It depends! Water truly is life – we can go without eating for weeks and survive but get very sick if we do not get adequate water for a few days. You are doubtless familiar with “rules” such as the need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. The problem with relying […] Read more »
Save your money. You can stop throwing your hard-earned dollars away on lottery tickets. They are passé. You can skip the weekly (daily?) trip to the convenience store to place your bet. I have a surefire winning formula to become rich. Not just millionaire rich, but billionaire rich! It won’t cost you a penny. […] Read more »
Oh sweet summer. Flowers bloom throughout the land and bird song fills the air. Plants forgotten over the long, cold, winter months (well chilly winter at least) burst forth in their own version of the Hallelujah Chorus, as we attempt to stem the weeds. Forget that the deer are also enjoying the fruits of our […] Read more »
Marion Police Chief Richard Nighelli is proud to report that the Marion Police Department earned re-accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC). On June 26, MPAC unanimously re-accredited the Marion Police Department. “I am honored our department has once again earned re-accreditation from MPAC,” said Chief Nighelli. “As we celebrate this achievement, I […] Read more »
The Marion Pathway Committee met virtually on June 17 and heard an update on the Marion Shared Use Path from committee Chairman John Rockwell. In identifying a small but significant collection of factors regarding Marion’s plans for a bike path, including wetlands impact, being in a state-designated Environmental Justice Neighborhood, crossing vehicular traffic and […] Read more »
For the second consecutive year, Will Benoit finished first overall, and Margot Appleton finished first among female racers at the 52nd annual Mattapoisett July 4 Road Race. More importantly, a record number 1,354 competitors registered to run in a race that annually raises scholarship money for Old Rochester Regional High School students. On average, […] Read more »
Most cancers eventually cause symptoms, but usually only when the cancer has been there a long time, and often when the optimal time for treatment has passed. This has led to the recommendation behind many “screening tests,” tests done in people with no symptoms. Colonoscopy, Pap smears (often combined with HPV virus testing), […] Read more »
Have you ever gotten a parking or speeding ticket? Of course you have. I once got a ticket from a town I had never been to. Luckily, I could prove where I was at the time of the violation. A photographer from the local newspaper was taking my family’s photo for a “Family […] Read more »
The diverse and distant career paths of 1970s North Street neighbors Mike Caswell and Tony Tate allowed both to learn about coffee making from opposite ends of the industry and remote parts of the world, and after all these years the Mattapoisett natives are business associates sharing the common goal of great coffee. […] Read more »
Sitting at his kitchen table, Tom Grondin models the breaststroke, his hands together in a praying position before extending straightforward and letting go into respective sideways directions, then looping back around, tightly to his sides to maximize aerodynamics and finally, back into the original position for the next go-round. Only Grondin doesn’t conduct his […] Read more »