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Tour de Crème372 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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Memorial Day Boat Race372 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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Mattapoisett Fire Department Association Chowder Competition 372 viewsOn September 8, the 5th annual Mattapoisett Fire Department Association Chowder Competition featured a variety of flavorful chowders from restaurants and public safety facilities from Fairhaven, Rochester, and Mattapoisett. The family-friendly event drew a large crowd that included the many children enjoying a climb on the fire trucks and ringing the bells. Photos by Marilou Newell
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BBC Watershed Ride372 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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Center Cemetery372 viewsThis elaborate gravestone in Center Cemetery off of Dexter Lane in Rochester represents one point in an evolving history richly represented by various eras in several cemeteries throughout the tri-towns. See Marilou Newell’s story on the “Gravestone Girls” recent presentation. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Pine Meadow Alpaca Farm372 viewsThe Mattapoisett Lions Club held a fundraiser on November 21 at Pine Meadow Alpaca Farm. Donations of $8 were rewarded with bags of kettle popcorn, and children enjoyed visiting with alpacas and other animals including an African tortoise during an open-farm day. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Voices in Time371 viewsVoices in Time, a choir of children led by Sharon Jensen, held a concert at the Knights of Columbus hall in Mattapoisett on December 27. Members performed jazz and swing standards in front of a packed house with special guest Mark Mahar, who is the founder and bandleader for Boston Swing. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Trinidad Orphanage Mission371 viewsEighteen ORR students and one Tabor student, along with their fathers, spent their April vacation working at an orphanage on the island of Trinidad. The group provided labor, materials, and good spirits to help paint the sleeping areas for the 35 children who live at the Christ Child Convalescence Home. “It was a very eye-opening experience,” said Ben Mattson, who went with his father, Wayne. “The kids were very excited to have us visit.
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Memorial Day Boat Race371 viewsDan Lawrence and William D. Watling III of Rochester (above left) broke the race record, winning the men’s division with a time of 1:46:59. Amy Hartley-Matteson of Mattapoisett and Katherine Hartley of Rochester (2:11:14) won the women’s division for the third consecutive time – the second time they’ve three-peated. But the day’s biggest champion was 2-year-old Chloe Harding (above right), a cancer survivor who raced with her father, Harrison. Photos by Felix Perez and Nick Walecka.
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Mattapoisett Lion’s Club Triathlon 2013371 viewsThe Mattapoisett Lion’s Club held the annual Triathlon on Sunday officially kicking off the list of events for Harbor Days which continue through this weekend. For a complete list visit www.wanderer.com
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Olde Field Farm371 viewsThe Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Rochester Land hosted a joint walk at the Olde Field Farm property on the afternoon of Sunday, February 23. Hikers walked through the pinewood trails and through the frozen wetlands surrounding the Mattapoisett River, looking for animal tracks in the snow and admiring the natural beauty Rochester has to offer. The RLT will be hosting other walks in the future to showcase properties featured in their new booklet titled, “Explore Rochester.” Photo by Felix Perez
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Oktoberfest Celebration371 viewsWere you wearing your lederhosen with a stein of lager in your hand while dancing the Schuhplattler and blowing the Alpine horn at Marion’s first Oktoberfest celebration September 13? The weather held out for Oktoberfest revelers at the Marion VFW where there were traditional dance performances, music, food, and of course – beer! Photo by Felix Perez
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