When he returned from WWII, Irwin Beal (Newton, MA) also returned to a program in which he believed: Sea Scouts. Beal had been a Sea Scout in the early 1930’s at a time when the program was little more than a decade old and that was better known in England where it began. Like all […] Read more »
Motivation is a mysterious thing. So is goal setting and planning. As we bring in the New Year, it is traditional to make goals or plan for improvement. On Sunday afternoon at Life in Balance on Route 6 in Mattapoisett, a crowd gathered for a free lecture on setting and actually achieving your 2014 goals. […] Read more »
Participants in the 2014 Polar Plunge on January 1 were encouraged to wear costumes for the event, which raised thousands of dollars for the BAM Foundation. BAM is an organization that offers financial assistance to families battling cancer to help offset the unexpected costs of cancer treatment. Hundreds of people turned out for the event, […] Read more »
It seemed a little ironic, putting on hats and gloves to go inside a building rather than to go outside, but that is what many people did in Marion on the last Sunday afternoon of 2013. Skaters of all ages and abilities spent some quality time on December 29 skating circles around Tabor Academy’s Travis […] Read more »
The children teetered and tottered across the shoreline, over the smooth, scattered stones off the Planting Island causeway on Saturday. They looked under cold, wet rocks, beneath seaweed, and in the crevasses of the rocks for shells, crabs, starfish, and other treasures under the watchful eyes of the adults who were more concerned with the […] Read more »
Well folks, 2013 was a really great year for me. I retired from a corporate job where for two decades, I had the pleasure of working with some really wonderful men and women in the electrical industry while slogging it out with mandates from headquarters that frankly were hard to fathom, never mind put in […] Read more »
The year 2014 arrived a little early on Tuesday afternoon for the guests at the Senior Center’s Annual New Year’s Eve party. It was a “Noon Year’s Eve” party of sorts, with more than enough shiny hats and tiaras, colorful noisemakers, bright balloons, and champagne to go around. “It’s not real champagne. It’s pretend,” said […] Read more »
For the second year in a row, local residents will be gathering at Mattapoisett Town Beach on New Year’s Day and “Freezin for a Reason” when they participate in a Polar Plunge to raise money for the BAM Foundation, an organization that provides financial assistance to local residents undergoing cancer treatment. BAM Foundation Founder Alicia […] Read more »
Going out and celebrating New Year’s Eve doesn’t need to cost a fortune, nor do you have to travel far to see fireworks, ice sculptures, fire eating, and all those other cool things a lot of people think only happen in big cities. How does a family-friendly evening of free live music, street performances, and […] Read more »
He keeps it in his wallet in a coin holder with a small cellophane circle. It’s an Indian head penny, in great condition, dated 1897. “This is the first penny I ever earned. When I showed it to my father, he told me that he was born in 1897, so that made the penny even […] Read more »