Farmers markets are again popping up across New England, bringing local goods to all who stop by.             The Tri-Town is no different, and when The Wanderer visited Washburn Park on Tuesday afternoon, we truly felt like summer was here (regardless of the fact the first day of summer is about a week-and-a-half away). The […] Read more »

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Assistant Principal Lauren Millette are proud to announce that art students from Old Rochester Regional High School once again connected with students from another country – this time Armenia – as part of an international initiative known as the Memory Project.             Students in Art II and Honors Art III […] Read more »

This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in New England and the northern Thirteen Colonies. Last week, Washington arrived in the largest city in the colonies, and the de-facto capital of the Thirteen Colonies, Philadelphia. Here, he meets with representatives from across the revolting former-British […] Read more »

            Pansies were my first floral love. As a child, I encountered these winsome blooms along the garden paths of my great-grandmother’s home, pausing every few steps to admire their sweet, smiling faces. These tiny plants felt like kindred spirits – their small stature matched my own – and their beguiling expressions beckoned me ever […] Read more »

            This is the continuing monthly column for the astronomer in all of us, or the aspiring astro-physicist. Compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, generally speaking, the Tri-Town has pretty good dark skies and thus are very fortunate in that regard.             Well, let’s touch on that airburst meteor explosion a few days […] Read more »

            Rochester School Committee incumbent Kate Duggan topped a four-way race for two spots on the committee in the Rochester Annual Town Election on May 27. Duggan earned 624 votes to keep her seat and begin a third term.             “I’m just glad it’s all over,” Duggan said when asked how she felt about her […] Read more »

Roy Wilson “Will” Wingate is Marion’s eldest resident, and he was honored last week with the Boston Post Cane in celebration of his 101st birthday.             A Boston Post Cane is a gold-headed ebony cane periodically offered to the eldest citizen of a New England town. The now-defunct Boston Post newspaper began the tradition in […] Read more »

            This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in New England and the northern Thirteen Colonies. Last week, the occupying Continental Army in Canada faced another defeat as it becomes clearer that holding Montreal is untenable, let along capturing Quebec. General George Washington set out […] Read more »

            Note: Although written during Memorial Day weekend, this column is less about public commemoration than personal reflection – shaped by visits to two very different cemeteries; one historic and world-famous, the other intimate and deeply familial.             Sometimes the overlooked graves, obscured with ivy and weeds, are the most interesting. These were my thoughts […] Read more »

            Here we are a week after the town election and two weeks have passed since the annual Town Meeting and there is nary a whisper of controversy brewing.             The annual gathering of those voters who pay attention whizzed through early articles in record time. There are three possible reasons for this. One is […] Read more »