NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent The North River today is so serene: it can be difficult to imagine that it was once a booming center of industry. Beginning in the […]
Noteworthy North River Ships
Visiting the Waterfalls of Massachusetts
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Quite by accident, I visited two of our state’s Top Ten waterfalls this summer. One weekend in late June, I went to the Berkshires for […]
Rockland’s Rail Trail
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Do you know about the Hanover Branch Railroad? It extended 7.8 miles from Hanover Four Corners, through South and West Hanover, across Rockland, to North Abington, where it connected with […]
Unplugging: Its Joys and Challenges
Unplug by taking a walk in the woods. Pictured here: Cornell Woodland in North Marshfield. (This article was originally published in September 2011. It was inadvertently left out of this […]
Canoe Rental on the North River
Canoeing on the North River. (This article was originally published in September 2012. It was inadvertently left out of this blog.) In mid-September, a high school friend was visiting from […]
New Conservation Lands in Marshfield
The trail into the John Little Conservation Area in Marshfield. (This article was originally published in December 2012. It was inadvertently left out of this blog.) The South Shore is […]
Duxbury’s North Hill Marsh
(Note: This article was originally published in October 2013, but was inadvertently left out of this blog.) For years I have avoided Duxbury’s North Hill Marsh because on my first […]
A Return to the Blue Hills Ski Area
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent I decided in my early forties to learn to ski. At first it was so I could accompany my son, who was into snowboarding at […]
Exploring Webster’s Wilderness
–> I was asked recently for some suggestions for nature walks near Marshfield Center, and was somewhat taken aback at how many there are, within a small radius. There’s the […]
NATURE: A Pontoon Boat Cruise on the North River
by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent If you’re reading this article, you are probably aware of the North and South Rivers — two beautiful, healthy, tidal waterways whose watershed comprises much of […]