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Family Fun Festival 582 viewsFamilies came out in record numbers to enjoy the 4th Annual Fall Free Family Fun Festival sponsored by the Mattapoisett’s Lion Club on October 19 held at Shipyard Park. Bruce Rocha of the club estimated attendance at over 400. Kids and adults alike enjoyed free face painting, bowling with pumpkins, a corn hole toss, snacks, hayrides to Ned’s Point and, yes, free pumpkins to take home. Photos by Marilou Newell and Sandra Frechette
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Family Fun Festival 582 viewsFamilies came out in record numbers to enjoy the 4th Annual Fall Free Family Fun Festival sponsored by the Mattapoisett’s Lion Club on October 19 held at Shipyard Park. Bruce Rocha of the club estimated attendance at over 400. Kids and adults alike enjoyed free face painting, bowling with pumpkins, a corn hole toss, snacks, hayrides to Ned’s Point and, yes, free pumpkins to take home. Photos by Marilou Newell and Sandra Frechette
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Christmas Day Swim582 viewsThe 16th Annual Christmas Day Swim for Helping Hands and Hooves took place under bright blue cloudless skies and a balmy 43 degrees as dozens of families and friends took the plunge at Mattapoisett Town Beach. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Mamma Mia! 582 viewsTabor Academy's theater group practices for its upcoming production of Mamma Mia! Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Robert Hiller Homecoming582 viewsRobert Hiller III finally returned on March 3 to his Eastover Farms-area home to a grand welcome of family and friends after a bout with the EEE virus that put the Rochester resident in a coma for 19 days and held him in hospital care for seven months. "Excited, happy to be home, happy to see my family, my house and all my friends," Hiller said from his driveway amidst a couple of hundred supporters and media coverage. Photo by Mick Colageo
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What are you up to?582 viewsWe asked folks what they’ve been up to and the response was overwhelming and positive. Stay safe folks!
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Disaster Drill581 viewsFairhaven Fire Department hosted a full-scale exercise to improve emergency response in the region. Mattapoisett, Rochester, Dartmouth, Freetown, Acushnet, and New Bedford all responded to a disaster that simulated an accident between a school bus and an oil truck at Livesey Park in Fairhaven. Twenty drama students from New Bedford Vocational High School played the part of injured students who were assessed and treated for injuries. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley.
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Winter Wonderland581 viewsCross-country skiers took their chance to enjoy a quiet street in Mattapoisett during the December 20, 2009 nor’easter that blanketed the region under almost 2 feet of snow. Photo by Jerry Plante.
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Sippican Choral580 viewsThe Sippican Choral Society will present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, April 30 and Saturday May 1. Under the direction of Brian Roderick and accompanied by pianist Michelle Gordon and organist Dwight Thomas, four guest soloists and eighty-plus voices will perform Shubert’s Mass in B Flat Major. For more information, check the Sippican Choral Society website: www.sippicanchoral.org. Photo courtesy of Deborah Osuch.
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Trebuchet Time580 viewsSenior Carl Dias and freshman Callum McLaughlin from Old Rochester Regional High School’s engineering class constructed this large working trebuchet with guidance from their teacher Tom Norris. The trebuchet was tested in the football fields with gallons of water, a rock and a watermelon. Delightful throwing and smashing ensued. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley.
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Little Neck Village580 viewsA groundbreaking for Little Neck Village, Marion’s new affordable senior housing village, took place on June 9, 2010. Speakers included Marion Selectman Jonathan Henry, Marion Affordable Housing Trust Chairperson Ora Mae Torres and State Senator Marc Pacheco. Photo by Laura Pedulli.
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Silvershell Rainbow580 viewsChris Adams, race director of the Marion 5K and cross-country track coach at Tabor Academy, sent along this picture of a rainbow at Silvershell Beach in Marion. The picture was taken in the middle of a sun shower on the afternoon of July 10, 2010. Photo by Chris Adams.
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