For many decades, doctors have used the traditional coronary disease “risk factors” to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart attacks or other major coronary events. These include smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol. These factors can be plugged into various formulas to predict the likelihood of a coronary event occurring in […] Read more »
Spring comes in increments – each little note building up to a symphony. We bystanders are delighted by the show and feel ourselves come alive in this most resplendent of seasons. Birdsong and tiny flowers envelop us, brooks gush, buds swell, drawing us into this magnificent and mysterious rebirth. Are you ready? Then […] Read more »
The Tony Award winning screwball musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” is the story of a 1920s style stage musical set in the imagination of a lonely musical theater fan. Its pace is frenetic and makes its cast work very hard, but the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club will be meeting the challenge […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional (ORR) School District and MA Superintendency Union #55 Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to share that Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Jaime Curley was recently featured on Corwin’s “Teacher to Teacher” podcast. Curley joined host Dr. Carol Pelletier Radford and fellow guest John Almarode for the premiere episode of Season […] Read more »
Earth Day is held on April 22 with this year’s being the 55th anniversary of the first in 1970. It began during a time of great public protest in this country due to the Vietnam War, the Nixon Presidency, and increasing fears of pollution and climate change. Earth Day offers us a time […] Read more »
Easter is fast approaching and with it returns snatches, bits, and pieces of childhood memories. As a child, it was a day to eat chocolate before breakfast and dress up in new Easter outfits. It was celebrated in a secular fashion; my parents didn’t attend any type of organized religion. They did, however, […] Read more »
April sees the heavens light up with the continuing nova light explosion and a meteor shower. As said before, compared to areas near Boston or New Bedford, the South Coast has pretty good dark skies. We are very fortunate in that regard. For the astrophysicist in us all, please use this month’s guide to assist […] Read more »
The new headquarters of the Marion Department of Public Works is nearing completion and will be enclosed for the first time by week’s end, according to the town’s Facilities Director, Shaun Cormier. “All the garage doors are getting installed,” said Cormier. “The sheetrock is up. Some of the finish HVAC is going in […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26. Enrichment Teacher Chelsey Lawrence organized Sippican’s 2025 Science Fair, which included work from 60 participants who entered about 40 projects. “We had an amazing Science […] Read more »
Most of us have (or will have) experienced an acute lower back pain. Sometimes the cause is obvious – you unloaded six bags of loam from the trunk of your car – while other times “I just bent over to pick up a pencil.” Our back muscles extend over a long distance and stretching them […] Read more »