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Grace Costa-Medeiros492 viewsGrace Costa-Medeiros, 19, of Marion, sells her hand-sewn napkins and tablecloths at a craft fair in Fairhaven on Saturday, April 23, with her support worker from the Nemaskett Group. Costa-Medeiros is an ORR student who will participate in the regional school district’s first age 18-22 community-based instruction program, a special education program that teaches life skills and provides support for community involvement. Photo by Pat Charyk
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Mushroom Walk492 viewsWesley Price, a mycologist, led a walk in the Sippican Lands Trust property White Eagle on October 23. During the tour, Price enlightened the group on the importance of mushrooms in the natural environment including the fact that mushrooms are the largest living organism on the surface of the planet. Photo by Marilou Newell
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BBC Watershed Ride492 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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Pine Meadow Alpaca Farm492 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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42nd Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta491 views The 42nd Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta sailed on despite heavy rain and chilly temperatures the weekend of August 1 through the 3rd. The BBR, which takes place in Sippican Harbor, is the largest multi-class regatta in the country, with about 450 boats and over 1,100 sailors participating across 15 different classes. Photos by SpectrumPhoto/Fran Grenon - www.spectrumphotofg.com
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2nd annual Tri-Town Night Out491 viewsTri-Town area police departments hosted their 2nd annual Tri-Town Night Out on August 5 at the ORR High School grounds. The meet and greet-style event was geared toward families, with live demonstrations and a chance to meet local law enforcement officials like Bella, a member of the Plymouth County Sherriff’s Department K-9 Unit. Photos by Jean Perry
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Christmas Day Swim491 viewsOn Christmas Day 2014, about 50 hardy souls, young and old alike, ran with yelps of joy into 42-degree winter waters at Mattapoisett’s Town Beach. This annual event raises funds for Helping Hands and Hooves, a nonprofit organization in Mattapoisett that provides horseback riding lessons and therapeutic sessions for people with special needs. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Summer Days491 views Buzzards Bay was active this past Labor Day weekend with boaters and residents out enjoying the late summer weather on this unofficial last weekend of the summertime season. The colors of summer will soon shift to the colors of fall in the harbor, but not before a few more opportunities to take out those kayaks and sailboats with friends and family. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride 491 viewsIt was a windy ride for the 120 participants of the 9th Annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride on October 4. From Westport to Falmouth, cyclists rode either the 75-mile or 35-mile route to raise funds for the Buzzards Bay Coalition, bringing in nearly $90,000. Riders paused at Eastover Farm in Rochester for a lunch break before continuing on for the remaining 35 miles. Photos by Colin Veitch
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ORRHS Class Olympics491 viewsIt was freshmen vs. sophomores vs. juniors vs. seniors on March 4 during the ORRHS Class Olympics. The four grades competed against each other in games like the egg toss, Pictionary, and the three-legged race for a cash deposit into their class bank account. Seniors took first place that day. Photos by Jean Perry
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Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Scholarship491 viewsMattapoisett Woman’s Club Scholarship Recipients (L to R) Second Row: 2016 Scholarship Recipients Jane Kassabian, Abigail Field, Serena Jaskolka, Maggie Wiggin; Front Row: Elaine Botelho (MWC past President); Kathy McAuliffe (MWC President). Photo courtesy Elaine Botelho
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Balloon Fun491 viewsThe Mattapoisett Library welcomed the balloon-bending artist Chip Rascal to help kick off the library’s summer reading program. Rascal used balloons to create a small-scale replica of Salty the Seahorse, and he also shared his tricks of the trade with library patrons to explore balloon art. Photos by Jean Perry
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