Amanda C. Thompson
Cohasset Mariner
Cohasset, MA, United States
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Don't break windows; call police to save dogs in hot cars
Dog-lovers, do not break any car windows this summer to free pets from hot cars. If you see a dog that truly appears to be in distress (heavy panting, → Read More
Music was the Muse for Cohasset author as he wrote about Beach Boys, Charles Manson and more
The 1960s weren’t just about peace, love, and flowers, even within the music scene. There was a dark underbelly to pop culture in Los Angeles, and → Read More
Perch 143 to offer breakfast in Cohasset Village
Good morning! How about a little brunch? Starting this weekend, Perch 143 will be serving breakfast all morning on top of dinner all night, with an abbreviated bar menu in between – making it one of the only places in town where you can get a good meal morning, noon and night, all weekend long.The feedback from the community has been great so far regarding dinner, and now it’s time to expand… → Read More
Cohasset voters thought land bylaw needed more work
Once upon a time, Cohasset’s rocky coastline was inhospitable to those who wished to build homes on it. That’s no longer the case, and → Read More
Large home review article falls short at Cohasset Town Meeting
The large home review process will not be changing this year, much to the chagrin of Citizens for Cohasset’s Future.This unofficial committee drew a large crowd of supporters to Annual Town Meeting May 1, and their citizens’ petition proposing changes to the large home review process (Article 26) did earn a majority vote from those gathered.However, even though proponents and detractors alike… → Read More
Rate hike will save Cohasset from bonding sewer plant project in 2021
In a close vote Monday night, Annual Town Meeting supported a sewer rate hike of more than 10 percent. The increase might seem steep, but according to the → Read More
Citizens' petitions fail to carry at Cohasset Town Meeting
Cohasset Town Meeting voters yessed their way through 90 percent of this year’s articles Monday night, May 1, but when it came time to support the → Read More
Cohasset Eagle Scout is youngest to make rank in a decade
His Eagle Scout project was a game, but Marcus Rowland isn’t playing around. At 16 years of age, the Cohasset High School sophomore was the youngest → Read More
Cohasset School District narrows down choices for Assistant Superintendent
It might not be obvious because things have been running so smoothly, but school district administration has been in flux this year, and the time has come → Read More
Two-lane travel to resume on Beechwood St., Cohasset in 5 to 6 weeks
Rain delays aren’t just for sports games and commercial flights. The wet weather has been holding things up at Bound Brook Dam, requiring extra pumps to move water across the work site and perpetual patch jobs to keep up with potholes.The work lane has finally switched over to the south side of the bridge, with single-lane traffic flow moving to the north. The open lane is a temporary surface,… → Read More
Cohasset residents take a stand for science
Ever the engaged community, Cohasset had a few faces representing it at the March for Science on Boston Common last Saturday, April 22. Among them were → Read More
Cohasset Annual Town Meeting is Monday at 7:00
If the Annual Town Meeting Warrant that arrived in mailboxes this month seemed a little heavier than usual, that’s because it is. There are 32 articles in all, including several citizens’ petitions that required a lot of deliberation by boards and committees before going up for a vote on the Town Meeting floor.The citizens’ petitions were proposed by a group called Citizens for Cohasset’s… → Read More
Red Lion Inn management hearing more questions than answers for Cohasset selectmen
Joanne Nardo has worked at the Red Lion Inn longer than anybody, and in her 15 years there, she’s worn almost every hat in the business.Line → Read More
Town planner to help shape Cohasset Master Plan
The calendar is shaping up for the Master Plan Committee. For the next 20 months, there will be community visioning sessions, surveys, and focus groups as → Read More
Community Compact already paying off for Cohasset
On April 20, the Town of Cohasset and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito signed a community compact (an agreement of partnership and sharing of best practices → Read More
One Train, One Book, 17 historical figures highlighted at Cohasset Historical Society
For Henry Whitney and his friends, 19th-century squad goals included snapping up properties along Cohasset’s Gold Coast and starting → Read More
Fashion for a cause: Cohasset church to host fabulous fundraiser
Friends of the Nativity and Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church (Panagia to members) will be looking good and doing good at the church’s spring fashion show April 30.With clothes by Little Shop of Paula’s in Hull, music by DJ Mark Shom, and dinner by the Barker Tavern in Scituate, where the show will take place, the event promises to carry on the fun and fabulous tradition of… → Read More
Cohasset Middle School emphasizes students, not just smarts
If you remember hating middle school, that’s probably because you didn’t go to middle school – you went to junior high. Big difference. → Read More
Treating tricky symptoms really makes Cohasset Lyme and PANS specialists tick
Some people wouldn’t recognize Lyme disease if it came up and bit them.It’s not really their fault. Only 40 percent of infected tick bites develop the telltale bullseye rash, and the ones that do may only show it for a few hours. You could miss it completely while you were sleeping, or on the back of your neck where it’s out of sight.That’s how people – adults and children alike – can end up… → Read More
Affordable Housing for Cohasset, by Cohasset via zoning article
Not everyone can afford to move to Cohasset. Some people who already live here can’t even afford it. For the Affordable Housing Steering Committee (and the state of Massachusetts), that’s a problem, and it’s why every town has to offer a certain percentage of housing at an affordable rate.Affordable Housing means moderate housing that is affordable by someone making 80 percent of the median… → Read More