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House of Horrors!644 viewsSpooky setpieces are strewn throughout the Haunted Yard display located at 57 Fort Street in Fairhaven (across from the Fairhaven Shipyard). This annual “Terror Tradition” is hosted by the father and son team of Richard and Matthew Brodeur to benefit local Shriner’s Hospitals. The yard is open to visitors — if you dare! — every Friday and Saturday night from dusk until 9:30 pm and on Sundays from dusk until 9:00 pm throughout the month of October, including Halloween night. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza). 
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Witness Tree701 viewsMattapoisett Board of Selectmen Chairman Raymond Andrews and Tree Warden Roland Cote formally accept the donation of a tree which was planted last fall in the new War Memorial Park at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library while Town Administrator Mike Botelho and Mattapoisett Tree Committee Chairman Elaine Botelho look on. The "Witness Tree," a tulip poplar, is a direct descendant of a tree planted by George Washington at Mount Vernon. (Photo courtesy of Danny White).
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Two Plus Two668 viewsThe double duo piano talents of Linda Maranis and Sheila Converse and Margaret Ann Martin and Adrienne Forrest performed a concert of classic hits at Tabor Academy in Marion on Friday night, November 2. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rochester Remembers550 viewsThe Town of Rochester paid tribute to our armed forces, both past and present, with their annual Memorial Day Parade and Observance held on Sunday morning, May 25, 2008. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Tri-Town Bike Benefit561 viewsSeveral hundred children and their parents braved soggy conditions to participate in the first annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) Tri-Town Ride for Kids on Saturday, May 19 starting at Center School on Barstow Street in Mattapoisett. The young bikers arrived with the goal of pedaling their way towards raising $10,000 in the fight to find a cure for cancer. Children ranging in age from 3 to 15 years were encouraged to participate in the bike rally benefit. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Mattapoisett Opening Day 2007759 viewsOpening Day Ceremonies for the 2007 season of Mattapoisett Youth Baseball (MYB) included special guests and local legends such as former American Idol contestant Ayla Brown (pictured), who sang the National Anthem and threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Brian Rose. The day also included a tribute to longtime MYB supporter and former Mattapoisett Recreation Director John Haley with the field at Old Hammondtown School in his honor. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Swazi Aid Show506 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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Rochester Opening Day 2007718 viewsMembers of the Rochester Youth Baseball League (RYB) held their Opening Day Parade and Ceremonies on Saturday, April 14 in the Rochester Town Center. Several hundred youngsters marched from the green in front of the First Congregational Church to their field of dreams, Gifford Park, to mark the opening of the 2007 baseball season. Each of the league’s 20 teams had a place in the parade. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Making Mattapoisett Merry622 viewsThe Mattapoisett Congregational Church hosted its annual "Village Country Store" holiday fair on Saturday, November 11. Here holiday decorations of all kind are on display, along with the town's signature flag. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Frozen Flyers540 viewsA group of South Coast pilots recently took advantage of this winter's cold conditions to use Snipatuit Pond as a landing strip. The pilots use charts provided by the United States Government to determine if the thickness of the ice is enough to support the weight of their airplanes. Pilot Ben Bailey, who lives on the shores of the pond and hosted this past week's get together, flies a seaplane off of the pond during warmer weather months. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Going Green616 viewsEven the Grinch attempted to steal some of Santa's thunder -- and a little Christmas spirit in the process -- during Marion's annual Village Stroll held on Sunday, December 14. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Bulletin Board Booty631 viewsMattapoisett Historical Society President Seth Mendell points to the amusing poem scrawled on a chart of the Gulf of Maine that was tacked to a large bulletin board that was once installed near the front door of the Mattapoisett Town Hall. The bulletin board was pilfered by a group of sailors during a night of drunken mischief back in the summer of 1941 and was only recently returned to the Mattapoisett Museum and Carriage House. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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