Friday, May 10, 2013
Last year, the Friday before Mother's Day was the heaviest traffic day of the year on the Mass Pike.
Mother's Day Weekend (and warm-ish weather) is upon us — and so will be throngs of people trying to flee town, especially on the Mass Pike or heading to the Cape. Turnpike toll transactions statistics from 2012 ranked the Friday before Mother’s Day as the heaviest traffic day on the Pike with more than 363,000 transactions logged between Interstate 95/Route 128 and the New York border. Friday nights in warm weather months accounted for the rest of the top 20 heaviest travel days on the Pike last year: This weekend, heaviest traffic is expected Friday and Sunday afternoons and early evenings. So MassDOT (Massachusetts Department of Transportation) officials are encouraging drivers to make travel plans accordingly and, if possible, avoid …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sean Walsh's column "Musings from the Mills" appears here on Patch.com weekly and occasionally he writes for the Babylon, New York Patch.com.
I still remember the days when absolutely no one wore a seatbelt and we would jump around the car constantly as mom drove all around town, to the store or to school or to wherever. I would have lost my mind entirely if not for car seats for our kids. I cannot believe my mother kept her sanity. Not least of when I decided at about age four to slowly but surely open the car door as she sped down the highway. Yes, the highway. No seatbelt, the pavement blurring by my eyes like lightning in a flash of memory and that tiny little foot reaching out to see what it would be like to jump and run from a moving car at 65 miles per hour and in that same lightning flash moment more than 40 years ago, her ever-present hand reaching over and grabbing …
Spring has sprung, time to get active in Barnstable.
1. The most important thing today is not to forget your Mom! That's right, today is Mother's Day. Break the bank and buy her a bouquet! Moms always know when it's Mother's Day! 2. Can you feel spring coming? It will be partly sunny today, according to the National Weather Service, with a high near 71. West wind around 11 mph. Early this morning will present a slight chance of showers after 3am, but likely it will just stay mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 20percent. 3. If you'd like a little indoor activity today, the Hyannis Youth & Community Center will be hopping so stop on by with your sneakers on or your skates ready: Cape Cod Roller Hockey League 12-3pm. Peteca 3-6pm. Indoor Flag Football 6-9pm. Open …
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Hyannis Youth & Community Center
141 Bassett Ln, Hyannis, MA
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Barnstable Municipal Airport
480 Barnstable Rd, Hyannis, MA
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Tens of thousands of women decide to cheat the day after Mother's Day.
Do you know who Ashley Madison is? If you do, you’re probably either: a) a follower of news related to Rush Limbaugh and/or Tim Tebow, b) a friend of James Woods or his ex-girlfriend or c) an adulterer. The Ashley Madison I’m referring to is not an actual person. It’s an online business whose motto is “Life is short. Have an affair.” More specifically, “the most recognized name in infidelity” connects married people interested in getting to know each other in, well, carnal ways. On an average Monday, between 2,500 and 3,000 women sign up to offer their, uh, services, says AshleyMadison.com co-founder Noel Biderman. On one Monday in May last year, however, 31,427 women joined the site. What was special about that particular Monday? It was …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Some of these mothers we learned from through personal experience, some others in books and television.
With Mother's Day this Sunday, I thought it fitting to give a shout out to a few of the moms that I admire. While I certainly hope that someday I make an “All Time Greatest Moms” list, right now I’ll settle for “I think her kids occasionally eat a vegetable.” Always a good idea to keep that bar within reach, I say. Old Mother Hubbard – I mean come on, she lived in a SHOE. She had a more kids than she could count but still managed to feed them, get them to sleep and hopefully enjoy a well-earned glass of wine every so often. While I may not agree with her method of discipline (do we really think that she “whipped” those kids?), something tells me that when one lives with so many children in such tight quarters, one must lay down the law so …
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