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Under the Big Top765 viewsThe renowned Cole Brothers Circus made a recent stop in the field adjacent to the Plumb Corner Mall in Rochester last week to entertain the young and young-at-heart. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Dispatcher Honored764 viewsRochester Chief Dispatcher Tracy Eldridge (seated next to husband, Highway Surveyor Jeff Eldridge) listens to Police Chief Paul Magee read his nomination letter for the Thirteenth Annual Jeff Grossman 9-1-1 Telecommunicator of the Year Award which Ms. Eldridge received on June 29. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Frozen Flyers764 viewsA group of South Coast pilots recently took advantage of this winter's cold conditions to use Snipatuit Pond as a landing strip. The pilots use charts provided by the United States Government to determine if the thickness of the ice is enough to support the weight of their airplanes. Pilot Ben Bailey, who lives on the shores of the pond and hosted this past week's get together, flies a seaplane off of the pond during warmer weather months. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Dispatcher Honored762 viewsRochester Chief Dispatcher Tracy Eldridge received the Thirteenth Annual Jeff Grossman 9-1-1 Telecommunicator of the Year Award on June 29 and is seen here flanked by Ned Merrick, Chief of the Plainville Police Department and a longtime colleague of Mr. Grossman, and Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Congregational Christmas761 viewsA "Birthday Party for Jesus" Christmas Fair was held at the First Congregational Church of Rochester on Saturday, November 10. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Senior Sweethearts759 viewsEight Seniors Competing for the title of Miss Senior South Coast 2009 on Friday March 6, 2009 at Alden Court Nursing and Rehab Center at 6:30 pm. Left to Right Front Row: Lillian Mary Fernandes (Fairhaven), Marie Bolger (South Dartmouth), Madeicha Szklarski (New Bedford), and Natalia Roderick (New Bedford).
Back Row: Left to Right: Esther Barker (Fairhaven), Hilda Connor (Fairhaven), Shirley Parker (Fairhaven), Celeste Forte (Acushnet).
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Ghost Writer758 viewsOn Thursday, November 1 at the Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester, author Edward Lodi will talk about his latest book, Moonlight Harvest: Haunted Cranberry Bogs of Cape Cod and Plymouth County, a collection of seventeen ghost stories. He will also talk about The Old Peculiar House, an audio CD of three ghost stories inspired by a haunted house in Rochester, and will answer questions from the audience. The talk will take place at 7:00 pm and will be followed by a book signing.
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COA Memorial Tree Planting755 viewsRochester Council on Aging (COA) Director Sharon Lally watches while Audrey Ouellette, the widow of former COA Custodian Paul Ouellette, shovels mulch onto the tree planted in her husband's honor. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Rochester Country Fair Parade 2007755 viewsOne of the floats decorated to reflect the "Set Sail to the Islands" theme in the Rochester Country Fair Parade on Sunday, August 19. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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COA Director Honored754 viewsRochester Council on Aging (COA) Director Sharon Lally poses outside the Rochester Senior Center on Dexter Lane. The Senior Center is being recommended for accreditation by the Senior Center Accreditation On-Site Peer Review Board — a distinction only 300 Senior Centers have achieved nationwide — and Ms. Lally was recently chosen as the Massachusetts Council on Aging Director of the Year. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Waterman Reunion753 viewsSeveral hundred former students of the Waterman School, the precursor to the Rochester Memorial School, came together for a unique school reunion that spanned the decades from the end of the late nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century at the Rochester Senior Center on the afternoon of Saturday, September 15. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Wood, If I Could753 viewsThe ever-popular Woodsman Show remains a highlight of Rochester’s annual Country Fair and was held on Friday evening, August 22. Here a contestant displays his skills at the difficult and sometimes dangerous axe-throwing competition. Other events included log rolling, bow sawing, disc stacking, spring board chop, two-person cross cut, chainsaw cutting, and downward chop. Some of the woodmen came from as far away as Vermont to compete in this year’s program. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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