Following the 40th Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past Monday, The Wanderer and the Tri-Town Against Racism discussed the organization’s upcoming events and goals for the first half of this year. We spoke with Rhonda Baptiste, vice president of TTAR. Baptiste explained the organization’s mission is the same as it was […] Read more »
Chief Richard B. Nighelli was sworn in Wednesday as the President of the Southeastern Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association (SMPCA). Chief Nighelli, who served last year as the Association’s Sergeant at Arms, now takes the helm for 2026, succeeding Aquinnah Police Chief Randhi Belain. He was sworn in Wednesday morning by Plymouth County District […] Read more »
Joining thousands of others at more than 100 schools around the world, teams of students at Rochester Memorial School, Sippican School and Old Hammondtown School embarked on a four-hour virtual “ideathon” focused on solving the problem of a devastating disease impacting citrus plants. “This hands-on experience allowed students to apply their scientific thinking to […] Read more »
Last summer my son, who was visiting from New York, and I were driving around our lovely village, heading to the wharf for ice cream. He was driving. Suddenly a police car appeared in the mirror, waving him over to the side of the street. We had no idea why. We had just […] Read more »
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 »