Sunday, July 6, 2025

Mourning a busted bracket but this time from Spain

As another year of March Madness makes us all a bit crazy, it’s time for this reporter to empty his notepad.

Letter to the Editor: Property taxes unsustainable

When will taxpayers say “enough is enough”? We just received our property taxes payable this year, and they went up 25% —...

Enjoying the dog days of summer with two cool canines

Since we’re now in the dog days of summer — the 40-day period that lasts from July 3 to Aug. 11 —...

The perfect cure for the Labor Day Blues

Labor Day weekend is usually a melancholy experience. The end of another summer and here we go … sweaters and coats will...

Letter to the Editor: Norwell High School has (among other things) an academics...

On Sunday, Oct. 13, 49 members of the Norwell High School junior class were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National...

Angelkeep Journals: Yearling birds’ first winter snow

Angelkeep hadn’t had enough of auld lang syne. First snowflakes struck prior to Thanksgiving. Sweet Gwen celebrated. She stood alone in the...

Angelkeep Journals: When it’s good to be scarred for life

Today spring arrives. Ernest Hemingway summed up the day long ago: “When spring came, even the false spring, there...

As principals go, there has been only one like this 

The principal of Bellmont High School during its first year of consolidation had some challenges, molding three student bodies and three faculties...

Biden plays the ‘Insurrection Day’ card

It was silly, but I was really hoping 2022 would be different. A new...

Blue jays over the years

“The Simmons family was awakened early this morning by a fearful commotion among the hundreds of jay...