Last Monday, Sippican School students participating in the afterschool space club, ‘Into Orbit’, had the opportunity to launch homemade bottle rockets thanks to engineers from Lockheed Martin. ‘Into Orbit’ Space Club is currently running for the second year in a row. Students in grades 5 and 6 spend 12 weeks learning about robotics and coding, […] Read more »
Climate change-driven storms, floods, natural disasters, disease, terrorism, bioterrorism… Indeed, we are living during times of uncertainty. When disaster strikes, two things are certain: people will need help, and people will want to help. When we think of emergency response to disaster, we often think of some Hollywood depiction of rescuers pulling people to safety, […] Read more »
Calling all aspiring artists! It’s time once again for the annual Groundhog Day Cover Contest! Your original work of art might win you $100 cash and the front cover of the January 30 edition of your favorite weekly community newspaper, The Wanderer, for all to see! Grab your paints, markers, pens, crayons, computer mice, cameras – […] Read more »
There’s a new short film premiering this month by local University of Rhode Island film major Alyssa Botelho, and Tri-Town residents will recognize one particular local landmark that serves as the setting for the introduction of a short film that appears as to be as poignant as it is relevant to the times. Based on […] Read more »
The music was pumping, people were decked out in everything from a baby shark head to Captain America costumes, as well as a variety of holiday get-ups (think sparkling antlers and Santa hats) It was the 8th annual Freezin’ for a Reason New Year’s Day Polar Plunge. The event has become the annual kick-off of a […] Read more »
The box turtle is a common and colorful member of the terrestrial tortoise family. It has an ornate orange decorative shell with bony plates hinging at the bottom to retract its legs and head for protection against predators. Because it is slow and vulnerable, thousands of these placid turtles are killed crossing highways every year […] Read more »
Colby Rottler of Mattapoisett is a chef, not a baker. This was professed clearly on December 29 when he gave a presentation on cooking at the Mattapoisett Public Library. Nonetheless, he was not always a chef. His first career – and one that he was involved in for decades – was as a banker. But like […] Read more »
Margot Appleton hasn’t been running cross-country races very long, but she is already gaining national recognition for her ability to put her best foot forward. The Mattapoisett native is a junior at Portsmouth Abbey where she attends high school. Appleton is not new to competitive sports, having been a competitive swimmer in the recent past. […] Read more »
For many local families and friends, the annual Helping Hands and Hooves Christmas morning swim has become a tradition – a growing tradition, according to the Mattapoisett-based non-profit organization’s director, Julie Craig. “This year was our best year yet,” she shared. And the weather could not have been more agreeable as several dozen hale and […] Read more »
Some of us stay up till midnight to ring in the New Year and some of us don’t. And the general pattern of the New Year life cycle is a seemingly common one. When we are very young, try as we might, the odds of making it to midnight on New Year’s Eve are against […] Read more »