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The Express 2015 Graduation Issue has been published! Make sure you buy a copy of this Special Section! Express 2015 Graduation Issue is available at the following news stands by 2:00 p.m. today!
The paper is available for purchase at the following locations:
East Bridgewater:
Tri-Town Gulf
Whitman:
Little Comfort General Store
Seven-Eleven
Stop & Shop
Whitman Liquors
Temple Liquors
Trio’s Cafe
Duval’s Pharmacy
Tedeschi’s
Whitman Convenience Store
Regal Marketplace
Cumberland Farms
CVS
Hanson:
Village Mini-Mart
14 & 58 Liquors
Shaw’s
Glenn Myette’s General Store
Bryantville Liquors
Tedeschi’s
Twin Lakes Convenience Store
Mike’s House of Pizza
Brennan’s News
Hess Express
Cumberland Farms
CVS
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Christine Janice Biggins
October 26, 1957 – May 12, 2015
Photo courtesy of Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home
Editor’s Note: This story was provided by Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home.
Christine J. (Stiles) Biggins, 57 of Hanson entered into Eternal Rest at her home on May 12, 2015 surrounded by her family and cared for by the Hospice of the South Shore. She was born in Worcester daughter of the late Walter J. and Corinne D. (Meola) Stiles, Sr.
Chris was a graduate of Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester with the Class of 1975 and later attended Leo’s Beauty Institute in Worcester. She was a licensed hairdresser and had worked for the John Dellaria Studios and provided hairdressing services to several funeral homes in the Worcester area.
In 1986 she moved to Hanson where she raised her family and was integral in the acquisition of the Magoun Funeral Home in Rockland with her husband. She has served as Vice-President of the firm since 1998. She travelled extensivelly serving as “First Lady” of the National Funeral Director’s Association, where her warmth and spirit endeared all those that she came in contact with.
Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2004, she met the neurological challenges of that disease with ferver and resolve. On Good Friday of 2007, after a routine mammogram, she was diagnosed with Stage II Breast Cancer. This life changing news began a journey for her to fight everyday to move toward healing.
After a mastectomy and chemotherapy treatments that drained her physically, she decided to begin a healing journey through the practice of Yoga. She took lessons at Open Doors Power Yoga Studios and made the decision to be trained as an instructor. Under the direction of Richard Lanza and Shawn Cornelison, owners of the studios, she began a rigorous training regimen for nearly a year to become a teacher.
She continued her training studying with Rolf Gates for over 1000 hours while under treatment for a reoccurence of her cancer. Chris began blogging on her website, www.christinebiggins.com to share her courage and inspiration while she dealt with a myriad of emotions and setbacks.
In May of 2014 after the third occurence of her cancer which now had progressed to Stage IV Metastatatic Breast Cancer, she was surprised an honored to be recognized through the “Rockland Friends” in a breast cancer awareness campaign which provided pink bracelets with #chrisbigginsstrong imprinted on them. Nearly 5000 bracelets have been circulated and photographed by her supporters at locations all over the world. These photos, posted to Facebook, had lifted her spirits and inspired her to remain strong.
Chris is survived by her husband of 37 years, Robert J. Biggins. She was the loving mother of Daniel J. Biggins and his wife Danielle of Rockland, Erin K. Russo and her husband Michael of Loganville, GA, Andrew J. Biggins of Hanson and her late infant Son, Robert J. Biggins, Jr. She was quite proud of her title of “Nana” to her five grandsons, Gavan D. Biggins, Logan W. Russo, Ronan D. Biggins, Landon R. Russo and Shea D. Biggins.
One of 10 children, she is survived by her sisters, Cheryl Bleau of NH, Maryann LaFrance of North Adams, Doreen Lebel of Webster, Debra Maguire of Webster and Jacqueline French of VT., her brothers Walter J. Stiles, Jr. of GA, Kevin Stiles of Holden, Philip Stiles of Leicester and Dennis Stiles of GA. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.
The Biggins Family invites friends and loved ones to celebrate her life on Sunday May 17, 2015 at the Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home, 135 Union Street, Rockland from 5:00–8:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday May 18, 2015 in Holy Family Church in Rockland at 11:00 AM. Burial will follow at Holy Family Cemetery Donations in her memory may be made to the Christine Biggins Courage Scholarship , c/o Rockland Trust Co., 288 Union St. Rockland MA 02370.
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Every day was Earth Day at WHRHS last week as the school’s Student Environmental Awareness Club, (SEAC), sponsored Green Week ahead of the April 22 Earth Day observance, which falls during vacation week.
Monday featured a composting demonstration titled “Don’t Be Trashy,” students were encouraged to wear green on Tuesday, Wednesday was “Lights Out” day, students learned to make organic yogurt during seminar with science teacher Laurie Bianchi on Thursday, and Friday’s student news program featured more information on composting.
“A few of us went to Hingham to see what they were doing because we heard they were doing wonderful environmental things,” Bianchi said Thursday. Club President Megan Concannon and Vice President Leah Pederson drove over to Hingham High School one afternoon and were duly impressed and inspired.
