The Barn Swallow is one of the most active insect and mosquito predators, fortunately well distributed around most of the natural world. It is very common everywhere across the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and it patrols the biggest part of the northern hemisphere. It ranks in public opinion as one of […] Read more »
Memorial Day has become over decades the unofficial beginning of summer. With only a few days remaining in the school calendar and warmer weather with longer daylight hours, it’s time to p-a-r-t-y! It may be that because we (used to) have cold, dark winters, the summer months were worthy of celebrating. I say […] Read more »
Colby Rottler is a soft-spoken man. You have to listen carefully when he is speaking in order to catch what he is saying, which tends to be on point. We know this from the many years and many meetings we have attended covering Zoning Board of Appeals and Finance Committee meetings of which […] Read more »
Rochester is one of the oldest communities in the state and tends to have a unique patriotic spirit. That patriotic spirit was in full force down the Mattapoisett River on Memorial Day, where more than 40 paddle boats weaved their way 13 miles toward a family-fun-cookout finish line on Route 6 in Mattapoisett. […] Read more »
Editor’s Note: The Wanderer is sharing keynote addresses as spoken by guest speakers at this year’s local Memorial Day observances. Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to talk with you today. It is a tremendous honor, and I feel entirely inadequate to be standing in front of you to discuss the […] Read more »
The best way to tell if the unwanted Grackles are invading your backyard is to check on flocks of blackbirds and starlings already there making a nuisance of themselves. The tallest with the longest tails among them will turn out to be Grackles, with their purple, shiny heads in sharp contrast with bronze, […] Read more »
My grandmother was a gentle lady, but every time her cat had kittens, she picked out the one that looked like it might be the best mouser (how she knew that was beyond me), placed the rest in a burlap bag with a large rock and threw the bag into the pond, which was […] Read more »
There was no digital stopwatch on display, but Sunday’s Tour de Creme bicycle ride was nonetheless an athletic event if only because even top-echelon performers tackling the longer courses indulged. “A couple of guys passed me, then they stopped for ice cream,” said Bob Gendron, who pulled into the Munro Preserve as the […] Read more »
A sprinkler malfunction resulted in water damage throughout the Sippican Elementary School on Tuesday night, prompting Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Sippican Principal Marla Sirois to cancel classes on Wednesday, May 24, according to a press release issued at 10:33 pm. Initial reports of the broken sprinkler came in at […] Read more »
Taking on the story of a person as wrapped in 20th century history on a global and local level as Eleanor Roosevelt takes an equally brave and insightful person. But to take it on as an actress inhabiting such a large personality is something else – it is epic. Equal to the character […] Read more »