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Plumb Corner Halloween Party355 viewsEvery year, the ghosts, ghouls, princesses, and superheroes come out to the Annual Plumb Corner Halloween Party, sponsored in part by the Friends of the Plumb Library. DJ Howie provided the tunes, and families enjoyed pumpkin painting, a costume contest, and a variety of spooky-themed crafts and activities. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Electronic Recycling355 viewsThe Rochester Land Trust held an electronics recycling drop-off on Saturday, April 23, during the Women’s Club’s Earth Day Town-wide Clean-up. They received a steady stream of retro radios, tube TVs, and boom boxes, making it look like a curatorship of a vintage electronics museum of sorts. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Plumb Corner Easter355 viewsReady, set, go! On April 8, Plumb Corner hosted its annual Easter egg hunt, which included other fun activities such as cookie decorating, hay rides, and crafts. Photos by Felix Perez
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Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race355 viewsIt rained, again, for the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on Monday, May 29, but that never stops the participants from paddling the 14 miles of the Mattapoisett River that winds from Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir in Snipatuit Pond in Rochester all the way to the Herring Weir in Mattapoisett off River Road and Route 6. This was the 83rd year of the Tri-Town tradition. Photos by Jean Perry
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No Rain On This Parade 355 viewsThe RCF was packed on Sunday with people out enjoying the fair food, parade, frog racing, and pie tossing at (willing) faces. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Fine Arts Cafe354 viewsThe Rochester Congregational Church boosted spirits on a gray Saturday when it held its second annual Fine Arts Café on September 24, 2011. The Café, which featured work from area artists, benefitted the Church through a percentage of sales. Photos by Robert Chiarito.
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Rochester Dog Show354 viewsDozens of dogs and their humans gathered in Rochester last weekend for a show focusing mainly on pit bulls, an opportunity to dispel prejudices against the breed and highlight some of their qualities. Photos by Felix Perez.
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Country Fair Hoedown Dance Party354 views The Relics brought their boot-scootin’ tunes to the Ponderosa on Saturday night, as the Rochester Country Fair hosted a Hoedown Dance Party fundraiser. Photos by Felix Perez.
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Frosty Runner Road Race354 viewsRunners who participated in the third annual Frosty Runner Road Race enjoyed spring-like weather, perfect for a 10 mile or 3 mile run through the neighborhoods of Rochester. The two separate races were run simultaneously, beginning and ending at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School on Saturday February 1. The race was rescheduled from January 25, when the weather was a little too frosty for the event. Photo by Jean Perry
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Easter in Rochester354 viewsThere was no other place a kid in Rochester would rather be the day before Easter than in the fields at Plumb Corner. Well over a hundred children lined the two fields, ready to hunt the hundreds of colorful plastic Easter eggs filled with candy that lay in the grass before them. Photo by Jean Perry
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Memorial Day Boat Race354 viewsKeeping with an 80 year-old tradition, people with their home made boats raced toward the finish line during the annual Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race. Beginning at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir on Snipatuit Road, boaters paddled the almost 12-mile race route to Herring Weir at River Road in Mattapoisett. There were 65 teams in all. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Miles for Memorial Annual Fitness Challenge354 viewsSmiling faces beneath sunny skies, Rochester Memorial School was the setting May 30 for a day of outdoor fun and fitness during the Miles for Memorial Annual Fitness Challenge. With soccer, Frisbee, hula-hoops, and dance parties, kids were in constant motion everywhere you looked and one could hear music, laughter, and cheering from every corner of RMS’s green grassy grounds. Photos By Jean Perry
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