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New Year Plunge159 viewsIt was not publicized or heavily promoted, but traditions are hard to break. That was the case on New Year’s Day 2022 when a hearty group of some 200 “plungers” arrived at Mattapoisett Town Beach for their annual dip in the harbor. Last year the event was not publicized at all, said this year’s organizers, Heather and Michael Bichsel. “But we decided since people were going to show up anyway, we’d help to keep this going.”
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Blue Jay159 viewsThis blue jay was spotted at Brandt Beach after the first snowstorm of 2022. Photo courtesy of Marcia Parker
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Mattapoisett159 viewsPhoto by Jen Shepley
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Volunteers159 viewsPenny Pinchers Exchange, located in the Elizabeth Taber Chapel on Main Street in Marion, spent a very busy April 24 morning working with six, amazingly capable students as they sorted, rearranged, organized, tagged and cleared out all the winter stock and readied the incoming summer inventory. PPX, an all-volunteer group of women, is so very grateful for their help. What these young people did in two hours would have taken two weeks of Wednesdays and Saturdays. We love our Tabor Academy volunteers and look
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Judy Rosbe159 viewsThe Massachusetts History Alliance honored Judy Rosbe for her outstanding contributions to the Sippican Historical Society with the Star Award at their conference on June 3 in Devens. MHA Star Award recipients are recognized for long-term commitment, outstanding work with concrete results, exemplary innovation, local leadership for change, or contributions to equity and justice. Photo courtesy Alanna Nelson
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Weekend Fun158 viewsWhat did you do on the weekend? We asked our Facebook fans and these are the memories they shared.
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Pan-Mass Challenge158 viewsCalib LaRue and Andrew Reveill were riders in the Pan-Mass Challenge and wanted to do something special for the neighborhood kids and have them ride around the neighborhood together before they left for their ride. Rochester Police Department Sergeant Kevin Flynn and Officer Jason Denham took it upon themselves to join us and provide a safe ride with the kids. Photos courtesy Calib LaRue
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Marion Natural History Museum158 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum hosted a Nature Journaling program on October 3 with artist Tricia Cassidy. We enjoyed beautiful weather while hearing about a variety of strategies to allow everyone, even the most insecure participants, to be able to express the beauty of the natural environment on paper. We enjoyed several loosening-up exercises by playing with time constraints, not looking at the paper while drawing the subject, and framing our subject so as not to get too confused with the big picture.
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Brad Hathaway158 viewsIt took 32 years, but on October 3 Mattapoisett resident Brad Hathaway completed his “Walk around the World” along Aucoot Road, accompanied by well over 100 friends and supporters of his mission refocused some years ago from what had begun as a fitness prescription to a fundraising effort for the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Hathaway, 88, is a co-founder of the MLT and has dedicated his life toward preserving and protecting lands that his ancestors first came upon hundreds of years ago.
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Brad Hathaway158 viewsIt took 32 years, but on October 3 Mattapoisett resident Brad Hathaway completed his “Walk around the World” along Aucoot Road, accompanied by well over 100 friends and supporters of his mission refocused some years ago from what had begun as a fitness prescription to a fundraising effort for the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Hathaway, 88, is a co-founder of the MLT and has dedicated his life toward preserving and protecting lands that his ancestors first came upon hundreds of years ago.
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2020 halloween Cover Contest158 views2020 Halloween Cover Contest by Mac Silvia
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Santa Arrives158 viewsThe Town of Rochester wasn’t able to host its traditional Christmas celebration this year, but the Fire Department made sure that Santa and Mrs. Claus and Sparky visited with children on Sunday outside Town Hall, where Board of Selectmen Chairman Paul Ciaburri presided over the lighting of the tree. Ciaburri was thrilled to report that the Christmas Angels, run by Lorraine Thompson with volunteers from the Council on Aging, the public library, local businesses, schools, and churches haven’t missed a beat.
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