:22 am, the Mattapoisett Fire Department responded to a fire at the bike-path bridge originally built over the Eel Pond River near the entrance at Mattapoisett Neck Road, which is currently closed to the public.             According to Fire Chief Andrew Murray, the fire was reported by a neighbor living on […] Read more »

Secrets: True Crime Writing

            It is a fair statement that no one gets closer to the drama of a real crime than those charged with reporting it as news. The real time investigatory work done by law enforcement is followed in minute detail as the reporters strive to tell the full story with clarity and, yes, compassion for […] Read more »

American Kestrel Falcons

The Kestrel falcons were adorable little sparrow hawks less than a foot long with black stripes under their eyes and down the side of their face to reduce glare from the sun, while hunting high in the sky.             Since the year 1966, their species title tied to the falcon birds of prey, Kestral falcons […] Read more »