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We’re so glad to have Diane Jordan ‘realign’ us at the start of the work week with  More Comfort Monday, which airs every Monday morning at 7:45 on  The South Shore’s Morning News . Diane Jordan is the owner of  Natural Body Works in Kingston  and she specializes in all things bodily and metaphysical, and this week, we're talking about a topic that can manifest both physically and mentally: Empath...

Welcome to another edition of "The South Shore's Morning News" week in review with Rob and Beth. This week we start with a fun conversation with Alex Tainsh, the General Manager of the Brockton Rox baseball team. Then, it's our South Shore Chamber of Commerce segment with Tim Cahill and special guests Sarah and Michael Quatrale, owners of Baya Bar in South Weymouth. Finally, Dr. John Hayes from Ma...

Living and Practicing by Design is a weekly segment with  Dr. John Hayes . It airs Thursday mornings at 9:22 on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with Rob Hakala and Beth Foster.  There is a reason for the common saying "laughter is the best medicine" and Dr. John Hayes wanted to explain why on our weekly "check-up" today: Laughter may be the best medicine for stress and your heart because it makes...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10.  The Francesca Luca Show  airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm. Here is the listener question we are answering today: What if the person you are with rarely texts? When you are together it is great just not a lot in between the...

Tech Talk is a weekly feature all about the tech world on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with David Snell of  ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham.  Listen to David discuss the latest information you need regarding the tech and computer world on Tuesday mornings at 8:10. Check out our Features Page here for previous episodes.  AI is here to stay - and evolve. The way it evolves? Getting as much data as pos...

This is part III of a series on More Comfort Monday with Diane Jordan of Natural Body Works in Kingston. You can listen to part 1 by clicking here and Part 2 by clicking here . More Comfort Monday airs every Monday morning at 7:45 on the  South Shore’s Morning News . For part 3 of this important series, Diane wanted to further elaborate on the societal transition we're all going through right now...

Welcome to another episode. This week, Rob and Beth talk with local author and historian John Galluzzo about the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and what role the North River played in it. Then, we talk with Jane Cournan and Maria Allen, co-founders of South Shore Home, Life, and Style Magazine about the upcoming Best of the South Shore BOSS Bash 2025. Later, we check in with our tech...

Living and Practicing by Design is a weekly segment with  Dr. John Hayes . It airs Thursday mornings at 9:22 on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with Rob Hakala and Beth Foster.  A very important topic for this week as Dr. John Hayes stresses the importance of your lifestyle and the impact it has on your health:  Managing blood sugar levels is crucial for overall health, for all of us but especial...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10.  The Francesca Luca Show  airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm. You broke up. You moved on. He didn’t… exactly. Sure, he’s not showing up at your door with roses but he is sniffing around your digital doorstep. He likes your po...

Tech Talk is a weekly feature all about the tech world on The South Shore's Morning News with David Snell of ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham.  Listen to David discuss the latest information you need regarding the tech and computer world on Tuesday mornings at 8:10. Microsoft is introducing a "friend" to help streamline our web-surfing activities on their browser, Microsoft Edge. It is called copilot mod...

This is Part 2 of a series on More Comfort Monday with Diane Jordan of Natural Body Works in Kingston . You can listen to part 1 by clicking here . More Comfort Monday airs every Monday morning at 7:45 on the South Shore's Morning News . There is something brewing on the horizon for all of humanity and Diane Jordan explains we are all collectively evolving: The evolution of humanity is to grow out...

Welcome to another week in review episode. This week, we start off with our segment with Bob Terravecchia, the CEO of Coastal Heritage Bank, as we discuss the Genius Act, which is a U.S. Federal Law that creates a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins. Then we check in with our tech guy, David Snell, from ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham as we talk about Windows 11 and how it won't respect y...