“The composting is new,” Bianchi said. “We’re starting that as soon as we get back from vacation.”
Hanson’s Ace Hardware store has donated bins for the project into which students are encouraged to place their food waste for composting. Student volunteers will empty the collection bins into an outdoor composting bin donated by the East Bridgewater DPW.
“Composting itself is relatively low-tech,” she said. “It just decomposes into beautiful soil we can use in all the gardens.”
SEAC’s 42 members are also planning a water filtration project to change the habit of relying on bottled water.
“Students were inspired after getting two environmental awards last spring to do more at the high school,” Bianci said. “They decided, without nudges from me, to look into a No Idling Policy, composting program, and fundraising to purchase water filtration units.”
SEAC has teamed up with Next Step Living in the SEED fundraiser to raise money for the water filtration units. Green Hanson also made a sizable donation.
Through SEED, Next Step Living will make the following donations to SEAC: $10 for every completed no-cost home energy assessment and $50 for every completed no-cost home solar assessment
To sign-up for a no-cost home energy evaluation provided by your local utility sponsored energy saving program, Mass Save, go to http://goodener.gy/Whitman-HansonHS-HEA. Sign-ups for a solar assessment are made at http://goodener.gy/Whitman-HansonHS-Solar.
Part of the organic yogurt project was to focus on healthier eating, but just as important was reducing the number of plastic containers in the waste stream, Bianchi told her students.
“You also save yourself a ton of money because it’s actually very easy to make yogurt,” she said.
Students heated four cups of milk to just boiling in a microwave oven, allowing it to cool to 117 degrees.
“The longest process is heating the milk and allowing it to cool to the proper temperature,” she said. “If it’s too hot, you’re going to kill the bacteria. If it’s too cold, it may take longer to set.”
After using some of the hot milk to temper two tablespoons of plain yogurt with active cultures, they added it to the milk to act as a beneficial bacterial source. A half cup of powdered milk is also added for additional protein and to act as a thickening agent during the 10 to 24 hours it needs for incubation.
Cooking, of course is a science.
“The first time you make yogurt you need some plain yogurt as a starter,” Bianchi said. “You’ll never have to buy yogurt again.”
I would like to introduce myself to the residents of Whitman, my name is Cathy Gage and I am a candidate for Town Clerk in the up coming town elections on May 16.
I have been a resident of Whitman for 23 years and I am very fortunate to have raised my three children who are now young adults in such a great community. I cannot think of a better way to utilize my time and energy than to take this opportunity to become more involved in the town that I have been a part of for many years.
If elected as Town Clerk, I will bring many years of customer service experience, my professionalism, and my utmost respect for staff, other departments, and most of all to the residents of Whitman. I will also bring to the position a strong work ethic and the willingness to put in the time and effort it takes to accomplish the job.
I am excited and look forward to the opportunity to represent the community of Whitman. I would appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the polls.
— Catherine Gage
Preschool Information Night has been rescheduled to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Maquan School, 38 School St., Hanson.
Kindergarten Information Night is 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12 at the
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. This meeting will provide parents with details regarding our full-day and half-day programs and the registration process. There will be a brief question and answer session following the meeting.
Parents of children that will turn 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2015 should attend. The meeting will be in the Dr. John F. McEwan Performing Arts Center atWHRHS, 600 Franklin St., Whitman.
Due to the impending winter storm, the Whitman-Hanson Express has moved this week’s print date to Thursday. Conditions permitting, subscriptions should received on Friday, January 29, 2015.
Please check the Whitman or Hanson town hall web sites for information about snow removal and other items. If you experience an emergency during the rough weather, please call 911.
More information about the storm, including travel bans, can be found on the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s web site. The Massachusetts State Police’s web site also has safety tips that you can refer to.
Whitman Police are seeking the public’s assistance as they investigate the vandalism of 67 gravestones at Colebrook Cemetery. The damage was discovered and reported by a citizen Sunday morning. Photo by Stephanie Spyropoulos
WHITMAN — Police are investigating the vandalism of more than five dozen gravestones at Colebrook Cemetery. At 11:06 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 4, a citizen reported to the Whitman Police Department that gravestones had been knocked over at the cemetery located at 45 Essex St. A cruiser was dispatched to the
cemetery and the officer who responded requested that the Plymouth County Sheriff’s BCI Unit be called to respond to the scene for photographs of the damaged and knocked over gravestones. There were no fingerprints on the gravestones due to the inclement weather last night.
A total of 67 gravestones were knocked over and damaged. One of the gravestones knocked over was the family gravestone of First Lt. John R. Fox who was with the 366th Infantry regiment’s 598th Field Artillery Battalion during WWII. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1982 and the Medal of Honor in 1997. Lt. Fox’s grave marker is set flush to the ground and therefore it was not damaged.
This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the Whitman Police Department at 781-447-1212.