It has been the home to Rochester Boy Scouts Troop 31 for about 45 years, but as of Saturday, February 18, Troop 31 has officially vacated the HoRoHi camp located on property the owners had allowed the scouts to use since 1971. Scout Master Mike Blanchard told The Wanderer that the property owned by Carr […] Read more »
Isn’t it weird when a seemingly insignificant activity such as bird watching can stir up an underlying streak of existential angst, sending it floating up from the Mariana Trench of the unconscious ocean of the self and into the tumultuous tides on the surface of the seas of conscious awareness? First, I wouldn’t call myself […] Read more »
Last Thursday evening, the lights burned brightly inside the Elizabeth Taber Library, which seemed deserted save for some voices – and enticing aromas – drifting from an unseen room behind the stacks. This is where the Potluck Recipe Exchange Group meets to discuss and sample recipes taken from the library’s cookbook collection. For Library Director […] Read more »
What do you get when cars are kept off the road, when schools are closed, and most of the snow falls during the daylight hours? You get very happy police chiefs. A quick round up of impressions from the Tri-Town police chiefs found each one very happy that nothing bad, or really bad that is, […] Read more »
The Special Olympics Young Athletes Program, now in its second year at Tabor Academy, brings students and cognitively impaired children ages 2-7 together to work on “fundamental skills that will eventually enable them to partake in some sports,” said Tim Cleary, Sophomore Class Dean at Tabor. The program, which meets from 2:00 – 3:00 pm […] Read more »
The shoreline view from my new residence in Fairhaven on the west side of Sconticut Neck looking across to Mattapoisett Neck encompasses a 180-degree panorama for bird watching, including waterfowl such as swans, egrets, and especially the eye-catching sentinel of a great blue heron stealthily wading in shallow water. Its 3-feet long torso of long […] Read more »
We know that those who live in Mattapoisett love Mattapoisett, so what better way to show Mattapoisett you love it than to send it a Valentine? That’s precisely what the fifth-graders at Old Hammondtown School did on February 14 to show their appreciation for the town and those who manage it, serve it, and protect […] Read more »
Grease is the word at Tabor Academy this week as the cast and crew of the annual winter musical are set to perform Grease from Thursday, February 16 through Saturday, February 18. All performances begin at 7:30 pm and are free and open to the public in Tabor’s Fireman Center for Performing Arts in Hoyt […] Read more »
The shoreline view from my new residence in Fairhaven on the west side of Sconticut Neck looking across to Mattapoisett Neck encompasses a 180-degree panorama for bird watching, including waterfowl such as swans, egrets, and especially the eye-catching sentinel of a great blue heron stealthily wading in shallow water. Its 3-feet long torso of long […] Read more »
Long before we knew that just about everything we were eating contained chemicals, we ate in blissful ignorance. I am sorry, my son. When you were growing up a scrawny, sickly little boy, all I wanted you to do was eat something. Your frequent, nearly monthly, bouts with ear infections, sore throats, head colds, stomach […] Read more »