Friends often suggest ideas for columns. I appreciate the thought. I certainly need all the help I can get. Coming up with 600 or more words associated with their idea is hard, so I usually politely say thank you and put their idea on my back-burner list. Recently one friend was persistent in offering […] Read more »
In the latest of what The Wanderer could have packaged as a series of annual adventures on the high seas, the Perkins brothers of Mattapoisett did the kind of thing two teenagers typically talk about on a quiet, summer day but would probably never try. In the course of one weekend morning, they boarded […] Read more »
The 92-year-old activist whose 2023-24 winter goal was to live to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mattapoisett Land Trust enjoyed that event in April at the Munro Preserve but isn’t stopping there. At the conclusion of a ceremonial, 27,000th-mile walk down Aucoot Road from Bowman Road to his home on August 31, Brad […] Read more »
Imagine, if you will, a world where words like recycling and sustainability are no longer novel but are deeply entrenched in everyday life and society in general. A world where bottle caps, paper scraps, bits of cloth and found objects inspire art for art’s sake. A world where a back jeans pocket can become a […] Read more »
At the May 13 Annual Town Meeting, Marion voters approved a package of recommendations made by the town’s Community Preservation Committee, including an appropriation of $28,925 from Historic Preservation Reserves for design, permitting and bidding of the restoration of the Bird Island Lighthouse, the funds being available through Fiscal Year 2025. It will cost […] Read more »
Cannabis (marijuana) products are widely used. Cannabis is now fully legal in 24 states, legal if medically prescribed in 15 and partially legal (depending on the composition) in seven. In only four states is it still completely illegal. Among 176,000 primary-care patients in a Los Angeles clinic, 17% reported regular use. Not surprisingly, […] Read more »
One of my favorite songs is “Smile” by Charlie Chaplin. Ya, that Charlie Chaplin who, to people of a certain age, was known as the “Litte Tramp,” a character he portrayed in the movies. Chaplin wrote the music in 1936 for his film “Modern Times” (John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics […] Read more »
For Cecelia Hall, caring for her community has mainly come in the form of yarn. Operating out of her Chevy Silverado pick-up truck, she collects yarn and distributes yarn, the goal being 100% charity. On trips to and from Fairhaven, she recently had the back of her pick-up packed with yarn twice in the […] Read more »
God must smile upon the six people who reportedly attended the 1954 funeral of Abraham Skidmore, who in life was a beacon of hope and positivity across six very challenging decades in the Town of Mattapoisett. It is long overdue that Skidmore, the son of slaves who, though born (1878) and reared in North […] Read more »
Johanna Vergoni was a student at Sippican Elementary School in the late 1980s, which were formative times for the school, its community-based support systems and students who many years later would become key volunteers. “I can remember VASE … and I can remember MOP, Marion Occupational Program, where we had members from the community […] Read more »