With pandemic-related aid from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on a schedule to wind down, many area residents could see an end to a monthly assistance check, and that in itself makes the Marion Food Bank that much more relevant. “A lot of people started saving about 95 extra dollars with their Covid benefit. […] Read more »
Last week, I wrote about pizza in all its varieties and about the proliferation of pizza purveyors. Today I will be musing about another passion … the popular pickle. What you have just read is, in writing parlance, called a hook. It is designed to perk the reader’s curiosity to continue reading what comes […] Read more »
Norm Hills is running to maintain his seat on the Marion Select Board, but he is retiring from the Planning Board, where he currently serves as chairman. Chris Collings’ and Eileen Marum’s Planning Board terms are also expiring. The last day to file papers with the town clerk to run for elected office […] Read more »
When Old Rochester Regional High School Musical Director Mike Barnicle recommended the musical “Once Upon a Mattress” to ORRHS Theater Director Maxx Domingos, the young director was not so sure it would be a good fit. Barnicle talked Domingos into it and, as fate would have it, the tight-knit cast — or one […] Read more »
The American Crow is one of the most widely distributed and recognized birds in North America. According to naturalists, there are more crows in this country than when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. That is because they take good care of their young and are very clever in defending them against numerous enemies. […] Read more »
When Tabor alum Maija Scarpaci came home from her first semester at Holy Cross during the fall of 1995, she felt that her childhood home was too quiet. Scarpaci instead came home to Tabor Academy, visiting her former teachers, many of whom were all saddened by the tragic injury of Scarpaci’s then boyfriend, […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum has been educating the public for decades on the wonders of the natural world. The small space occupied on the second floor of the Elizabeth Taber Library is its home base. In this case, size doesn’t matter. The museum is a mighty powerhouse for learning. Currently in transition […] Read more »
On Saturday, March 18, Boys Scouts Troop 32 Scoutmaster Paul St. Don will help take Troop 32 and Pack 32 (Cub Scouts) over to Camp Hadley to do some cleanup of the March 8 brush fire that destroyed buildings and belongings at the scouts’ Marion headquarters. “And talk about what happened,” he said. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Bike Path has been a work in process for decades, involving numerous town officials, department heads and an equal or greater number of volunteers. So when the construction of the heralded Phase 1b featuring a lengthy, raised boardwalk traversing scenic wetlands and coastal beaches at last began, a collective “hurray” rang out […] Read more »
Sunday is pizza night in our house. My bride makes a darn good pizza. Add pepperoni, peppers and mushrooms, and I’m a satisfied customer. On the rare occasion she doesn’t have the ingredients for her masterpiece of Mediterranean cuisine, we order from a nearby pizzeria and have it delivered in one of those […] Read more »