In a column some time back, I asked if we still have a fence viewer. Well, we do. Recently, the Select Board filled this important governmental position. You may not be familiar with a fence viewer, whose job it is to inspect new fences and settle disputes between landowners. Fence viewing is an […] Read more »
The Striped Bass has always been a prized game fish since colonial times. After the Pilgrims struggled during the first winter in Plymouth, they were saved from starvation by the spring spawning run of the Herring alewives, as well as the Striped Bass. More than a hundred years later, the same was true […] Read more »
June 23 and 24 found folks from around the southeast region flocking to Marion and/or Mattapoisett to tour private gardens that were all putting their best roots forward. On Friday, it was Marion’s Secret Gardens, and on Saturday, it was Mattapoisett’s June in Bloom garden tours. The Marion Garden Group, established in the […] Read more »
When the months of Spring slide along the coastline into Summer, the reptilian Snapping Turtle has risen from the muddy bottom of brackish river tributaries to journey overland to lay her eggs. First, the female has to meet and make love with the male turtle to fertilize her eggs. However, Mother Nature usually […] Read more »
June is the traditional time for weddings. The month was named after the goddess Juno, who was the protector of women. Thankfully, women have come a long way since the goddess held sway. Still, June is a very popular time when a bride and her mother’s months of planning – grooms have no say […] Read more »
Bill Tilden is not cutting back, rather just cutting the grass. The 15-year Old Rochester Regional Director of Athletics is stepping down from that position and switching over to groundskeeper. “It’s a natural progression, nobody knows the fields like I do,” said Tilden, who long ago established a local landscaping and irrigation […] Read more »
Something of extreme importance took place on June 17 at the Plumb Library in Rochester: a third Little Free Diverse Library was dedicated. It had been the hope and dream of the founders of Tri-Town Against Racism to erect these precious little bastions of inclusion and diversity in the form of the popular […] Read more »
I wish everyone could row a boat, go sailing, smell the ocean, or feel what it’s like to lose sight of land and find the place you were looking for at the end of navigating an impartial and unforgiving ocean. I also very much wish everyone, everyone, could visit a boat shop. Almost all […] Read more »
Derek Medeiros didn’t have vocational on his resume, but he had it in his life, and the opportunity to experience that side of public education is a logical step for the 43-year-old principal of Rochester Memorial School. The opportunity emerged this spring to join Greater New Bedford Vocational-Technical High School as one of […] Read more »
The ancient species of the common Loon is one of the oldest living creatures on the face of the Earth. They go back several billion years in time and are among the first amphibious creatures that first crawled up on land out of the waters of the sea. By so doing, they became a […] Read more »