When I look at my weather app to check out the temperature, I frequently scroll over to England, Spain, and Paris to make comparisons – often wishing how nice it would be to be elsewhere. Well, this past Christmas my wish was granted and I was off to Paris for the holiday. Ooh la […] Read more »
Last month, we reported on a local poet, Isabel Friedrichs of Rochester, who had just self-published her first collection. We caught up with Isabel, following the release of The Blue Series: Poems on Love, Loss, and Learning to Heal and her having returned to Worcester Polytechnic Institute for her final semester before graduating with […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in and around the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay. Last week, Americans are crushed outside Quebec City, ensuring Canadian independence and sovereignty. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Major General Bennedict Arnold is severely injured, 50 Americans are killed […] Read more »
If you have diabetes, are overweight or have bad lipids, you may have MASLD: metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease – or fatty liver to be brief. Most of us know that heavy alcohol use is bad for your liver, and years ago, most patients with cirrhosis (advanced liver damage with scarring and loss of function) […] Read more »
You know you’re really a gardener when: – You cancel dates to watch “Gardeners’ World.” – You retain plants’ names better than people’s. – You’re most comfortable in overalls and Wellies. – You hear the elements of nature in Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. – Flattering comments about your garden are […] Read more »
Renovation work on the Marion Town House is coming along as scheduled, with most construction set to be finished during the summer, and the Town House reopened sometime in August. At the January 6 Select Board meeting, Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman gave an update on the status of the Town House. The current […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in and around the colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay as the Revolutionary War ramps up. Last week, General George Washington implemented a strict rationing policy to troops stationed in Cambridge and around Boston as supplies dwindle. Troop contracts […] Read more »
On the night of Wednesday, January 8, a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was felt by many of those in the Tri-Town, especially Mattapoisett. No damage was reported following the incident. According to the United States Geological Survey, a government agency under the Department of the Interior, the earthquake shook the ground a couple seconds after […] Read more »
Snow is a good medium for the birth of a new year. All that whiteness blots out the past, and a virtual blank canvas awaits. We look for clarity and sharpness, and the possibilities that the new year may offer. As with every new year, 2026 brings new priorities. Children grow up and […] Read more »
Well, another year has whizzed by. It seems as though we were just anticipating Memorial Day, the official start of summer soon to be followed by the Fourth of July, fireworks, the road race, ice cream at the “Slip” (new owners next year), and a long hot summer. It all goes by so fast. […] Read more »