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Library Treasures278 viewsWord spread of the Antiques Roadshow-style fundraiser at the Mattapoisett Library on March 29, attracting scores of South Coasters clutching their treasures, antiques, and heirlooms for appraisal and admiration, hoping Francis McNamee of the Marion Antique Shop might discover worth in their belongings beyond their sentimental value. Paying $5 per item appraised, some brought primitive dolls, old books, tea sets, and artwork. By Jean Perry
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Seussical, the Musical278 viewsThe Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club production of “Seussical, the Musical”opens this Thursday and runs on April 3, 4, and 5 at 7:30 pm and April 6 at 2:00 pm. Photos by Felix Perez
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Rochester Lions Club278 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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Easter in Rochester278 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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Lady’s Slipper 278 viewsThere are plenty of pink Lady’s Slipper wildflowers to behold along the trails of New Bedford Waterworks in Rochester. (Note: Please refrain from picking these flowers as many members of this orchid genus are on the Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species.) Photo by Marcy Smith
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Memorial Day Boat Race278 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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Rochester Memorial Day Parade278 viewsThe citizens of Rochester gathered on the green on Sunday to show their respect to those who serve both past and present. Photos by Felix Perez
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The Bogs at Sunset278 viewsThere is an otherworldly appearance to the Bogs during the long-shadowed evening hours of late spring. The landscape is bathed in golden sunlight that makes the bogs appear to glow from the inside out. The Buzzards Bay Coalition oversees the 50 acres of retired cranberry bogs that abounds with wildlife of the amphibious kind. On May 30, the organization led a group on a discovery tour with a focus on frogs. Photo by Jean Perry
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Class of 2014278 viewsSaturday, June 7 was a beautiful day for graduation at Old Rochester Regional High School. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Seniors Appreciation at Center School278 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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Field Day Fun at Sippican School 278 viewsFriday morning we caught some first-graders in the middle of a hula-hoop relay on the grounds of Sippican School. Holding hands and cheering each other on, the kids twisted and turned themselves through the hoops and the first team to get their hoop to travel down and up the line again won the relay. Can you guess which team won? Photo by Jean Perry
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Underclassmen Awards Night278 views(left to right) Juniors Ashley Pacheco, Michael Kassabian, Austin Salkind, Jillian Sethares, and Julia Nojeim proudly hold some of their awards from the underclassmen awards night at ORR last Thursday. Photo by Renae Reints.
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