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Oxfam Fundraising Banquet199 viewsAt the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School on February 13, guests of the Oxfam fundraising banquet got a taste of world hunger when they symbolically experienced the inequitable distribution of wealth and resources during a dinner of either just rice, rice or beans, or a full meal of rice, beans, and baked fish, determined at random by which ticket guests received at the door. Photo by Jean Perry
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Snowman199 viewsThis snowman was spotted guarding Snipatuit Pond Photo by Kristen Mathieu
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All Abstract199 viewsThe Marion Art Center opening reception for its latest exhibit “All Abstract” delighted gallery-goers on March 7, with many guests remarking on how playful and different this particular show is from the MAC’s exhibits in the past. Photo by Jean Perry
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Rochester Lions Club199 viewsThe school gave a “giant thank you” to the Rochester Lions Club for the donation of a brand new vision screener to replace the one the Lions Club donated to the school 44 years ago (below, right). School Nurse Michelle Humphrey showed her gratitude by asking students at Old Colony to create a small plaque thanking the Lions Club to be affixed to the side of the vision screener. The vision screener cost just under $2,000, and Rochester Lions Club Members John Cobb and Deb Marten attended
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Marion Natural History Museum 199 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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Easter in Rochester199 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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Gary Sousa199 viewsGary Sousa seeks out the things you just can’t see back home and captures them with his camera, following the beaten and unbeaten paths of faraway places. The Tabor Academy history teacher shared his experiences in Vietnam with a small group of Marion residents last week at the Elizabeth Taber Library, bringing with him a seeming fortune in Vietnamese Dong, a treasure trove of handicrafts, and hundreds of photos, some of which he presented with a little academic insight and plenty of comical commentary.
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RMS preforms the Tempest199 viewsShakespeare would be proud of the Rochester Memorial School fifth and sixth-grade students performing this years Shakespearian play, The Tempest. The show is on May 2 at 7:00 pm in the Memorial School Cafetorium. Photo by Jean Perry.
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Memorial Day Boat Race199 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 Challenge199 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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Miles for Memorial Annual Fitness Challenge199 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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Seniors Appreciation at Center School199 viewsOne of the highlights of the third-grade school year, students dressed up as famous Americans and treated senior citizens from the Council on Aging to a senior citizen appreciation breakfast the morning of June 6. The third-graders sang patriotic songs like the Star-Spangled Banner and My Country ‘Tis of Thee, dressed as the American figure of their choice. Photo by Jean Perry
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