Approximately 90% of survey respondents would like the Town of Marion to preserve its historic character, the Historic District Study Committee concluded at its August 4 public meeting. While the committee will host a public meeting on September 12 to further discuss what a bylaw and related regulations would entail, members said the […] Read more »
Bernie Klim has been surprising art lovers for decades, and yet his work remains fresh as if created yesterday or just a moment ago. Klim’s exhibit now on view at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library took this visitor to the edge of abstract expression and then slowly, like a gentle rain, soaked my view in […] Read more »
Aidan Ridings was home at approximately 11:45 Tuesday morning when, in less than a minute, an EF-1 tornado turned his Tinkham Road driveway and front yard into a wilderness of entangled tree limbs and uprooted stumps. “When it all happened, I was on the phone with my mom. I got the (phone alert) […] Read more »
I was never much of an athlete. When ORR first opened, athlete or not, everyone went out for one sport or another. Being height challenged and wearing glasses pretty much ruled out football, so having been on the Center School basketball team, I decided to try out for the junior varsity, knowing that I […] Read more »
Years ago, people who suffered traumatic events were encouraged to bury it from their memories. According to J.W. “Terry” Freiberg, a psychiatric doctor, as well as plane crash survivors Mark Godfrey, 61, and Andy Godfrey, 58, modern psychology says burying these memories only contributes to post-traumatic stress disorder. “It’s like a volcano […] Read more »
The first thing Viera Proulx did when she saw her friend Terry Myers Coney in the finish area of Sunday’s Mattapoisett Lions Club Sprint Triathlon was apologize. “I’m sorry I beat you,” said Proulx after the two cross-country skiing pals were informed that there was no 70-74 age category. Proulx, 76, won the […] Read more »
How do we, the grown-up humans on this planet, go about gently but pointedly explaining to little children that some animals are endangered, misunderstood and/or considered yucky when really their place in the ecosystem is critical to all life? Well, you can start by finding those educators and species experts who have identified our children […] Read more »
Marion Fire Chief Brian Jackvony and Marion Fire/EMS issued the following tribute to the life and service of Marion Emergency Medical Services founder and town volunteer Joan Wing following her passing on July 13 at age 93. Wing was active in the Marion community, serving as an EMT for the town for 37 years. […] Read more »
Summer is a great time to travel, but not for me. I’m not much of a traveler. I prefer to stay close to home. The number of times I have ventured far from my humble abode can be counted on two hands. My son, on the other hand, thinks nothing of hopping on a plane […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett has many picturesque walking trails, and the Mattapoisett Land Trust manager came up with an incentive for families to walk the trails – ice cream. Colleen Andrews, working with students at Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School, for a year has planned out a program in which families walk the […] Read more »