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Race to the Finish 347 viewsJuly 4th morning in Mattapoisett means its time for the annual Mattapoisett July 4th Road Race, a five-miler that starts and finishes at Shipyard Park. The proceeds fund scholarships to ORR graduates. Photos by Sarah French Storer
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Wintertime347 viewsPhoto by Jen Shepley
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Mattapoisett Sunset347 viewsBy Teresa Dall
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Anthony DeCosta 347 viewsAnthony DeCosta was well known in Mattapoisett as a painter and the co-author of a book about the first Portuguese residents in the town. Born in 1892, he was a lifelong resident, except for the years he drove an ambulance during World War I. In his later years, he painted pictures of Mattapoisett, including the Ned’s Point Lighthouse, the whaling ship The Wanderer, and of New Bedford’s streets during the whaling years. DeCosta’s granddaughter, Lorene Sweeney remembers,
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John Oldham347 viewsJohn Oldham has been teaching history at Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School for 17 years, but in his off time he takes photographs of the buildings, sights and scenes that pique his interest. Oldham has broad interests but is especially drawn to architecture and street scenes. He credits his daughter’s artistic studies and endeavors for inspiring him. Although he deems taking photographs a hobby at this point, once he retires from teaching, he’ll explore making it much more than that. “I w
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Mattapoisett Sustainability Partnership347 viewsDakota, Lynne and Drew Nahigyan, below, were dressed for the rain and used recycled bags to clean up a street in the eastern part of town.
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Brad’s Run346 viewsMotorcycle enthusiasts and friends of the late Brad Barrows from far and wide gathered on Saturday for the Brad’s Run fundraiser, celebrating the life of the Mattapoisett bar owner and supporting local sports programs, schools, and more. Photos by Marilou Newell.
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National Take Your Child to the Library Day346 viewsThe Mattapoisett Public Library celebrated National Take Your Child to the Library Day this Saturday, February 1, with an entire day filled with special activities for children. All day long, a steady stream of kids enjoyed activities such as a library scavenger hunt, playing chess, watching the movie “Up,” and face painting. Photos by Jean Perry & Felix Perez
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Friends of Nasketucket Bay State Reservation 346 viewsFriends of Nasketucket Bay State Reservation and the Mattapoisett Land Trust got together on Saturday to help clean up the Nasketucket Bay Sate Reservation. Photos by Felix Perez
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The Bogs at Sunset346 viewsThere is an otherworldly appearance to the Bogs during the long-shadowed evening hours of late spring. The landscape is bathed in golden sunlight that makes the bogs appear to glow from the inside out. The Buzzards Bay Coalition oversees the 50 acres of retired cranberry bogs that abounds with wildlife of the amphibious kind. On May 30, the organization led a group on a discovery tour with a focus on frogs. Photo by Jean Perry
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Mattapoisett Historical Museum Photos346 viewsThe Mattapoisett Historical Museum is in possession of hundreds of photographs dating from the 1800s to as recently as the 1980s bearing images of people and places from Mattapoisett, but lacking identification. In their latest exhibit, the museum is asking the public to help solve the mystery each of the pictures represents. Each black and white or colorized image is a mini-mystery waiting to be solved. Photos (of the photos) by Marilou Newell
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Shaw Farm Trail346 viewsJuly 31 was a big day for the Buzzards Bay Coalition, the Towns of Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, and the entire South Coast when 416 acres of farmland and conservation land were added to the Nasketucket Bay Conservation Project, which was formally completed with the addition of the Shaw Farm Trail that now links the bike path with the Nasketucket Bay State Reservation. Photos by Colin Veitch and Jean Perry
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