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Marion Natural History Museum574 viewsDespite the impending Polar Vortex, a small hardy group learned to identify some our local trees and shrubs in winter. Have you ever smelled a black cherry? (Yuck!) Or a yellow birch? (Yum!) We learned about opposite and alternate leaf arrangement on a branch, what lenticels look like on a birch and a hickory, and that you can make tea out of sassafras. Thank you to Sarah Porter for the great program. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Boston Post Cane574 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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Historic Tri-Town Walking Tour574 viewsSippican Historical Society treasurer and local author Judith Rosbe led the first Historic Tri-Town Walking Tour on June 15th through the village of Marion. Tour photos by Marilou Newell
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Marion Natural History Museum574 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum had a great time learning how to identify some of our rare turtles and what to do if we find one. We found out which is our smelliest turtle and which can close up into a "box" so tight you can't even slip a piece of paper between its shell. The students had a chance to get up close with a diamondback terrapin, an Eastern box turtle, and an enormous Plymouth red-bellied cooter. Many thanks to Brian Bastarach of Bristol County Agricultural High School’s Natural Resources Dep
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Socks of Love 574 viewsMattapoisett Congregational Church thanks the community for its generosity and help in preparing Socks of Love for the homeless on Sunday, February 9. The church and community joined forces to deliver 60 pairs of socks to adults and 24 pairs to children in New Bedford. Each package included toiletries and a handwritten Valentine card. Photo courtesy Tina Zantrofski
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Spring Flowers574 viewsMartha Plumb
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Swazi Aid Show573 viewsR&B singer Joy and her band performed during the first in a series of local benefit concerts at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on Sunday, April 29. The show was organized by Mattapoisett resident and ORR graduate Sarah DeMatos who is attempting to raise money and awareness for abandoned children in Africa. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Tri-Town Teddy Bears573 viewsChildren enjoyed fun in the sun during the Tri-Town Early Childhood Council’s Teddy Bear Picnic held on Saturday, September 22 at the scenic Great Hill Farm in Marion. The event, designed to introduce parents to the area’s early childhood programs, was held on the lawn of a castle-like mansion overlooking Buzzards Bay. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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ORR Thanksgiving Dinner573 viewsThe annual Thanksgiving Dinner for Tri-Town Seniors served at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School on Sunday, November 18, 2007. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Wild West573 viewsLocal favorites The Relics performed for the Rochester Country Fair Committee's annual Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 1 at Redman’s Hall in Wareham. The dinner was a fundraising event aimed at raising money for the Rochester County Fair, to be held this year from August 20 through the 24 at Plumb Corner in Rochester. The theme of this year’s fair is Rochester Western-Style. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rochester Woman Turns 100573 viewsLongtime Rochester resident Kathryn Elizabeth Phillips is celebrating her 100th birthday this week. Two family gatherings are planned in her honor on Saturday, April 12. Ms. Phillips, who first moved to Rochester in 1949 from a similar farming town in Ohio, described herself as a “woodchuck farmer” and said she’s always kept active and ate a well-balanced diet of fresh produce cultivated on her own farms. Among her many local relatives, she is the grandmother of Rochester Selectman Brad Morse.
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Tech Grads573 viewsSalutatorian Edward M. Martin of Upper Cape Tech's Class of 2008 addresses classmates during commencement exercises held on Sunday, June 1. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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