On October 7, Dr. Portia Silk of Southern New England Radiology was hosted to speak at the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library on the topic of mammograms. If you are a woman, you, like many others, dread the squishing and pulling that goes along with getting the best images possible. The importance of annual screening […] Read more »
Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman is pleased to share that Marion Select Board Chair Norm Hills was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) at the SRPEDD Annual Meeting on September 25. Hills serves as Marion’s Commissioner to the SRPEDD. The Distinguished Service Award is given to […] Read more »
Medicare was established in 1965, freeing older adults from the trap of unaffordable health care in their senior years. It has been a highly successful program. Medicare Part A, free for over 65’s and those of any age with permanent disability or chronic kidney failure, covers hospital care. Part B, for which you pay […] Read more »
I graduated from high school 60 years ago. It seems like only…60 years ago. I’ve been thinking about my old alma mater since I read about a grand homecoming reunion celebrating the classes of 1964 through 2024. For reasons I can’t fathom, the classes of 1962 and 1963, the first two classes at the […] Read more »
The Rochester Fire Department, together with the Rochester Police Department, recently recognized three civilian residents and 14 first responders with Lifesaver Awards in a ceremony at the Rochester Council on Aging. The awards were based on two incidents, one in April and one in August, in which a victim suffered cardiac arrest. In […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center opened their latest show on September 28 featuring artists Pam Hoss and Kim Barry. Getting to know the artists and being able to learn more about what inspires these two highly accomplished artists was a treat and more meaningful, as we could hear it all from their lips to our ears […] Read more »
On September 26 at Old Rochester Regional High School, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities held a public hearing to share with impacted communities (Mattapoisett and Acushnet) and residents therein a plan to extend an existing, overhead transmission line and an associated substation. The developer/owner of the site is NSTAR, doing business as Eversource. […] Read more »
Rudd Wyman just turned 96 but still remembers taking his daughter Sarah Jane (Wyman) Dickson and his son Steve Wyman to imaginary journeys to the moon and back. His daughter, Sarah Jane, recently published a children’s book “My Moon” based on the stories of her dad and how he helped engage the imagination of […] Read more »
The 1938 hurricane was the topic of an informative and entertaining presentation hosted by the Mattapoisett Museum on September 19. The speaker, John Horrigan, is no stranger to historically themed presentations. Horrigan is also a highly respected sports announcer and TV host. He brought the events leading up to the hurricane’s landfall and the […] Read more »
Some more suggestions on how to start making your current home a place in which you can stay as you become frailer. Stairs may become a problem as we transition from old to very old. I look upon stairs as a sort of built-in Physical Therapy, forcing us to strengthen our leg muscles with […] Read more »