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 »
Some people pay $100 or more to attend a classical music orchestra, according to Marion resident Ed Hoffer. Hoffer, an unofficial spokesperson of the Buzzards Bay Musicfest, says people along the South Coast can attend a live orchestra performance for free during one week in July. “It is one of the better […] Read more »
Domestic violence has been a plague throughout human history, but only in recent decades has it come to the forefront of medical and legal concerns. Domestic violence, or “intimate partner violence,” is a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse […] Read more »
My bride and I have been watching a lot of British TV lately. I think I have become quite an Anglophile. We particularly like detective dramas. Unlike U.S. shows, there are no shoot’em ups, car chases, or much violence. The detectives solve the crimes using their skills and brains, very much like Sherlock Holmes. […] Read more »
The June 22 Rochester Historical Society Fun Fair with A Flair was so much more than fun and games; it was a living history tour through a time when thoughts of revolution hung heavy in the air. Oh yes, there were games that originated in the early Colonial days, delighting modern-day youngsters. There were […] Read more »
The gorgeous parcel with the seawall and ocean view where the Mattapoisett Land Trust will be celebrating 50 years with a Sunday brunch on June 30 is thanks to a woman named Ruth Munro. Among the many things Munro accomplished before she died in 1988 at age 91, she ensured a proper future […] Read more »