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Mattapoisett remembers Horace Field

MATTAPOISETT — Dozens of well-wishers gathered at Munro Park in Mattapoisett on Monday, Nov. 1 to memorialize the late Horace Field III, a former Mattapoisett Harbormaster and military veteran who died in July. Field was born in Salem and lived most...

Who you gonna call: Mattapoisett’s friendly neighborhood ghost hunter

MATTAPOISETT — For most of us, the idea of seeing a ghost is a terrifying and objectionable proposition — one that even the most logically-minded skeptics would rather not have to rationalize — but for Stephanie Burke, meeting a ghost is as natural...
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Derek DeCosta: Finding freedom in forgiveness

MARION — When Derek DeCosta first arrived in Hyannis, he was scared and alone. He did not speak English. He did not know where he was or why his parents had abandoned him. He didn’t even know yet that his name had been changed from Yoon Sang Kyun...

Police Chief Nighelli to participate in Jimmy Fund Walk

MARION — Police Chief Richard Nighelli is participating in the 2021 Jimmy Fund Walk to benefit cancer research. The walk is taking place on Sunday, Oct. 3. Though the walk usually follows routes along the Boston Marathon course, walkers will be...

Beloved animal doctor honored with reflections, pet blessings

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DARTMOUTH — For 22 years, the late Dr. Nicole Rickard worked with passion to ensure pets stopping by the Chase Farm Veterinary Hospital in North Dartmouth had the best care possible. “Nobody, no matter their situation, was not worth caring about,”...

She’s running the Boston Marathon for a cause

MATTAPOISETT — Training for your first marathon with three young kids is hard enough. But for Mattapoisett resident Kristen Wingate, that training schedule includes raising $10,000. Wingate is running the Boston Marathon as part of the Joe Andruzzi...

Candidate profile: Kenneth Wilbur for Mattapoisett Select Board

MATTAPOISETT — Ken Wilbur may not have any political experience to speak of, but he’s hoping voters will see past that to his wealth of experience in other fields when they go to the ballot box on July 27 to choose a new Select Board member. Wilbur...

Rochester may see first female Eagle Scout

ROCHESTER — For a Boy Scout, reaching the rank of Eagle Scout is the ultimate goal, the culmination of years of diligent hard work and a badge of honor that is held for life. Now, two years after the organization opened its doors to girls, the first...

Candidate profile: Tyler Macallister for Mattapoisett Select Board

MATTAPOISETT — Tyler Macallister is making another run for it. The former Mattapoisett Select Board member is making another bid for his old seat in the town’s July 27 special election, after resigning from his position on the board in fall 2019 to...

Marion native highlighted for training of Navy officers

MARION – Chief Petty Officer Bill Kenny, a native of Marion, joined the Navy to become a fifth-generation military legacy. Now, 11 years after joining, Kenny is part of the most innovative tactics at Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS), located...

Getting ready to sail south with Cooper Newton

MATTAPOISETT -- Why Worry? That’s both the name of recent OR graduate and Mattapoisett resident Cooper Newton’s recently restored 1967 Bristol 27, and his attitude toward sailing her south this summer. Pretty far south, actually. Newton was accepted...

Meet the new Rochester Council on Aging director

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Council on Aging is getting a fresh face with new Director Eric Poulin. Poulin, a Fall River native and UMass Dartmouth alumnus, is excited to begin work at the senior center and already has plans to resume several programs...

Marion boy raises money for fallen police K-9

MARION — A lot of boys want to be police officers when they grow up and many of them want to work with dogs, but few have done as much for K-9 police as eight-year-old Brantley Dubois of Marion. Brantley wants to be a K-9 police officer when he’s...

Grace Morrison: Country recording during covid

ROCHESTER -- When her tour with Shawn Mullens was cancelled by the pandemic in 2020, Grace Morrison sat down to write a five-song EP. Instead, she ended up with a full 15-song country album, featuring the likes of Lloyd Maines (father of the Dixie...

Meghan Parks: From Marion to Madison for the CrossFit Games

It’s 6:04 a.m. on a misty Tuesday morning in June at Seaside CrossFit in Wareham, and Marion’s Meghan Parks is already halfway through her workout. She’s about to start a 24-minute act of attrition: Deadlifts, a 400-meter run, kettlebell swings,...