December 23 proved to be a night when Rudolph’s red nose would have been helpful as people made their way through the foggy night going over the river, through the woods, and around the cranberry bog before finally arriving at the quaint ye olde Tinkhamtown Chapel to sing Christmas carols. But the weather didn’t stop […] Read more »
The holidays can be tough on anyone. What they may not realize is that it can be particularly challenging for autistic people. As an active member of the autistic community, please allow me to present a variety of factors that make this otherwise joyous season difficult for autistics, and also offer advice on how you […] Read more »
A special visitor brought a special new resident to Rochester Memorial School on Friday, December 15. Every school needs a mascot, and at RMS it’s always been that rascally raccoon, Bandit. A loyal and constant fixture at the school, wherever Bandit shows his face – whether on posters, banners, T-shirts, or even socks – the […] Read more »
What’s better than a visit with Santa Claus? Without a doubt, it’s a visit with Santa Claus with pizza. The Marion Police Brotherhood hosted its annual “Pizza With Santa” this year at the new Benjamin D. Cushing Community/Senior Center. ‘Lieutenant’ Santa, as he does every year, arrived at the event to a high-spirited crowd of […] Read more »
Human history is preserved in books. Time unfolds history while we record it and refold it into pages of paper, bound in books and set upon a timeless shelf – row after row, an endless flow of a story unchangeable. In everyone, in everything, in every place there is a unique history as individual as […] Read more »
A year ago my wife, Jan, and I moved to a local house with a panoramic shoreline view to be close to our daughter Elizabeth, a few blocks away. Now, we are getting ready for Christmas and trimming the tree with ornaments and lights in the true spirit and tradition amended safely by Thomas Edison […] Read more »
Even if it doesn’t snow on Christmas day, Mattapoisett – you got your white Christmas this Saturday during the annual Holiday in the Park as snow flurries continued into the evening, trimming the tree in delicate white lace that only helped to enhance the holiday spirit as the town’s Christmas tree at Shipyard Park was […] Read more »
There’s a lot running through Nicole Boussy’s mind these days. As a sixth grade teacher at Sippican School, a mother, and a wife, Boussy is always trying to stay ahead of the race when it comes to her tight schedule, her commitments, her goals – both professional and personal – that keep her sprinting each […] Read more »
It was fun while it lasted, but “No Shave November” must eventually come to an end. Five of Rochester’s finest said farewell to their beloved beards and goatees on December 1 while in the salon chairs of the Old Colony Cosmetology classroom as Cosmetology and Health Care Career students came at them with their razors– […] Read more »
Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s the holiday season in Rochester now that the tree is lit followed by the arrival of jolly old Saint Nick via fire engine on December 4 to usher in the holiday season. The Rochester Memorial School band and chorus treated revelers to a festive performance, while Christmas poster winner Tessa Winslow […] Read more »