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New Year’s Eve436 viewsThe Taber Library knows that it’s hard for the little ones to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve, which is why Children’s Librarian Rosemary Grey hosted a midday mock-midnight New year’s Eve-Day party, complete with party tiaras, horns, snacks, and don’t forget the bubbly apple juice! Photos by Jean Perry
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Special Birthdays 436 viewsWe asked our followers to share their quarantine birthday celebrations with us; here’s the overwhelming response.
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Zumbathon435 viewsThe ORR high school gymnasium was alive with music and movement on Sunday, April 11, 2010, when dancers took to the floor for a good cause. For a $30 contribution, participants could Zumba for three hours, and the proceeds of the Zumbathon went to Compassionate Care for ALS in Falmouth, a non-profit organization that provides equipment and support to families affected by ALS. The Zumbathon was in honor of Jeffrey Lawrence, a 47-year-old man living with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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Sole Survivors Fundraiser435 viewsIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Members of the Tri-Town Walk for Life team “Sole Survivors” kicked off their Christmas wreath fundraiser on Friday, November 28. The team will be stationed out in front of Al’s Yankee Clipper on Route 6 in Marion for the next two weekends to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Photos by Jean Perry
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Winter Farmer’s Market435 viewsWinter is over, and the indoor Winter Farmer’s Market season almost is, too. There is one more left before the regular outdoor seasonal farmer’s market starts up again on Tuesday, June 2 outside the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Waste Water Treatment435 viewsThis is no drinking fountain. Last week, we met with Fairhaven DPW Superintendent Vincent Furtado and made it our business to learn more about the business of … your business and its journey from the toilet to the Fairhaven Wastewater Treatment Facility on Arsene Street in Fairhaven and out to New Bedford Harbor. Some 1,780 Mattapoisett residents receive municipal sewer service from the Fairhaven facility. Photo by Jean Perry
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Marine Becket Kiernan435 viewsOn Friday, February 16, Class of 2017 ORR graduate and 18-year-old Marine Becket Kiernan was laid to rest at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. All of Old Rochester lined the side of Route 6 for a final farewell to Becket as Principal Mike Devoll stood solemnly as the procession passed beneath the giant U.S. flag suspended by two local ladder trucks. Fire and police from all three towns lined the opposite side of the street to pay their respects. Photos by Jean Perry
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10th Annual Fairhaven Fire Muster435 viewsA team of five of Mattapoisett firefighters represented the department on Sunday, August 25, during the 10th Annual Fairhaven Fire Muster at Livesey Park in Fairhaven. The team took third place overall, first place in the dry hose competition, second in the wet hose competition, and second in the “mystery” event – axe throwing. Photos by Jean Perry
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BBC Watershed Ride435 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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Chalk the Walk435 viewsMany folks in the Tri-Town took advantage of the good weather and free time to get out and “Chalk the Walk,” drawing and writing inspiring messages for passers-by to see. Submitted photo
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Happenings435 viewsTri-town readers share photos.
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Easter Bunny435 viewsThe Easter Bunny made a spontaneous visit to Mattapoisett’s Shipyard Park on Saturday, saying, “I just wanted to hop over and make people smile.” – Marilou Newell
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