The SouthCoast offers protected estuaries from Wareham to Westport that formerly supported rich terrapin populations. Today, small remnant populations have been confirmed on both east and west coasts of Buzzards Bay. A few dedicated homeowners have created sandy "turtle gardens" to offer increased nesting areas to compensate for centuries-long human development of the SouthCoast shoreline.
Author: dmcquadelewis
Keywords: Sippican Marion harbor turtle terrapin nesting conservation wildlife estuary
Added: September 1, 2008
AC/DC's Brian Johnson and Billy Mitchell (Ex-Lindisfarne) perform a duet of the Geordie classic 'Geordie's Lost His Liggie' at 2006's Sunday for Sammy concert.
DVD available from http://www.mawson-wareham.com/videos.htm
ABOUT SUNDAY FOR SAMMY: Following Geordie actor Sammy Johnson's sudden death in 1998, his friends Tim Healy and Jimmy Nail established the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund in his memory. This is the fourth of what has now become a series of sell-out concerts on Tyneside in support of the fund. The event, staged this time at the Sage Gateshead, again captured the imagination of the people of the North-East and both shows sold out without any advertising.
A cast featuring Tim Healy, Jimmy Nail and Kevin Whately - Dennis, Oz and Neville from Auf Wiedersehen Pet, plus Brian Johnson, Denise Welch, Jill Halfpenny, Brendan Healy, John Miles, ex-Lindisfarne singer Billy Mitchell, Young Sinfonia, the Swing Bridge Singers and many, many more delivered two hours of scintillating music and comedy in memory of their pal Sammy.
75% of proceeds from the sale of this product will be donated to the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund. The fund is managed by the Community Foundation and provides grants for talented young performers from the North East of England.
© 2006 Mawson-Wareham
Author: wateroftyne
Keywords: Newcastle Tim Healy Jimmy Nail Kevin Whately Auf Wiedersehen Pet John Miles Sunday for Sammy AC/DC Lindisfarne
Added: January 29, 2008
The Enterprise of Brockton
www.enterprisenews.com
As fire raced through a building on Montello and East Market streets in Brockton about 30 years ago, killing two people, only one call alerted firefighters to the blaze.
It came from a call box on the street.
That's one of the reasons why Brockton, Quincy, Wareham and a handful of other local communities are refusing to give up the fire call boxes that have lined streets for more than 100 years.
Author: BrocktonEnterprise
Keywords: GHSVID GHSNEVID enterprise brockton fire call boxes
Added: December 10, 2007
With the end of summer approaching, I wondered how Shirley Cross is doing. Shirley is 92 now, a Harvard-trained botanist who created the wildflower garden at Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich.
Two years ago on Labor Day, I had stopped by the nature center when Shirley happened to drive up in her 1987 pickup truck. In her straw hat, with thermos, picnic lunch and garden tools, she was ready to get to work, even on a holiday. She introduced herself and gave me a terrific spontaneous tour - Sneezeweed, turtleheads, bottled gentian, Joe Pye-weed - she knew all the Latin names.
Whenever I visit the nature center, I think about Shirley. Her house is nearby, right next to the Cape Cod Central railroad tracks, surrounded by a white picket fence and trees.
''Just come to the back door and knock, anytime,'' she once said. Each time, she has been unfailingly gracious, cheerful and involved in some interesting project. Last week, I ventured up to the kitchen door, peered through the window and there she was, seated at the counter, making a pie.
''Oh, it's a blueberry pie for my children, who are coming to lunch, so we've got to have something special,'' she said. She didn't miss a beat as she rolled out the top, carefully folded it, and cut small nicks to create a symmetrical pattern. ''I don't know if we got that in the middle or not, but we hope so,'' she said, sliding it into the oven.
Due to arthritis, she uses a cane now but she still volunteers every Monday in the wildflower garden, with a half-dozen others and horticulturist Catherine Paulson. With help from friends, Shirley also keeps up a large vegetable and flower garden in her side yard.
We went out to check the ''crops'' - tall rows of corn, squash, tomatoes, parsley, onions, green peppers. She knelt down and carefully selected an ear of corn for me to take home, along with a baby yellow squash and some parsley. Soon, her son, Tim, arrived with her granddaughter, Lydia Cross, a college sophomore, and I left them to their family luncheon.
It was a lovely, leisurely interlude at the end of another summer.
Without Shirley Cross, there wouldn't be a wildflower garden beside the 1780 homestead that houses the nature center's jam kitchen, classrooms and gift shop.
In 1979, The Thornton W. Burgess Society, which has a museum in Sandwich, purchased the house on Discovery Hill Road for a nature center. At Shirley's urging, the board of directors agreed to turn the house's large side yard into a wildflower garden.
''Shirley has a sparkling personality and always has a twinkle in her eye, even though she is a serious botanist,'' said Joan DiPersio of the center's staff. ''She's our Tasha Tudor. Shirley is also a very good botanical illustrator who has done the drawings for her own booklet.''
Tudor is an American illustrator and children's author who maintains an unusual garden in Vermont. Both women have the same birthday: Aug. 28, 1915.
Shirley Gale earned her doctorate in botany in 1941 from Harvard University, after graduating in 1937 from Massachusetts State College. In 1941, she also married classmate Chester Ellsworth Cross, who became director of the state Cranberry Experimental Station in Wareham from 1952 to 1981. They rented a house in East Sandwich and bought eight acres of cranberry bogs nearby to cultivate.
He was called for military service in 1942, doing scientific research; she kept the bogs going for the next three years. In 1945 when he was discharged, they bought their house and raised three sons: Peter, Christopher and Timothy.
Shirley was ''terrifically involved'' with her sons in Boy Scout activities, summers in New Hampshire and with creative crafts. She retains that same spirit of finding adventure in the life around her.
Visitors are welcome to walk through the garden at any time. An autographed booklet written and illustrated by Shirley, titled ''Green Briar's Wildflower Garden,'' gives basic information about each plant, the history of the garden, propagation, weeds to avoid, and the best growing conditions for each plant. It is for sale for $4.95 in the center's gift shop.
The Green Briar Nature Center is at 6 Discovery Hill Road off Route 6A in East Sandwich. For directions or information, call 508-888-6870 or go online at thorntonburgess.org.
Author: patriotledger
Keywords: ghsvid ghsnevid patriot ledger quincy shirley cross botanist Green Briar Nature Center Sandwich Cape Cod
Added: September 4, 2007
MDK member spitten a Q freestyle at Stevie B's in East Wareham - Onset
Author: Graphicspittz187
Keywords: Kita freestyle
Added: February 25, 2007
Full DVD available from http://www.mawson-wareham.com/videos.htm.
A journey through Newcastle's world-famous funfair, which has been held on the Town Moor for over 120 years. It is now the largest travelling funfair in Europe.
Priceless archive footage provide a unique insight into how the people of the North East had all the fun of the fair spanning three centuries.
Directed by Jeff Brown. Narrated by popular Newcastle comedian Brendan Healy. Featuring music performed by Steve Daggett (http://www.stevedaggett.co.uk)
Author: wateroftyne
Keywords: Hoppings Town Moor Newcastle Travelling Funfair Fairground Brendan Healy Steve Daggett Archive Footage Tyne Waltzer
Added: August 27, 2006
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