Opossum update

Saturday was Virginia Cochart’s 100th birthday. If you are scratching your head and wondering who Cochart is, then I can’t blame you. Up until about eight weeks ago, I didn’t know either. That was until I got a call at my office from the activities director of the care facility where Cochart lives. She had called letting me know about the October 31 milestone birthday. She had heard Th...

People can be particular about their pizza preferences. I grew up in southern New Jersey, in an area with heavy Italian influences and acidic, sandy soils. The result of this is that I grew up spoiled by having access to some of the best tasting tomatoes and sauces that you can imagine. I imagine that a friend of mine is likely scowling at this point, not just because I gave him a random sho...

I am not certain that the world needs a musical based on the life and criminal career of Bonnie and Clyde. But on Saturday evening, I was sitting front row at the Chestnut Center for the Arts in downtown Marshfield watching the Marshfield Area Actors production of the Broadway play. MAA describes itself as a “community theater troupe dedicated to having fun and putting on the best show possib...