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Rochester Council on Aging 378 viewsRochester Council on Aging Director Cheryl Randall-Mach, Lorraine Thompson and a volunteer distribute meals at the COA. Photo by Kelly Smith
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Bombs Away377 viewsA look into a bomb shelter discovered by the owner at the former Dempsey’s Village Sampler in Rochester. Photo by Paul Lopes
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Brush Fire376 viewsA recent fire scorched leaves and charred trees over an acre of forest adjacent to the Dexter Lane Athletic fields and the Rochester Senior Center on Thursday, April 21, 2011. Photo by Chris Martin.
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Kelcey Robertson376 viewsKelcey Robertson, 11, of Rochester, was honored on April 27 by Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz with a Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certificate of Recognition as a "Hero in our Community" and given three books to add to his donation to the Tri-Town Against Racism Diversity Library for local schools. Robertson, The Wanderer's Keel Award winner in Rochester for 2020.
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Tree Lighting375 viewsRochester held its annual tree lighting on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Rochester Town Hall. Visitors were treated to the sounds of the Rochester Memorial School band and chorus before the tree was lit. Santa made a grand entrance on a fire truck. Photo by Felix Perez.
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RMS Groundbreaking375 viewsIt was a momentous day in Rochester on May 28, 2010, when the school held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rochester Memorial School project, scheduled to be completed in the 2010/2011 school year. The $26M project will renovate the existing building and add a considerable addition to accommodate Rochester’s growing population. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley.
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Rochester Country Fair375 viewsRochester’s Country Fair was a great success despite the cancellation of the Town Ball Game, Woodsman Show, the Block dance and the Bonfire due to EEE. The weather was perfect on Saturday as children raced frogs, climbed walls, bounced in castles and much more. Although the weather was less than perfect on Sunday, residents lined the streets with lawn chairs and umbrellas to watch as the Hillbilly themed parade passed. Photos by Felix Perez.
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Greenways375 viewsOn May 19, 2011, a group of volunteers from Rochester Green Ways converged on the corner of New Bedford Road and Dexter Lane to repair the damage done to their wildflower garden path by last spring’s flooding. The Green Ways Committee invites the public to use the path, to take the time to stop and smell the flowers, watch the butterflies and consider what a small group of volunteers can accomplish with community support. Photo courtesy of Laurene Gerrior.
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Snipatuit Pond375 viewsReader Kathleen St. John posted this picture on The Wanderer’s Facebook wall, of her son Caleb kayaking on Snipatuit Pond. Photo by Kathleen St. John.
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RMS Groundbreaking374 viewsIt was a momentous day in Rochester on May 28, 2010, when the school held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rochester Memorial School project, scheduled to be completed in the 2010/2011 school year. The $26M project will renovate the existing building and add a considerable addition to accommodate Rochester’s growing population. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley.
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Boston Post Cane374 viewsSelectman Brad Morse presented the Boston Post cane to Rochester’s oldest living resident, Edna Chadwick, 101, at her home on June 11. The Boston Post cane tradition was started in 1909 when the now defunct newspaper presented 700 New England towns with ebony canes imported from Africa and crowned in 14-karat gold to be passed down to the oldest resident living in the town. The last cane holder, Marion Thomas, passed away on April 19, 2019, at the age of 102. Photo courtesy Amanda Baptiste
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Annual Grange Fair374 viewsThe Rochester Grange held its Annual Grange Fair this past Saturday, August 17, an event that fills the Grange Hall with all the elements of the bucolic beauty that is Rochester. Photos by Jean Perry
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