Old Hammondtown School’s sixth grade classes boarded the Cuttyhunk Ferry docked at the working waterfront in New Bedford on June 12 for an island adventure. More perfect weather for crossing Buzzards Bay would have been impossible to imagine. And what awaited the 72 students on the other side was an experiential learning opportunity on an […] Read more »
In 1967, Bob Brack could not have anticipated that for the next 50 years he would return season upon season to the waters of Buzzards Bay aboard the same sailboat. As David Kaiser of the Mattapoisett Boat Yard knows, most boat owners who spend any amount of leisure time with boats will go through several […] Read more »
Students at Center School enjoyed a day of fun in the sun on Friday, June 9, during the annual Field Day. The last day of school for students in the district is Wednesday, June 21. Photos by Jean Perry Read more »
Even before the ‘big check’ was officially presented, the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School main office was purring with praise for the team of eighth graders who participated in a 100-minute long walkathon outside in the rain for a cause with paws. The Orange Team of 125 students on June 9 welcomed Pam and […] Read more »
Center School held its very own first annual Vocabulary Day Parade on Thursday, June 8. Students dressed up as their chosen word to personify its meaning and strutted around for all to read. Photos by Colin Veitch Read more »
Sometimes known as the ‘Tom Thumb of the owl realm’ because it is tame enough to be picked up in one hand and is not much bigger than your thumb, the saw-whet owl, in size, is the smallest of so-called nocturnal raptors in New England. Way down south, the owlet is barely bigger than the […] Read more »
Pollinators play a vital role in a productive ecosystem. About 75 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat depend on pollinators for their survival, including apples, almonds, blueberries, citrus, pears, plums, pumpkins, and squash. Currently, the United States and the rest of the world are facing massive declines in pollinator populations, which could have […] Read more »
It’s a long walk through the hallways of time for a person on their way to Point B from Point A, but in retrospect that walk can seem like an awfully short one, which is what some graduating seniors of the Old Rochester Regional Class of 2017 experienced on Friday, June 2, the day before […] Read more »
Just about the only thing in the Tri-Town on Memorial Day that is almost as equally exciting as paddling a handmade canoe down the Mattapoisett River in the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race is watching it – even when it’s raining. Either way, what would a boat race be without water? Like in past years […] Read more »
There is a lighthearted warm energy that one feels when first meeting Linda Burke. It’s an energy that is full of potential, possibility, and promise. It is this energy that she has passed onto hundreds of children in her many years of service as a children’s librarian. Now, however, it is time for Burke to […] Read more »