Remember when you were a little kid and falling down was just part of being young? In fact, you would fall down on purpose. It was fun, like when you’d crash into leaf piles, jump off high places onto snow banks, or flop on the ground grabbing a pal’s legs and down he/she would go […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional Junior High School has resurrected its Drama Club and is ready to show the public how hard work, dedication, and the desire to have fun simply cannot be stopped by marathon snowstorms. The Drama Club has been learning its lines, rehearsing its moves, and finding its singing voice since January 21, […] Read more »
March was a great month to be a Bulldog. The magical run of the Old Rochester Regional High School Boys’ Basketball team has captivated not just the high school, but also the entire community. A recent game against Pentucket High School, hosted at TD Garden, drew 1,000 students from the school district, with every local […] Read more »
You know you are itching to get outdoors to catch a whiff of springtime air, so maybe you would like to meet up with a group of the fellow spring-starved and explore the outdoors together while learning a bit about the local habitats and history. The Buzzards Bay Coalition is offering a new program for […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Junior High School seventh-grader Dante Cusolito has been named a 2015 Massachusetts National Geographic State Bee semifinalist and is now headed to the state championship to compete for the chance to attend the national competition in Washington, D.C. against the top geography bee contestants in the country. After winning a classroom round […] Read more »
“Are you a real fairy godmother?” said a little child to the sprightly, lively lady standing before her wearing a tiara, dressed in a green tutu and a jacket speckled with little shamrocks. With a grin and a sparkle in her eye, the Irish Fairy Godmother replied, “Do you think I am?” The little girl […] Read more »
The end of this extreme winter is nearly over. Although the drifts are still massive threatening blankets of frozen water ready to unleash floods into basements and fill internment streams to overflowing, I am heartened by the prospect of SPRING. Fat robins appear out of nowhere reminding me that spring – that season of hope […] Read more »
Last week the Marion Natural History Museum’s afterschool crew explored a variety of ways to identify trees without their leaves. By looking at bark, leaf scar arrangement and even using their sense of smell, the students had a chance to explore trees and woody shrubs without their usual foliage. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum provided an opportunity on February 27 to get up close and personal with critters from the insect world, including praying mantises and jumbo-sized grasshoppers. Above: Tapper Crete, 7, was the first one brave enough to ask to touch a praying mantis. The event was hosted by Maire Anne Diamond, owner […] Read more »
What’s in a collection? A whole lot if you are looking at Nate Bekemeier’s eclectic compilation of curious objects he has encountered and saved throughout his entire life. Each little figurine, a memory. Every tiny trinket, a tale. Each of the odds and ends, an experience, a time, a place. Bekemeier was one of several […] Read more »