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Flag Day433 viewsCenter School students gathered together with Old Hammondtown students by the Center School flagpole on the morning of Tuesday, June 14, to celebrate Flag Day. The OHS band played a number of tunes, while the Center School students sang patriotic songs and listened to Principal Rose Bowman read a series of poems and writings to remind the children of what the American flag stands for. Afterwards, the third-graders treated the seniors to the school’s annual senior breakfast. Photos by Jean Perry
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Tiara 5K Road Race433 viewsThe Tiara 5K road race sponsored by Oxford Creamery has become a staple Mother’s Day tradition in Mattapoisett. The weather was damp and chilly, but still 441 runners turned out for the Mattapoisett village run to benefit the Women’s Fund of New Bedford. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Race to the Finish 433 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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Mattapoisett Women’s Club 433 viewsThe Mattapoisett Women’s Club held an outdoors BYO lunch at Ned’s Point last week. Photos by Jennifer Shepley
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Fall Free Family Fun Festival433 viewsThe sixth annual Lions Club Fall Free Family Fun Festival was held on October 22 in Shipyard Park. Hundreds of children enjoyed face painting, fortune tellers, hayrides and games with a Halloween theme. King Lion Kimberly Ray said the event is an opportunity for people of all economic backgrounds to enjoy a family day together for free. Pumpkins and candy were handed out, while festive Halloween tunes filled the air. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Christmas Scenes433 viewsSalty the Seahorse is in the holiday spirit, while Rudolph seems to have lost an antler at Town Hall and one village home’s gathering of Christmas characters overlooks Mattapoisett harbor. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Mattapoisett Land Trust’s 50th Anniversary433 viewsCofounder Brad Hathaway was among attendees at the Mattapoisett Land Trust’s 50th Anniversary brunch held on June 30 at the Munro Preserve. The community heard from Representative Bill Straus, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco and MLT president Mike Huguenin about the land trust’s legacy and ongoing work. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Mattapoisett Mother's Day 5k 433 viewsJen Pease shared these photos of the Mattapoisett Mother's Day 5k event that was held on Sunday. Is it the second year holding this event and there were 404 registered participants (an increase from 198 last year). They raised just over $10,000 to donate to new mother's right here on the South Coast
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Shaw Farm Trail432 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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Salty’s Silvery Moon Soiree432 viewsOn October 25, families gathered around the fire with Salty the Seahorse to enjoy some storytelling and the general splendor of nighttime in Dunseith Gardens. Salty’s Silvery Moon Soiree is a fall tradition sponsored by the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Guests enjoy s’mores and cider, music, and stories told by Toby Gills. Center School students created special lanterns for the event. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Vernal Pools432 viewsGary Johnson of the Mattapoisett Land Trust led about a dozen on an excursion to the vernal pool at the Woodcock Preserve off Long Plain Road on Saturday, April 16, where they spotted the egg masses of the blue-spotted salamander, a species of ‘special concern,’ and the wood frog. The vernal pool is the only habitat for the blue-spotted salamander to lay its eggs. Photos by Jean Perry
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Taste of the Town432 viewsPeople with a taste for fine food flocked to Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett on the evening of Tuesday, July 12 for the annual Taste of the Town. Local restaurants and cafés dole out servings of their specialty foods for ticket holders to the event hosted by the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club. The event is the biggest yearly fundraiser for the Woman’s Club. Photos by Colin Veitch
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