If you are aiming big this holiday shopping season, your local shopkeepers, who also happen to be your neighbors, ask only this of you – please, start small. Small businesses make up our local economy – the restaurants, specialty shops, markets, galleries, and boutiques – and the folks who own them are the faces of […] Read more »
Turkey FOG – it’s not that supposed tryptophan-induced Thanksgiving post-dinner coma that you, Grandpa, and everybody experiences after a heaping plate (or two) of a turkey-with-all-the-trimmings meal. That kind of turkey ‘fog’ can be remedied with a nap followed by a sweet slice of pecan pie to ground you back into your body. No, this […] Read more »
Name: Micah Kidney Age: 43 Lives in: Rochester What he does: ORRHS math teacher and Gateway Gladiators ice hockey head coach How he got here: Originally from Dennis, Massachusetts, he moved to Vermont and taught math for 13 years, joined the military in 2003, and then moved back to the region after returning from a […] Read more »
My goodness, we live in imperfect times. It’s been a long two-year stretch of contentious campaigns, elections, and an ensuing presidency resulting in two ensuing Thanksgiving holiday cycles when imperfect families have gathered and let loose their imperfect opinions on imperfect subjects at the most imperfect of times – like at the table during the […] Read more »
Ever since she was a little girl, Darcy Lee of Mattapoisett has been captivated by the paranormal. The TV show In Search Of… hosted by Leonard Nimoy was the turning point for her, making her question every shadow, every unexplained sound, every story she was ever told about ghosts and other unexplained phenomenon. As an […] Read more »
I Love You, Daddy. Starring Louis C.K. and Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Louis C.K. Running time: 123 minutes. MPAA rating: R. Watching the edgy, abandoned-by-its-studio comedy I Love You, Daddy, which may be writer/director Louis C.K.’s last effort for a long while at least, is a saddening experience for one who has admired C.K.’s […] Read more »
Corinna Raznikov, the second speaker in a three-part series at the Mattapoisett Historical Society Museum, captivated her audience on Wednesday night with an engaging account of her life in pictures. Raznikov described her life as a professional photographer as both challenging and rewarding, but perhaps the most satisfying element of her work is how her […] Read more »
The common tern in autumn migrates past our shores of Buzzards Bay in large numbers. It spends most of its life out in the ocean, skimming the surface of the water with an orange elongated bill that scoops up insects and crustaceans. Terns gather in a spectacle, swarming over schools of baitfish driven to the […] Read more »
Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee addressed residents’ increasing concerns over speeding on certain Rochester roads by hosting a public forum the night of November 9 at Old Colony. Most of those concerns, he said, he had observed on social media outlets like Facebook, with some people calling for measures such as a reduction in speed […] Read more »
Old Hammondtown School’s cafetorium was filled nearly to capacity as the community came out in force to celebrate veterans on Friday, November 10. After the Mattapoisett Police Color Guard presented the colors, American Legion Florence Eastman Post 280 Commander Michael Lamoureux led the Pledge of Allegiance, and the post’s Chaplain Richard Langhoff led everyone in […] Read more »