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Rochester Country Fair 2014227 viewsWhat do you get when you combine the smell of Italian sausage mixed with diesel exhaust and cow manure, the sound of loud tractor engines drowning out the live country music with the occasional barn animal noise, and the sight of happy Southcoast folks in overalls? The sublime sensory experience that is the Rochester Country Fair! What is more fun than four fun-filled days of frog racing, tractor pulling, mechanic bull riding, and fried food eating? Don’t forget the cowchip bingo and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band who rocked the house on Saturday night before hundreds of spectators. Photos by Jean Perry, Camden Gaspar, and Felix Perez
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Rochester Tree Lighting227 viewsMonday, December 5, was the night of the annual Rochester Tree Lighting. Folks enjoyed festive music by the RMS chorus and band, and witnessed the grand entrance of Santa Claus aboard Rochester’s big yellow fire ladder truck with lights blazing and sirens sounding. Photos by Jean Perry
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Public Purrs for Octopurr fest 227 views The 3rd annual Octopurr Fest fundraiser event for the Rochester cat shelter It’s All About the Animals was a success on Octopurr 15. The event featured auctions, a raffle, live entertainment, and of course, plenty of costumed guests. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Eastover Farm 227 viewsDuring the lull between Thanksgiving and the first week of December, we spotted a few lights and wreaths popping up here and there around Tri-Town, including one at the iconic Rochester fixture Eastover Farm seen behind a horse eagerly eating the last of the 2017 season grass. Photo by Jean Perry
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No Shave November227 viewsTime was up for five Rochester police officers participating in the department’s 2nd annual No Shave November who said farewell to their beards and goatees as cosmetology students at Old Colony treated the officers to a shave on December 1. Photos by Jean Perry
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Pinewood Derby227 viewsCub Scouts Pack 30 held its annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 13 at Rochester Memorial School. The pinewood derby is a tradition that was started back in 1963 in Manhattan Beach, California and persists to this day. In addition to placing as the fastest cars, the scouts’ cars are also awarded for design and creativity. Photos by Jean Perry
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108th Annual Rochester Grange Fair 227 viewsThe 108th Annual Rochester Grange Fair was held on August 18 with a wide variety of produce, floral bouquets, baked goods, handicrafts, and works of art. The state first place winner for her diorama depicting a barn that contained fresh eggs and produce was Susan Guiducci of Dartmouth. There were a total of 35 entries vying for other blue ribbons in many other categories. Sue LaFluer, grange secretary and one of the fair organizers said that participants ranged in age from 6 years of age and beyond.
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Robert Hiller Homecoming227 viewsRobert Hiller III finally returned on March 3 to his Eastover Farms-area home to a grand welcome of family and friends after a bout with the EEE virus that put the Rochester resident in a coma for 19 days and held him in hospital care for seven months. "Excited, happy to be home, happy to see my family, my house and all my friends," Hiller said from his driveway amidst a couple of hundred supporters and media coverage. Photo by Mick Colageo
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2020 Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race 227 viewsThe 2020 Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race was business as usual, mostly, featuring 40 two-rower teams participating. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Yarn Swap226 viewsGail Roberts, Head Librarian of the Joseph Plumb Library in Rochester, organized a ‘yarn swap’ last Friday afternoon at the library. Photo by Joan Hartnett-Barry
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Symphony Tales226 viewsThe New Bedford Symphony Orchestra held a “Symphony Tales” program at the Plumb Library on Saturday,February 4. The children attending were introduced to the cello and a cellist played background music during a reading of “Scritch Scratch: A Perfect Match” by local author Kim Marcus. Photo by Felix Perez
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RCF Fundraiser226 viewsA St. Patrick's Day themed fund raiser was held at the Redman Hall in Wareham to benefit the Rochester Country Fair. Photo by Felix Perez
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