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Middleboro teacher, outdoor educator promotes stewardship with Sippican Lands Trust

Alan Harris is the former president of the Sippican Lands Trust and an educator at Middleboro High School. Photos by Grace Roche

MARION — When Alan Harris isn’t in the classroom teaching about nature, he can be found on Sippican Lands Trust trails caring for nature and advocating for stewardship and connection. Harris has worked…

Tri-Town duo put their cooking ‘chops’ to good use

Meg Albert, left, and Patty Nicholson make a combined 80 quarts of soup for Damien's Food Pantry each week. Photo by : Grace Roche

MARION — When the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as SNAP — went unfunded for part of November 2025, two Tri-Town residents had just begun a food…

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Marion teens prepare for mission trip serving youth in foster care system

The youth of Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church held a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for their trip Saturday, Jan. 24. Photos by Grace Roche

MARION — While the youth of Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church have gone on several trips to volunteer in communities in need, they haven’t gotten to serve people their own age. For each trip, Youth Director Wendy Reardon selects a few projects for...

Service project feeds families at Old Rochester Junior High

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MATTAPOISETT — Seventh-grader Andrew Cody rushes around a small room in his junior high school’s building. He’s busy scanning the barcodes of the dry goods packed into the space with a scanner connected to his computer. He cuts out stickers and...

Friends of Jack supports pediatric health around the South Coast

Jill Fearons, left, and Dr. Brian Sard, Chairman and Medical Director of Pediatrics at Southcoast Health, pose together after The Friends of Jack donated $11,529 to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford to purchase medical equipment. Photo source: Friends of Jack Foundation

MATTAPOISETT — Jill Fearons never left her son Jack’s side when he was admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital at 5 years old. Jack needed surgery to correct a brain malformation that can cause motor and cognitive dysfunction. As he was recovering...

‘Once a cheerleader, always a cheerleader’: Mattapoisett resident performs at Atlanta Falcons 60th anniversary

Botelho shakes her pom poms.

MATTAPOISETT — Elaine Botelho was on the Atlanta Falcons’ first cheerleading squad in 1966. The 78-year-old has lived in Mattapoisett since 2005 and is a mother, grandmother, teacher, gardener and former president of Mattapoisett Woman’s Club....

Run for a Santa Cause: Mattapoisett mom, teacher to host fundraiser run for MS

Pease and her 4 children visiting in the hospital, December 5, 2024, the day Pease was diagnosed with MS.

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett mother and Fairhaven Middle School teacher Jennifer Pease was inspired by her MS diagnosis and daughter to organize a 5K Santa Stampede fun run to raise awareness of the disease for the first time this December. On...

Rochester resident named Woman to Watch by Massachusetts Society of CPAs

Mitzi Keating a Rochester accountant who has been awarded a Woman to Watch by the Massachusetts Board of CPAs. Source: Hannah Naranjo

ROCHESTER — Rochester resident Mitzi Keating was selected as a 2025 Woman to Watch Award by the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. The award recognizes professionals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to their...

The toll of chemical spraying on my father’s honey bee hives

Written by Old Rochester Regional High School junior and Rochester resident Miah Motta, this article examines the impact of pesticides and chemical spraying on her father’s beehives. Ryan Motta, her father, has cared for beehives on his property in...