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Plumb Corner Halloween Party349 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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Plumb Corner Halloween Party349 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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Rochester Tractor Pull349 viewsIf you were anywhere near the Rochester Country Fair grounds on Saturday, you heard the familiar sounds of revving tractor engines echoing throughout the town. The country fair committee held a tractor pull/swap fundraiser on April 29. Those who attended got an early taste of the sights, sounds, and smells of the Rochester Country Fair with dirt flying, engines blasting, and diesel smoke billowing up into the air. Photos by Jean Perry
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Grandparents’ Day348 viewsThe South Coast Senior Resource Alliance (SRA) sponsored a Grandparents’ Day in Rochester on September 12, 2010. The day celebrated the bond between grandparent and grandchild with pony rides, face-painting and lots of games. SRA volunteers also provided valuable health and wellness information to the seniors who attended. Photos by Felix Perez.
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Marion Natural History Museum 348 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum hosted their very first Earth Day Celebration on April 19, providing little ones with activities that focused on our planet and stimulated their senses. There was a make your own planet earth pinwheel table, a station to decorate your own “Earth cookie” with green and blue icing, a puppet show stage, and a boat load of Legos to play with while the sounds of croaking frogs and crickets played in the background. Photo by Jean Perry
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Memorial Day Boat Race348 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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Memorial Day Boat Race348 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 Challenge348 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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Rochester Country Fair 2014348 viewsWhat do you get when you combine the smell of Italian sausage mixed with diesel exhaust and cow manure, the sound of loud tractor engines drowning out the live country music with the occasional barn animal noise, and the sight of happy Southcoast folks in overalls? The sublime sensory experience that is the Rochester Country Fair! What is more fun than four fun-filled days of frog racing, tractor pulling, mechanic bull riding, and fried food eating? Don’t forget the cowchip bingo and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band who rocked the house on Saturday night before hundreds of spectators. Photos by Jean Perry, Camden Gaspar, and Felix Perez
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Otha Day348 viewsDrum master Otha Day spent the day with Rochester Memorial School students on November 21, giving lessons on rhythm and handing out percussion instruments, including drums and shakers, during drumming workshops held throughout the day. Photos By Jean Perry
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Irish Fairy Godmother348 viewsBringing with her a magical teapot, the Irish Fairy Godmother visited the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library March 7, treating about 25 kids to a magic show. Magician Debbie O’Carroll said her favorite part about being the Irish Fairy Godmother is seeing the cheerful responses from her young audience. Photos by Felix Perez
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Easter Breakfast348 viewsThe Rochester Senior Center was the place to be Sunday morning if you love a hearty breakfast…and the Easter Bunny. The Rochester Lions Club sponsored the breakfast with the Easter Bunny event on March 29, giving kids the chance to hang out with him and snap a few photos. Photos by Colin Veitch
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