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Arbor Day Poster Contest265 viewsOn April 1, Old Hammontown School art teacher Greta Anderson, along with the student artists participating in the Arbor Day Poster Contest, gathered to receive awards. The participants this year included those students whose submissions were recognized for special merit. The students who won were First Place winner Beatrix Apperson and Second Place winner MJ Gendreau. Each winner received a gift certificate to a local eatery. Other entries of special merit were Most Inspirational by Brooke Mello, Most Creat
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Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race265 viewsThe Rochester Memorial Day Boar Race took place this past Monday. The event, sponsored by the Rochester Fire Department, saw contestants build boats and race south along the Mattapoisett River. According to organizers, the race is 12 miles long, beginning in Grandma Hartley's Reservoir off Snipatuit Road and finishing just before Route 6. Photo by Sam Bishop
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Rochester’s Memorial Day265 viewsStudent participation was at the forefront of Rochester’s Memorial Day weekend ceremonies held on Sunday at the Senior Center, Town Hall and Daggett Square. Boy Scout Troop 31 posted the colors, and music was provided by the Rochester Memorial School Band and The Showstoppers, who recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sang a patriotic medley. Old Rochester student Esther Smith read the governor’s proclamation, Old Colony student Cameron Makuch read The Gettysburg Address, ORR student Ava Figueiredo read “In
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Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 2025265 viewsThe Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 2025 held Saturday’s Commencement in the ORR gymnasium, where Valedictorian Caitlin O’Donnell addressed her classmates and the following graduates were recognized with departmental awards for distinction. Photo by Mick Colageo
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Old Colony Class of 2025265 viewsThe Old Colony Regional Professional Technical School held their graduation for the Class of 2025 on Thursday, June 5. Families and friends brought their own chairs as they sat at the school’s football field. The scoreboard read “2025” as students, now graduates, accepted their diplomas and began the next chapters of their lives. Photos by Sam Bishop
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Harbor Days 265 viewsCakes were on the griddle, and patriotism was in the air, as residents and visitors were greeted by the annual Harbor Days festival hosted by the Lions Club last weekend in Shipyard Park. Photo courtesy of the Mattapoisett Lions Club and Immediate Past King Lion Robert Haley
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Marion Natural History Museum265 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's Coastal Explorations summer program had a chance to view some of the area's amphibian and reptile species at Washburn Park last week. The kids found painted turtles, a garter snake, bull frog tadpoles, green frog tadpoles and salamander larvae. All animals were inspected by the kids and then released in the same locations from which they were collected. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Rochester Grange Fair264 viewsThe Rochester Grange held its fair and supper on August 21. Baked goods, quilts, clothing, flowers, and rare items greeted visitors at the Grange Hall. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Touch-a-Truck Festival264 viewsThe Town of Rochester held a Touch-a-Truck Festival on October 2 at the County Fairgrounds. Children experienced up-close and personal the size and power of fire engines and their equipment and gear, along with municipal vehicles, including dump trucks and tractors. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Grade 2 Basketball Playoffs264 viewsThe Grade 2 basketball playoffs brought out the best in March 10 action at Center School in Mattapoisett. The Warriors earned their spot in the championship game with a big, 10-2 victory over the Heat, while the Knicks advanced to the title game, narrowly edging the Celtics, 10-8. In the final, 10-2, the Warriors defeated the Knicks, 24-14. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Cross-country Run264 viewsGraham Correia completed his cross-country run from Denver, Colorado, to Massachusetts on Sunday, March 13, at his parents’ home in North Rochester where he was greeted by his parents Gary and Robin and dozens of family members and friends from various times and places in his life. Correia was accompanied for the final five miles by former Mattapoisett Road Race champion Jason Eddy, with whom he grew up. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Mattapoisett Public Library264 viewsOn March 19, the Mattapoisett Public Library hosted another chapter in their sustainability programing with a taste testing of plant-based alternatives to cow's milk. "Milk" from oatmeal, almonds, coconuts, rice, flax seed, soy and even hemp were sipped and evaluated on several criteria including taste. The consensus was mixed with some milks tasting too strongly of their base ingredient such as almonds, too sweet and even too salty, while others passed the test.
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