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Bike Safety Day682 viewsThe Marion Police Department sponsored a Bicycle Safety Day for children and young adults at Silvershell Beach on Saturday morning, August 2. The day included bicycle safety information, a rodeo course and certificate awards for all participants. In addition, the Marion Police Department was awarded a statewide grant by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to provide 75 bicycle helmets during the event. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rochester Country Fair 2008682 viewsScene from the "Wild West" themed 2008 Rochester Country Fair held August 22-24, 2008. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Wood, If I Could682 viewsThe ever-popular Woodsman Show remains a highlight of Rochester’s annual Country Fair and was held on Friday evening, August 22. Here a contestant displays his skills at the difficult and sometimes dangerous axe-throwing competition. Other events included log rolling, bow sawing, disc stacking, spring board chop, two-person cross cut, chainsaw cutting, and downward chop. Some of the woodmen came from as far away as Vermont to compete in this year’s program. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rock Around the Block682 viewsMarion held their Annual Town Block Party on Sunday, August 31 in the street in front of the Marion Town House. The well-attended event featuring food, fun and frolic, along with dancing courtesy of DJ Roger Chartier. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Beachside Tribute682 viewsUMass Dartmouth's Kikele Drumming Ensemble performs as friends and relatives of Curtis Doherty joined forces with the Marion DPW to spruce up the Silvershell Beach bath house in Marion over the past several weekends, painting it with environmentally-friendly, low VOC paint. Curtis spent countless hours over his lifetime on Silvershell Beach’s basketball court and last year teammates and friends designed and constructed granite and wood benches for the basketball court in Curtis’ memory.
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2008 Halloween Cover Contest Entry682 views2008 Halloween Cover Contest Entry
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Power Play682 viewsRaymond Lawton and Brennan Goguen led the Old Rochester/Fairhaven Hockey Team to a 9-0 win over the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School Bears on the Bears’ home ice on Wednesday, January 7. Lawton netted three goals and assisted on another while Goguen scored two goals and assisted on three others as the Bulldogs ran their record 5-3-1 for the 2008-2009 season. (Photo by Tim Smith).
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Pleasing 'Pippin'682 viewsScene from Tabor Academy’s recent production of 'Pippin.' (Photo by Sarah K. Taylor).
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Opening Day682 viewsThe Rochester Youth Baseball League held their annual opening day ceremony and parade on Saturday, April 11. About 400 people, including players, coaches and their families, participated in the procession that made its way down Route 105 to Gifford Park’s Al Herbert Memorial Field for the opening day festivies. Photo by Robert Chiarito.
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Ready the Boats682 viewsMany people took advantage of the recent unseasonably warm weather. Photo by Robert Chiarito
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Harbor Days682 viewsThe Mattapoisett Lions Club's Harbor Days Celebration 2009 wrapped up on Sunday, July 19 after a week of dining adventures, live entertainment and craft fair fun. Thousands of visitors flocked to the Mattapoisett waterfront for this annual event now in its twenty sixth year. Proceeds from the celebration help to fund many of the Club's charitable endeavors, including the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund. Photo by Robert Chiarito
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Sparky Speaks682 viewsSparky, the Spokesdog for fire safety, waves to onlookers as he rides an antique fire engine at the 2009 Marion Fire Department Open House. Firefighters from the department served coffee, a hot breakfast, and allowed area residents to tour the facilities on the morning of October 10. Children enjoyed climbing on the engines and all the donuts they could eat. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley. October 15, 2009 edition
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