Lyn Rivet, principal at Sippican Elementary School, is a trooper. Rivet agreed to be the first up on the dunk tank at the annual Band Blast held this Thursday, the day before school ended for the summer. The event was from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. This was the 12th year for the Band Blast, […] Read more »
Oh, summer, now you have melted away winter’s frozen memory, including three frigid days without electricity, numerous windstorms, icy roads and gray darkness. You’ve illuminated our lives once again. Bring on the yard sales, band concerts, church fairs and all of those festivals. Bring on the warm water for swimming and the extended daylight for […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Recreation Department and the Mattapoisett Free Public Library join forces this weekend for the first annual Town Beach Party on June 22 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. “It was put together to bring people back to the beach in positive way,” said MATTREC’s Cecile Callahan. “We wanted to offer this opportunity to the […] Read more »
Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two •Click Here to Read Part Three By Rudd Wyman Part IV With a failing family business in 1961, the year Margie and I […] Read more »
Shindig took line honors in the 2013 Marion Bermuda race finishing the 645 nm course off St David’s Lighthouse at 4:55:13 ADT/3:55:13 EDT on Tuesday morning June 18. They were certainly glad to finish first, but sorry not to break the record after such a fast start. “It was brutal,” quipped one of the Shindig crew when asked about […] Read more »
It was slow going at the end when Shindig took Line Honors in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. According to finish line chairman Eugene Rayner, the big blue Andrews 68 finished the 645 nm course at 4:55:13 ADT/3:55:13 EDT on Tuesday morning June 18. Although this looked to be a fast race for the first 48 hours, it […] Read more »
As predicted late Sunday, the ‘line honor’ leaders hit the wall Monday afternoon. According to the YellowBrick tracker they now seem to be sailing on the wind, on a long port tack to Bermuda. The ‘handicap’ leaders are the smaller boats that have kept the old, reaching breeze longer and made their time […] Read more »
1600hrs ADT/1500 EDT, June 16, 2013: Little has changed in the race for line honors on the 2nd full day of racing in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. It is just wait and see… and enjoy the pink beaches and the bright Bermuda sunshine or a round of golf while you’re at it. Today, the […] Read more »
Last year was a dud, but this year will be a blast. Marion will have a fireworks display on Saturday, July 6, at dusk on Silvershell Beach. Thanks to the work of a dedicated Fireworks Committee, led by Marion Recreation Director Jody Dickerson and Co-Chairman Donna Hemphill, the group raised just over $40,000. Other Committee […] Read more »
1500hrs, June 14, 2013: Shindig had a fast start from Marion and carried a record pace for the first 24 hours of the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. At 68 feet, Shindig was turning the 15-20 knot winds into a 12-knot pace. She was about 400 nautical miles out and just West of the 164º rhumb […] Read more »