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Tour de Crème418 viewsThis Sunday was the third annual Tour de Crème, a fundraising partnership between the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path. The ride started at the Town Beach and wound its way through the Southcoast, making stops at the various creameries along the way. Proceeds of the ride will go towards maintaining the MLT trails and the extension of the bike path to the Mattapoisett/Marion town line. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race418 viewsThe Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race wound its way along the Mattapoisett River for its 84th year. This year’s weather was a major improvement from last year’s soaking, but overall participation was down this year. Still, those who have been racing year after year made it another successful race, continuing an important Tri-Town tradition. Photos by Jean Perry
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Memorial Day Boat Race418 viewsThe Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race went off with very few hitches, despite the bursting of the bog flume at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir just a couple days before the race. This year the weather was fine – maybe a tad hot for the racers, says Boat Race Chairman Art Benner, but great weather to kick off the summer season. Photos by Jean Perry
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BBC Watershed Ride418 viewsThe Buzzards Bay Coalition’s 13th annual Watershed Ride pedaled its way through the Tri-Town on Sunday, October 6, taking participants on three different courses that wound through the land that surrounds Buzzards Bay the way gold enfolds a pearl. A record 307 cyclists raised a record $213,000 for clean water this year. Photos by Jean Perry
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Quarantine Fun!418 viewsFolks shared their photos of fun during the good weather this weekend.
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Memorial Engine417 viewsDevoted brother and former New Bedford Fire Chief Roger Nadeau poses with an old fire truck that he is converting into a memorial engine to carry fallen firefighters in Massachusetts, and parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine. The engine was donated to Mr. Nadeau by the Weymouth fire department after it developed serious pump problems. Mr. Nadeaus firefighter brother Gerald died from respiratory problems after a 2002 Fall River fire.
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Disaster Drill417 viewsFairhaven Fire Department hosted a full-scale exercise to improve emergency response in the region. Mattapoisett, Rochester, Dartmouth, Freetown, Acushnet, and New Bedford all responded to a disaster that simulated an accident between a school bus and an oil truck at Livesey Park in Fairhaven. Twenty drama students from New Bedford Vocational High School played the part of injured students who were assessed and treated for injuries. Photo by Anne OBrien-Kakley.
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Disaster Drill417 viewsFairhaven Fire Department hosted a full-scale exercise to improve emergency response in the region. Mattapoisett, Rochester, Dartmouth, Freetown, Acushnet, and New Bedford all responded to a disaster that simulated an accident between a school bus and an oil truck at Livesey Park in Fairhaven. Twenty drama students from New Bedford Vocational High School played the part of injured students who were assessed and treated for injuries. Photo by Anne OBrien-Kakley.
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Electronics Recycling417 viewsDespite the rain, Boy Scout Troop #31 in Rochester held an Electronics Recycling Day at Plumb Corner on October 24. They loaded up a truck with old monitors, televisions, microwaves and assorted appliances for recycling. The troop also collected cell phones, bottles and cans. Photo by Anne O'Brien-Kakley.
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Buzzards Bay Swim417 viewsOn Saturday, July 2, 2011, the Buzzards Bay Coalition held its 18th Annual Buzzards Bay Swim, a 1.2-mile open-water swim from New Bedford to Fairhaven. Tri-Town participants were included in the largest annual fundraising event held by the Bay Coalition. The Coalition is a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and sustainable use and enjoyment of the Bay and its watershed. Photo by Anne Kakley.
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Habitat for Humanity Home and Garden Show417 viewsSandwich Lantern of Cape Cod featured some of their products at the Home and Garden Show at Tabor Academy.
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PLAY archie2417 viewsBuzzards Play Productions Youth Theatre in Wareham will put on the zany, springtime comedy, “Archie and the Wallflower,” at 7:30 p.m. on May 3, 4, and 5. Some of the cast members recently gathered on the set (from left to right, bottom row, Danyel Baker and Naomi Oliver, both from Wareham, and, top row, Christopher Savino and Lauren Gonsalves, both of Marion).
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