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Marion Town Party620 viewsChalk up another successful Marion Town Party as several hundred party-goers found good food and fun on the grounds of the Town House on 8/25. Children of all ages enjoyed inflatable games, climbing the rock wall, or jumping around to music. The annual party has its roots deep in the community and may have started as early at 1900. This year’s event featured live entertainment, a scavenger hunt, and lots of good food.
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Mattapoisett Veterans Day620 viewsMattapoisett honored its veterans on Monday, November 12, at Old Hammondtown School, with keynote speaker Col. Michael Mendenhall and with entertainment provided by the OHS Concert Band and Chorus, and Jillian Zucco and The Showstoppers. Photos by Jean Perry
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Rochester’s Tree Lighting620 viewsRochester’s star-topped tree outside the Town Hall is dazzling this year with its new multi-colored lights lit for the first time on December 3 for the annual Rochester tree lighting ceremony. The RMS band and chorus kept the festive music going all the way up to Santa’s exciting arrival via fire truck. Photos by Jean Perry
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Heathers620 views“Heathers: The Musical (High School Edition)” is Tabor Academy’s pick for this year’s winter musical opening on Thursday, February 14, and running through Saturday, February 16. The shows start at 7:30 pm at Tabor’s Fireman Center for the Performing Arts in Hoyt Hall at 245 Front Street, Marion. The shows are free and open to the general public, and no tickets or reservations are required. Photos by Jean Perry
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ORRJHS Jazz Band620 viewsAs part of the FORM concert series, the ORRJHS Jazz Band, directed by Richard Laprise, and the ORRHS Chorus and Jazz Band, directed by Richard Barnicle, performed a program drawing on a broad range of styles and influences on April 11. FORM (Friends of Old Rochester Music) President Kathleen Kvilhaug spoke about the ORR music programs' most recent distinction, the NAMM Foundation's recognition for Outstanding Support of Music Education, along with new awards ORRHS won during the recent trip to Nashville, TN
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Sherlock Holmes at RMS620 views“The game is afoot” at Rochester Memorial School with its annual spring drama production! This year director Karen Della Cioppa has brought to the stage our favorite “the professor of facts,” Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, starring Ambrose Cole as Holmes and Nolan Bushnell as Watson. Watch as Holmes and Watson uncover another dark mystery in an adaptation of “Sherlock Holmes: Mystery at the Manor”, this Friday, May 3, at 7:00 pm in the RMS cafetorium. Photos by Jean Perry
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Arbor Day in Rochester620 viewsThis year’s Arbor Day ceremony in Rochester was courtesy of aspiring Eagle Scout Dominic Mattera, who for his Eagle Scout project planted two young magnolia trees at the entrance of the Dexter Lane ball field. Rochester’s Matt Monteiro organized a small ceremony on Friday evening, April 26, to acknowledge Mattera's contribution and celebrate Arbor Day. Photo courtesy Matthew Monteiro
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Dickinson vs. Whitman620 viewsIn one corner, the enigmatic Emily Dickinson; in the other, the emphatic Walt Whitman. An audience watched the two throw poems like punches during the MAC’s May 3 event, “Dickinson vs. Whitman, the Poetry Knockout!” Stephen Collins was back in the Tri-Town as Walt Whitman, facing off against the Tri-Town’s own Annemarie Fredericks in poetic fisticuffs.
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Touch-A-Truck 620 viewsMarion Recreation held its 8th annual Touch-A-Truck event at Washburn Park on May 11. The turnout exceeded past Kids Equipment Fun Day events in Marion, especially last year’s, which was repeatedly postponed and then canceled altogether. The weather was sublime this year, drawing hundreds to the park for some fun and free food courtesy of the Recreation Department. Photos by Jean Perry
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Touch-A-Truck 620 viewsMarion Recreation held its 8th annual Touch-A-Truck event at Washburn Park on May 11. The turnout exceeded past Kids Equipment Fun Day events in Marion, especially last year’s, which was repeatedly postponed and then canceled altogether. The weather was sublime this year, drawing hundreds to the park for some fun and free food courtesy of the Recreation Department. Photos by Jean Perry
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Memorial Day Boat Race620 viewsThe Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race went off with very few hitches, despite the bursting of the bog flume at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir just a couple days before the race. This year the weather was fine – maybe a tad hot for the racers, says Boat Race Chairman Art Benner, but great weather to kick off the summer season. Photos by Jean Perry
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Fawn in Marion620 viewsSteve Chicco captured this picture of a newborn fawn in Marion.
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