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Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race414 viewsIt rained, again, for the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on Monday, May 29, but that never stops the participants from paddling the 14 miles of the Mattapoisett River that winds from Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir in Snipatuit Pond in Rochester all the way to the Herring Weir in Mattapoisett off River Road and Route 6. This was the 83rd year of the Tri-Town tradition. Photos by Jean Perry
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Fare Thee Well414 viewsDanni Kleimann led the school staff one last time on Wednesday, June 21, for the annual RMS student send-off. This year, the day marked Kleimann’s last day at RMS as she is retiring after 31 years. Kleimann is best known for directing the Shakespeare plays at RMS and for orchestrating the student send-off every summer. Kleimann passed her baton on to sixth grade teacher Tracy Forns to carry out the traditions. Photos by Jean Perry
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Balloon Fun414 viewsThe Mattapoisett Library welcomed the balloon-bending artist Chip Rascal to help kick off the library’s summer reading program. Rascal used balloons to create a small-scale replica of Salty the Seahorse, and he also shared his tricks of the trade with library patrons to explore balloon art. Photos by Jean Perry
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Back By Popular Demand 414 viewsAnd the rockets’ red glare, fireworks bursting in air over Sippican Harbor during the Marion fireworks, which resumed this year after a surge in fundraising efforts to bring the tradition back to Silvershell Beach. Photo by Jean Perry
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No Rain On This Parade 414 viewsThe Marion 4th of July parade on Tuesday went on as planned, winding through the village streets and receiving the usual fanfare. Photos by Jean Perry
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Living History 414 viewsIt looked like July 8, 1776 at Silvershell Beach in Marion this past Saturday. Folks from the Fairhaven Village Militia and Wareham Militia Group in conjunction with Marion Recreation and the Marion Cultural Council took spectators back in time to Colonial Massachusetts during a weekend-long encampment at the beach. Participants in olde-tyme apparel demonstrated what life was like in the 1770s during the Revolutionary War through demonstrations of drilling, cooking, and flintlock musket use. Photos by Jean
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Teddy Bear Picnic 414 viewsTeddy Bear Picnic held at the Mattapoisett Library on July 22. Photo by Glenn C. Silva
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Super-Dupering in the Street 414 viewsMain Street in Marion was the scene for the annual First Congregational Church Super Duper Fun Fair on July 29. The fair, which is always an anticipated and memorable community event, brought scores of people out in spite of threatening weather. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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No Rain On This Parade 414 viewsThe RCF was packed on Sunday with people out enjoying the fair food, parade, frog racing, and pie tossing at (willing) faces. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Ned’s Point Light414 viewsFaith Ball took this photo of Ned’s Point Light from her kayak paddle early Saturday morning.
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Marion Art Center414 viewsMarion Art Center visitors enjoyed the opening reception for Balance: Real and Abstract Art, featuring paintings by Betsy Payne Cook and Bess Woodward. Photos by Christina Musser
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Marion Art Center414 viewsMarion Art Center visitors enjoyed the opening reception for Balance: Real and Abstract Art, featuring paintings by Betsy Payne Cook and Bess Woodward. Photos by Christina Musser
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