As Marion’s police chief, John Garcia knows what it is like to swelter under a police uniform and gear on hot summer days, as many police officers do. Unlike most of us living now in the first quarter of the 21stcentury, though, Garcia also knows how quickly one perspires in the mid-afternoon sun while wearing […] Read more »
If one of the Marion, Mattapoisett, or Rochester police officers at the Tri-Town National Night Out called out “Freeze!” that August 7 night, then surely the weather took heed because sweltering skies suddenly turned sympathetic with rolling clouds just dense enough to filter the sunlight, dropping the temperature about five degrees right from the start […] Read more »
There’s usually a stillness in the early morning air on Nathaniel’s Drive in Rochester; recently, however, the quiet neighborhood softly awakens around 7:00 a.m., much like it did early Tuesday morning with the yawning sounds from the unhurried swishes of car tires as they pulled up slowly in front of Graham Levenson’s house. The 4-year-old […] Read more »
Avid nature lovers take note: the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission has added a new option to the town’s Senior Property Tax Work-Off Program – spending time out in nature. “Our former member of the commission, Joe Keogh, thought of including open space trail maintenance as part of the Senior Tax Work-Off Program run by […] Read more »
On Thursday, August 2, the Mattapoisett Historical Society and Mattapoisett Land Trust hosted their third annual Great Community Picnic at the Munro Preserve in Mattapoisett. Adjacent to the town wharf, the annual event brought together community members to feast, mingle, and enjoy the beautiful scenery that Mattapoisett has to offer. Backed by charming live music […] Read more »
It was something that really started to trouble Elizabeth Hatch whenever she traveled along Route 6 in Marion or passed an intersection in town where weeds had become the dominant flora. How could such a lovely community allow some public areas and easements to be so ill-kempt? She understood that economics and priorities – in […] Read more »
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School ran their 2ndAnnual Summer Discovery Experience for students entering grades 4-9 the week of July 16-20. Over 100 students participated in selections that included Metal Art – Welding for beginners, Not Your Father’s Carpentry (a combination course where students acquired skills in both CADD and Carpentry), Automotive Maintenance; […] Read more »
A bull thistle has been growing by leaps and bounds all summer in our flower garden, and now stands five feet tall and looks into our bedroom window. Although classified as a member of the Astor family, we had only considered the bull thistle as an uninvited perennial weed until recently as it came into […] Read more »
It’s been a challenging time for us. These past fewyears have found us sitting in medical office waiting rooms surrounded by others in our age group waiting for a verdict we can hopefully live with. We hold hands as we count down the moments. What else can we do? The challenges have changed over the […] Read more »
It’s the paradox of Harbor Days: the same exact thing every year, which is just the way we like it. I know where that aluminum can airplane artist will be, at the far end on the harbor side of Shipyard Park, and right opposite that will be the stuffed animal marionettes. In the corner by […] Read more »