Halloween time in the Tri-Town is full of fun, festive events, but few are as enjoyable and endearing as Octopurr Fest at It’s All About the Animals in Rochester. Now in its fourth year, Octopurr Fest is the non-profit cat shelter’s largest fundraiser of the year, raising over $10,000 last year and likely more this […] Read more »
The Marion Fire Department hosted its annual Open House on October 12 during National Fire Safety Week. There was fun, food, fire demos, and a whole lot more that brought scores of families out Friday night. Photos by Glenn C. Silva Read more »
At 45 Center Street in the center of nearby Fairhaven stands the historic Millicent Public Library. It is named after the library’s primary founder Henry Huttleston Rogers’ daughter who died at the young age of 17. It is a monumental memorial of architecture by Charles Brigham in Romanesque and Renaissance architecture. On the wall of […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library is preparing to say farewell to its library director of five years, Elizabeth “Libby” O’Neill. O’Neill, who resides in Mansfield, has accepted a position at the Norfolk Public Library, a bit closer to home. “My main focus over the years was just to really have the library be the focal point […] Read more »
It’s that time of the year when children begin planning their Halloween costumes in anticipation of shouting out that well known call of the wild, “Trick or treat!” The Halloween festival season also brings to mind episodes of things that are unexplainable. Things like unusual noises coming from empty rooms, smells emitted from closed closet […] Read more »
If you think about it, mushrooms are more like humans than plants – plants can use the sun to make their own energy, while mushrooms (and humans) are incapable of making their own energy. They’re ‘fleshy’ like us; some mushrooms even resemble humans anatomically, sort of, and they thrive in similar environmental conditions. And, like […] Read more »
A small boy sits in his boat while overhead the clear blue sky is filled with sun and soft clouds cast shadows across the surface of the pond. The child begins to imagine a life at sea: a life filled with days of fresh air, sunshine, and the thrill of the catch. He’ll dream of […] Read more »
It’s delicious, cheap, and easy to get: vaping. It’s easy to use, easy to conceal, and easy to think it’s relatively harmless, but vaping is also easy to become chemically dependent on, even in as little as a fortnight. The inhalation of an aerosol concoction of flavoring and nicotine has become a major health threat […] Read more »
If you were within a five-mile radius of the Mattapoisett Knights of Columbus Hall on September 23, you knew something good was simmering. The air was thick with the scent of warm, wonderful chowders. Chowders seasoned with linguica, bacon, and that elusive “secret seasoning” were available for taste testing at the 4thannual Mattapoisett Fire Fighters […] Read more »
The great blue heron is probably the most majestic figurehead of shore birds, easily recognized and identified by bird watchers along the coastline of Buzzards Bay. It is usually sighted while standing or wading in the shallows of the water’s edge of the coastline shore. It may appear almost motionless while cautiously leaning over the […] Read more »