Sue Scheible

1 week ago | patriotledger.com | Sue Scheible

HINGHAM − At age 95, an agile and energetic Carmine "Charlie" Mazzulli told me his secret was,  "Keep on moving. I never want to stop."Charlie was up each morning by 7 a.m. and basically on duty as a caregiver for his son until he turned in about 9:30 p.m. He did all the cooking, the grocery shopping, drove his son to medical appointments, managed more than a dozen medications and more. The next day, he cheerfully started all over again. I first met Charlie a year and a half ago at Thanksgiving.

1 week ago | patriotledger.com | Sue Scheible

WEYMOUTH − Gardeners, take your mark!The challenge and rewards of annual spring plant sales held by South Shore garden clubs are growing each year. "So many people have good gardens now that you each need a little something unusual, a little oomph, to compete," Kathy Donahue of the Scituate Garden Club said this week. The members work hard through the winter to come up with new ideas; now the selling season is about to begin.

2 weeks ago | patriotledger.com | Sue Scheible

ROCKLAND − On most weekday afternoons, Paddy Hagan comes home after work around 3 p.m., enters the side door of his expanded Cape house on Concord Street and greets 101-year-old Ellen Dunne. Ellen is usually sitting in the family room overlooking the back deck while her granddaughter Kristy, who is Paddy's wife, is working in her home office across the hallway. Paddy, 50, will put on the hot water to make Barry's Irish Gold Tea, take a cup to Ellen and go off to relax and tend to business.

3 weeks ago | patriotledger.com | Sue Scheible

Liane Brandon, a former Quincy teacher, pioneered media education in Massachusetts schools in the late 1960s. Brandon will present two films she created with students and her own award-winning film, "Anything You Want To Be," at the Quincy Historical Society on Thursday, April 24. Brandon co-founded New Day Films, a social issue film distributor, and her film "Betty Tells Her Story" was inducted into the National Film Registry.

3 weeks ago | patriotledger.com | Sue Scheible

Many people like to read historical fiction. But how might they feel about being part of the plot. A play on Patriots' Day, April 21, will give the audience just that chance. Some playgoers may decide to help recreate how local residents reacted on the South Shore after news arrived that the first shots had been fired in Lexington and Concord. Admission is free but the seating is limited. You do have two chances to join in. More: How many Revolutionary War battles happened in MA?