At this time of year in Marion, there is a glorious bright spot which I look forward to with great excitement and anticipation: the return of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird! It seems especially poignant and uplifting this year. These fascinating “fairy” birds travel thousands of miles every year to return to their birth nesting origins. Some […] Read more »
In 1965, I entered Wareham High School. I had one major goal: graduation – period – nothing else. Graduation meant, as far as I was concerned, total liberation from teachers who, for the most part, tolerated me as I tolerated them. Not that I was a class clown or worse, troublemaker, no. I was just […] Read more »
The Wanderer asked fire and police chiefs in the Tri-Town to respond to a battery of seven questions to get an inside look at how they manage the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Rochester fire and police were not able to participate in time for this week’s edition. Neither Marion nor Mattapoisett had any confirmed […] Read more »
I can remember when I was a kid, running up the down escalator in a department store at the local mall. It seemed like a good idea at the time but, judging by all the yelling, my mother and the store manager were not on board. Years later, some entrepreneur gets a patent, calls it […] Read more »
If you are a New England gardener, then you know it involves a year-round cycle of preparing and anticipation of each season, not just the growing season. But with the growing season about to burst on the scene, I feel compelled to try once again, taking up my spade and trusting that my partner will […] Read more »
While the engineering classes that normally fill the Tabor Academy MakerLab have all moved online, the building is still humming with activity. Since mid-March, the space has been taken over by the manufacture of face shields for donation to those who need personal protective equipment (PPE). With news of a national shortage of PPE in […] Read more »
Brooklyn Bindas has serious potential as a tennis player and greater potential as a student, so she’s taking the threat of cancellation of her second high school tennis season in stride. “I’ve been hitting every now and then, hitting with my friends at public courts,” she said. “Some Wareham friends and some kids from up […] Read more »
While many businesses have closed or scaled back services, those providing essential support have gone into overdrive. One such group are the dedicated people who work or volunteer at the Tri-Town councils on aging. Never before have these agencies been pressed to do so much with so few people. Yet they carry on, ensuring that […] Read more »
Nearly eliminated from SouthCoast bird-watching pleasure due to lack of natural nesting cavities available, the Bluebird has made a remarkable comeback with the aid and support of local Audubon Society efforts, as well as supervising avid birdwatchers on how to build hundreds of nesting boxes with great success. This avian symbol of happiness can also […] Read more »
Okay, so here we are facing an invisible enemy that has superpowers. Every moment of every day we are now drenched in media, public and social, that reminds us just how bad everything is and how much worse it will become in the following days. What’s a person to do to keep up happy dialog […] Read more »