Inside the Travis Roy Rink on Tabor Academy’s Marion campus, a black curtain was draped over a hockey net; on it, Travis Roy’s No. 14 along with a copy of the book “11 Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph” that Roy had written in 1998 with co-author E.M. Swift of Sports Illustrated. […] Read more »
My dad had a pretty set routine throughout my childhood. He would come home after a hard day’s work, fix himself a dry martini, proceed to the den with a newspaper tucked under his arm, turn on the television to the local news, and resign to his familiar spot on the sofa. He’d […] Read more »
Plymouth County Treasurer Thomas O’Brien’s first delivery of $33,602.20 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds will have many applications in the Town of Rochester, not the least of which are the services that the town provides for its senior citizens. The Senior Center is closed, but the activities of the […] Read more »
While it may be true that public meetings can be a bit dry at times, their importance in the operation of cities and towns throughout the country cannot be overstated. Local government is the backbone of our democratic society. But how these meetings function and are handled at town halls and meeting centers throughout […] Read more »
A critical aspect of making the hybrid learning model work is achieved when the students start drawing connections between what they learn in the classroom with what they learn at home. With that in mind, the Marion Scholarship and Education Committee continued a busy fall season by raising funds that any day now […] Read more »
Nearly a year since the first warning that COVID-19, the disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, was advancing across the globe, two of the three towns that make up the Tri-Town area have slipped into the ‘red’ zone, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. With state and federal agency modeling […] Read more »
When the family of ospreys moved south in late September, leaving behind the empty nest on a tall pole just behind our seaside terrace on Little Bay in Fairhaven, my wife Jan and I thought our afternoon bird-watching entertainment had come to a close until next Spring. However, the panoramic view there extends for several […] Read more »
There was sunlight after a storm, rousing band music in the background, cupcakes, and a large warm and welcoming crowd when the Elizabeth Taber statue was officially “unveiled” and given to the Town of Marion. Sitting in casual posture yet with an elegance and grace one can only imagine Taber possessed in life, the […] Read more »
There has never been a time in my life when the US Postal Service did not matter. Some of my earliest memories of growing up in Onset include going to the post office for my mother. Our dependence on the services provided by the USPS was high with nearly daily interaction with the postal […] Read more »
The wild turkey has made a remarkable revival in numbers from near extinction in Massachusetts when the last one was killed in the year 1840 until today; the state population is approximately 25,000. Frequent attempts at stocking over the years failed because pen-raised hens did not have wildlife survival skills to teach their […] Read more »