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No kidding: Rarest breed of goat gives birth in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — The kids are alright. Three baby goats were born at Pine Meadow Alpacas on April 3, just as the farm gets ready to reopen to the public. But the kids aren’t just any old goats. Their moms, Sunshine and Moonshine, are Arapawa goats —...

How a Marion man hiked the whole East Coast

MARION — Making it from Maine to the Florida Keys takes long enough by car, but nowhere near as long as Marion resident Charlie Duane’s completion of the feat by foot. While it wasn’t all in one shot, Duane has been on enough long distance hikes to...

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Meet the Mattapoisett brigade behind Bask

MATTAPOISETT — Hey, what’s that smell? Cinnamon, actually. At Bask Sungrown Cannabis' cultivation facility in Freetown, CEO and Mattapoisett native Chappy Dickerson has odor-eliminating equipment that scents the air around the facility to smell,...

ORR student takes on professional dance

Old Rochester Regional High School student Storm Lanzoni is pirouetting into the world of professional dance. Lanzoni, a sophomore at OR, recently had his first professional dancing role in a music video for the Boston-formed indie band Chain of...

Mattapoisett Seed Library begins to bloom

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s Seed Library is growing — and fast. The program was first sprouted last year by former librarian Liz Shelly, and the library gave patrons about 50 donated packets of seeds. Just a few weeks into...

Podcasting pays: OR grad tackles student loans with business

School loans can be a burden that students carry for years, but Old Rochester Regional High School graduate Trevor Oldham made short work of his by starting a business. His business, Podcasting You, books financial and entrepreneurial experts and...

Rochester rocks: Documenting Native American stone structures

Overcast skies, near freezing temperatures and a cold breeze might not seem like friendly conditions for most — but for Rochester resident Stephen DiMarzo, that weather is perfect. Those cold temperatures and cloudy skies make for the best days for...

Chris Black: A reporter’s perspective on the D.C. mob

Marion resident Chris Black watched along with the rest of the world as an angry mob stormed the Capitol building in protest of Joe Biden’s confirmation as president on Jan 6. But for Black, those insurrectionists didn’t just storm the people’s...