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Rochester Tree Lighting551 viewsIt was a rainy Rochester holiday tree lighting, but the show went on nonetheless. Santa skipped his usual fire truck arrival this year for the sake of staying dry and warm, while neighboring Friendship Hall welcomed the crowd indoors to enjoy the RMS band and chorus. Photos by Andrea Ray
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Irish Luncheon550 viewsThe First Congregational Church of Rochester celebrated the St. Patrick’s Day holiday in style as the church’s Women’s Guild pulled out all of the stops with a traditional corned beef and cabbage Irish supper at the congregation’s Fellowship Hall on Saturday night, March 15. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Meeting Morrie550 viewsThe Harwich Winter Theater troupe staged a moving production of Tuesdays With Morrie at the Rochester Senior Center on Saturday afternoon, April 12. The story chronicles the relationship shared by author Mitch Albom and his professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz. The Harwich troupe accepted an invitation form Rochester Council on Aging Director Sharon Lally after seeing their production at a conference for COA directors last October in Sturbridge. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Branching Out550 viewsMembers of the Rochester Council on Aging (COA) dedicated a tree outside the Senior Center in memory of longtime COA member Marie McCarthy on October 3. (Photo by Robert Chiarito.)
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Rochester Village Christmas550 viewsMembers of the First Congregational Church in Rochester had a Holiday Shop within their Fellowship Center during Rochester's Village Christmas held on the weekend of December 6-7, 2008. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Easter Egg Hunt550 viewsSeveral hundred people braved the rain to participate in the Plumb Corner Merchants Association's annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning, April 11. Photo by Robert Chiarito.
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Boston Post Cane550 viewsSelectman Brad Morse presented the Boston Post cane to Rochester’s oldest living resident, Edna Chadwick, 101, at her home on June 11. The Boston Post cane tradition was started in 1909 when the now defunct newspaper presented 700 New England towns with ebony canes imported from Africa and crowned in 14-karat gold to be passed down to the oldest resident living in the town. The last cane holder, Marion Thomas, passed away on April 19, 2019, at the age of 102. Photo courtesy Amanda Baptiste
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Easter Egg Hunt549 viewsAnnual Pre-School and Elementary Student Easter Egg Hunt held on Saturday, March 22, at the Plumb Corner Mall in Rochester. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Annual Grange Fair549 viewsThe Rochester Grange held its Annual Grange Fair this past Saturday, August 17, an event that fills the Grange Hall with all the elements of the bucolic beauty that is Rochester. Photos by Jean Perry
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Judo Champ548 viewsAlyssa Quaintance of Rochester took first place in the 5- to 6-year-old division at Pedro's Judo Challenge held on February 23 in Wakefield, MA and first place again at the Ocean State International in RI on March 1. These were both high level tournaments with international players. Alyssa went 3-0 in both tournaments. Alyssa will compete in the Junior Nationals in Boston on June 29 and then in the Junior Olympics at Disney in Florida on July 25. (Photo courtesy of Bob Bridges).
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Cooking Class548 viewsMembers of the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Culinary Arts Program recently served one of their monthly luncheons to residents at the Rochester Senior Center. Under the supervision of program director Scott Botelho, the students took over the kitchen at the Senior Center to share their cooking talents and prepare some Venus De Milo style soup and meatball subs. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Three-Ring Circus548 viewsCole Brothers’ “Circus of the Stars” recently rolled into Rochester on June 25 and 26 for a series of four shows over the course of two days under the Big Top pitched in the field adjacent to the Plumb Corner Mall. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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