Living and Practicing by Design is a weekly segment with Dr. John Hayes . It airs Thursday mornings at 9:22 on The South Shore's Morning News with Rob Hakala and Beth Foster.  For this week's topic, Dr. Hayes wanted to discuss the ever-present concern of phone use and its impact on health. Specifically concerning the amount of sleep we receive.  For all the information and tips on limiting phone u...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10.  The Francesca Luca Show  airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm. Every now and then, I get a question that hits deep: “Am I destined to be alone?” If that thought has ever echoed in your head, pause right here. You’re not alone,...

The deadline for switching over to Windows 11 is approaching in October. Although they have recently announced some flexible transition options, which you can read about here, there will be a time when we have to move on over to the newer operating system.  And, unfortunately, our tech pro David Snell of ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham has informed us that there are some heightened security concerns wit...

We're so glad to have Diane Jordan 'realign' us at the start of the work week with  More Comfort Monday, which airs every Monday morning at 7:45 on  The South Shore’s Morning News . Diane Jordan is the owner of  Natural Body Works in Kingston  and she specializes in all things bodily and metaphysical so for the topic this week, she is holding our hands and letting us know we are all going through....

It's time to find our 'Zen' so we recruited the best in the business and had Diane Jordan stop by for our weekly segment, More Comfort Monday, which airs every Monday morning at 7:45 on  The South Shore’s Morning News  . Diane Jordan is the owner of  Natural Body Works in Kingston  and she specializes in all things bodily and metaphysical. This week, we are revisiting the topic of Core Beliefs, wh...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on  The South Shore’s Morning News  with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10.  The Francesca Luca Show  airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm.   If you’ve ever felt like you’re giving more than you’re getting, you’re probably not imagining it. So many women feel this way. You give. You care. You keep show...

Welcome to another episode of our 'week in review'. This week we talked with author J Randy Taraborrelli about his new book on JFK called: "JFK: Public, Private, Secret". It is an exhaustively researched book which takes an in-depth look at the life of the former President. Then, we check in with our tech guy, David Snell, from ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham about Windows 10 and 11 and the changes comi...

The tech world is still adjusting to the changes coming down from Microsoft and their main operating system, Windows, as they are pushing for everyone to move on up to Windows 11. But... not everyone has flown the Windows 10 'coop' quite ye t. Thankfully, we have David Snell of ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham to guide us through this big change.  On this week's Tech Talk, which airs every Tuesday mornin...

Welcome to another edition of our week in review. In this episode, we first start with a fascinating conversation with best-selling author and historian Martin Dugard about his new book: "Taking Midway: Naval Warfare, Secret Codes, and the Battle That Turned the Tide of WWII". Then we talk with South Shore author Mary Ford about her new great beach read, based on historical events in Scituate, "Re...

It is Thursday so that means it is time for a weekly check-up for The South Shore's Morning News from Dr. John Hayes, Jr.  Living and Practicing by Design is a weekly segment all about health and wellness. You can listen to it every Thursday morning at 9:22.  A very important topic this week from the Doctor as we all discuss the importance of self care, and how it impacts our health overall.  One...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on The South Shore's Morning News with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10. The Francesca Luca Show airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm. This week’s Love Bites question: My girlfriend is emotionally just not there. I do t know how to handle it She shuts down whenever we have intimate conversations. I fe...

Tech Talk is a weekly segment on The South Shore's Morning News. You can listen to David Snell, of ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham , discuss the latest tech news that you need to know. On this week's Tech Talk, we are saying goodbye to Microsoft's iconic "Blue Screen of Death" error page, and getting an introduction to their latest endeavor, Quick Machine Recovery.  Microsoft’s Quick Machine Recovery (Q...

Love Bites is a weekly segment on The South Shore's Morning News with lifestyle coach Francesca Luca. You can listen for advice every Wednesday morning at 9:10. The Francesca Luca Show airs every Wednesday evening between 8 and 9pm.  You walk into a room feeling confident, maybe even a little fabulous. And then you trip over absolutely nothing. Your ankle rolled , and now you're absolutely sure th...