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Dispatcher Honored652 viewsRochester Chief Dispatcher Tracy Eldridge accepts a commendation before receiving the Thirteenth Annual Jeff Grossman 9-1-1 Telecommunicator of the Year Award on June 29. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Baseball Champs652 viewsMembers of the Rochester Youth Baseball (RYB) 10-U team recently won the Dennis tournament championship title, 5-1. Members of the winning team include (front, l. to r.) Andrew Dessert, Evan Sylvia, Tucker Mendonca, Ryan Beatty, Ryan Plunkett, Cory Dias (back row, l. to r.) Zack Rivera, Riley Sherman, Andrew Ryan, Jeremy Bare, Sam Kirby. The team in managed by Chris Dessert, with Coaches Gary Sherman, Mike Ryan, and George Kirby. (Photo courtesy of Chris Dessert).
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Frozen Flyers652 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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Rochester Woodsman Show 2007649 viewsOne of the highlights of the annual Rochester Country Fair was the Woodsman Show and Competition held on Friday night, August 17. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Under the Big Top648 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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Rochester Woodsman Show 2007648 viewsOne of the highlights of the annual Rochester Country Fair was the Woodsman Show and Competition held on Friday night, August 17. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Hula Hoopin'648 viewsKids compete in the Hula Hoop Contest during the 2007 Rochester Country Fair. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Voices in Time647 viewsEntertainment for the 2009 Rochester Senior Picnic was provided by Voices in Time, a Rochester vocal group lead by Sharon Jensen. Pictured are front row (left to right); Sam Masse, Skyla Callahan, Taylor Lariviere, Sara Achorn, Tori Lariviere; back row (left to right); Alexa Cahill, Alexandra English, Sabrina Aguiar, Jillian Jensen. Photo by Paul Lopes
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Waterman Reunion647 viewsThe Third Annual Waterman School Reunion took place at the Rochester Memorial School on Saturday, September 12 attracting over 100 former students of the venerable elementary school. Waterman school, which was in the building that now houses the Rochester Fire Department, was the forerunner to RMS during the first half of the Twentieth Century. The theme for this year’s gathering was The War Years, remembering the World War II era. Photo by Robert Chiarito
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Ghost Writer645 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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Wood, If I Could645 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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Global Warming645 viewsStudents at Rochester's Memorial School were given a rare look at a scaled model of Planet Earth during a recent Earth Balloon program sponsored by professors from Bridgewater State College. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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