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Super Duper Fun Fair434 viewsThe First Congregational Church of Marion’s Annual Super Duper Fun Fair was this past Saturday, July 28, featuring some those old favorites – plants, used books, mini golf, and, of course, the dunk tank. Photos by Jean Perry
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Silvershell Encampment434 viewsHistory was once again alive on Sunday, August 12, for the 2018 Silvershell Encampment in Marion. Participants setting up camp represented Fairhaven and its surrounding towns, as well as Wareham, Rehoboth, Yarmouth, and Rhode Island. Photos by Jean Perry
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Buzzards Bay Coalition 434 viewsPresident of the Buzzards Bay Coalition Mark Rasmussen gave an opening speech thanking numerous local benefactors as well as the engineering, contracting, and trade specialists who aided in building the nearly $2 million center for science and operations in Marion. Photo by Marilou Newell
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Old Colony “Vex team”434 viewsOld Colony “Vex team” engineering students visited Old Hammondtown School on October 24 and showed off some mad robotics skills. Jake Amadea, Tyler Blanchette, Jared Boren, Austin DeSousa, Chris Lambert, Isabella Mauradian, and Leandra Stroud-Jackson from Daniel Brush’s class showed OHS students how they built, programmed, and now operate their robots; something each of the OC engineering students is passionate about. Photos by Lisa Lourenco and E.O. Bednarczyk
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Tour de Crème434 viewsThis year’s 4th annual Tour de Crème raised $12,000 for outdoor recreation in Mattapoisett! There were 350 riders consuming over 1,200 scoops of ice cream all for a good cause. The event is a partnership between the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike path. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Art Center434 viewsA new exhibit featuring the bold linear paintings of Peter Hussey, and the sublime, soothing images of pastel artist Janet Gendreau, opened at the Marion Art Center on May 24. Open through July 6, the Center’s Art in Bloom event on June 14 will feature floral arrangements that reimagine these artists’ works. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Cardboard Boats434 viewsSCOPE Week meant big fun at the beach in Mattapoisett for ORR Junior High seventh-graders who built their own boats and then raced them on June 5 in Mattapoisett. While half the students head off for Survival, the others enjoy a week of equally challenging tasks of the 40-year tradition of SCOPE that gives students a chance to learn while learning about themselves and each other. Photos by Jean Perry
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Bristol County Radio Control “RC” Club434 viewsRadio control model seaplanes are more than just a hobby for members of the Bristol County Radio Control “RC” Club. As club member Gerry Dupont puts it, “It’s an affliction. A happy affliction.” Dupont’s yellow Piper Cub seaplane features a one-fifth-scale pilot named “Gus” who’s been flying the one-fifth-scale seaplane for seven years. Photos by Jean Perry
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BBC Watershed Ride434 viewsThe Buzzards Bay Coalition’s 13th annual Watershed Ride pedaled its way through the Tri-Town on Sunday, October 6, taking participants on three different courses that wound through the land that surrounds Buzzards Bay the way gold enfolds a pearl. A record 307 cyclists raised a record $213,000 for clean water this year. Photos by Jean Perry
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Family Fun Festival 434 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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Marion Holiday Stroll 434 viewsHere Comes Santa Claus! – Santa made his big entrance to the Marion Holiday Stroll on Sunday, December 8, from across Sippican Harbor on his ‘water sleigh’ to the crowd that awaited him at the Town Wharf. The holiday stroll is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit and capture a bit of that Christmas magic. Photo by Jean Perry
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Friends of Old Rochester Music434 viewsThe Friends of Old Rochester Music concert series' ticket sales earns money for FORM scholarships and programs and present a unique opportunity for younger students to see what is in store for them if they commit to the chorus, an instrument or both. The Choral concert featured several soloists and small groups of singers. Photos courtesy Erin Bednarczyk
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