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Candle Light Vigil424 viewsHundreds of people from around Mattapoisett gathered at Shipyard Park on Wednesday, December 19, for a candle light vigil to remember the victims and families of the Newtown, Conn. elementary school shooting. The service featured prayers by local clergy and music by local youth singing group, The Showstoppers. Photo by Eric Tripoli.
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Blizzard of 2013424 viewsPictures taken during the storm show the devastation of the driving winds and wet snow in the area of Harbor Beach in Mattapoisett. Photos by Diane Garde
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Florence Eastman American Legion Post 280 Clam Boil424 viewsOrganizers deemed the Florence Eastman American Legion Post 280 Clam Boil a success despite rainy conditions, as scores of Tri-Town residents came to Shipyard Park for dishes like Ken Dawicki’s chowder stew and Bob Moore’s stuffing. Photos courtesy of Michael Lamoureux.
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Young Adult Author Signing424 viewsAuthor Scott Blagden mentors 14-year-old aspiring novelist Jacqueline Leduc.
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Schooner Era424 viewsThe authors of a new book, The Last of the Fairhaven Coasters: Reliving the era of the coastal schooner in Mattapoisett, gave a talk on January 26 at the Mattapoisett Historical Museum Carriage House about Daniel Tucker’s father Captain Claude S. Tucker, captain of his beloved schooner the Coral. Pictured from left to right: Robert Demanche, Daniel Tucker, and Caroline Tucker. By Jean Perry
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Taste of the Town424 viewsThe 11th Annual Taste of the Town in Mattapoisett drew hundreds out to Shipyard Park on July 15. The Women’s Club event raises funds for scholarships for local students. Photos by Jean Perry
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Cold Steel424 views“Cold Steel” was one of the educating and exciting free programs the Mattapoisett Free Library offers during the summer. Visitors learned all about the history of swords and the origins of sword fighting, while Jeff Lord and Jeff Goodkind from the Association for Renaissance and Medieval Swordsmanship gave live demonstrations before a crowd of enthusiastic kids and adults. Photos by Jean Perry
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Mattapoisett Historical Society424 viewsEver tried eating a salty piece of hard tack, made your own signal flags, or learned to tie nautical knots? Some pint-sized future sailors at the Mattapoisett Historical Society Museum learned about what it was like to be a sailor back in the whaling days, with a little bit of history sneaked into all the fun and games. Photos by Jean Perry
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Salty Christmas424 viewsBrownell Systems helped the Mattapoisett Land Trust kicked off the holiday season at the Dunseith Gardens by placing the Christmas hat on Satly’s. Photo by Paul Lopes
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White Gift Pageant424 viewsFor 80 years the Mattapoisett Congregational Church has presented a White Gift Pageant that includes the story and Nativity of Jesus, and the collection of gifts wrapped in plain white paper that are donated to charitable groups in the area. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Women’s Fund Tiara 5K 424 viewsParticipants in the Women’s Fund Tiara 5K Mother’s Day race enjoyed fine weather and fun, breaking the record of registered runners with 1,000 who took part. Some donned their tiaras and tutus, and there was even a super hero or two spotted in the Kids’ Fun Run. Photos by Felix Perez
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Mattapoisett Library Wedding424 viewsThe Mattapoisett Library hosted its first ever all-out wedding ceremony on November 7. Shannon Devlin and Matthew Spelman tied the knot storybook style, witnessed by the hundreds of surrounding love stories that lie on library shelves. Photo submission Shannon Devlin
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