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Prize Winners356 viewsRochester resident Mark Sollauer (left), author of "The Knights of Old Rochester", was the winner of the 2011 Wanderer Halloween story contest. Also, Marion resident Emma Wyman (right, with mom, Diane) won our Halloween cover contest. Both visited us at the Wanderer office to pick up their grand prize - an iPod Touch! Thanks to all who entered. Photos by Anne Kakley.
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Old Rochester Little League356 views The Old Rochester Little League held their parade and opening day on Saturday April 27. The festivities included the National Anthem sung by Jennel Garcia and opening pitches thrown by Police Chief’s Lincoln Miller (Marion), Mary Lyons (Mattapoisett), and Paul McGee (Rochester), as well as Fire Chiefs Thomas Joyce (Marion), Andrew Murray (Mattapoisett) and Scott Weigel (Rochester). Photos by Felix Perez.
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Crossroads Boys’ Lacrosse League356 viewsIn the Crossroads Boys’ Lacrosse League, ORR beat Fairhaven 22-3 on Sunday, February 1 at the Jungleplex in Plymouth. There is a game every Sunday for the next six weeks, as the athletes keep in shape for the spring season. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Tabor Academy Special Olympics Club 356 viewsThe Tabor Academy Special Olympics Club kicked off an important new project, “The R-Word Campaign” on Sunday, February 14 with a special Valentine’s Day basketball tournament as part of the school’s Special Olympics Young Athletes Program. Students hope to change school culture for the better by raising awareness to extinguish the use of the R-word. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Old Rochester Little League356 viewsThe Old Rochester Little League celebrated its Opening Day of the 2016 season on Saturday, April 30 at Gifford Park off Dexter Road in Rochester. The young athletes took part in the traditional Opening Day parade, which began at Dexter Park and concluded at Dexter Field. The players then circled the field for the National Anthem, with a flyover by Glenn Lawrence in his plane. After opening ceremonies, the first games of the season were held. Photo by Colin Veitch
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Triathlon356 viewsThe Triathlon kicked off the first of the many Harbor Days events scheduled over the week and into the weekend. Hosted by the Mattapoisett Lions Club every year, the triathlon takes racers .25 miles from the shore of Town Beach and back, 10 miles bicycling through Mattapoisett, and 5K through the village around Ned’s Point Lighthouse. Photos by Colin Veitch
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2016 Halloween Cover Contest356 views2016 Halloween Cover Contest entry by Daniel Peirce
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2017 Halloween Cover Contest Entry356 views2017 Halloween Cover Contest Entry by Molly Dupre
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2018 Halloween Cover Contest 356 views2018 Halloween Cover Contest Entry by Robert Flynn
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Boston Post Cane356 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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Spell that again?356 views Tucked away safely inside the Town Clerk’s Office is a list of 133 ways to misspell Mattapoisett. Ellis Mendell (1834-1907), the Mattapoisett postmaster around the turn of the century, kept a list of the many ways he has seen Mattapoisett misspelled on the letters that have passed through his post office. Which one is your favorite? Cover design by Paul Lopes
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Mattapoisett Fire Department 356 viewsOn March 6 at approximately 10:09 am, the Mattapoisett Fire Department was dispatched to 141 Fairhaven Road for a reported structure fire. Fire Chief Andrew Murray arrived on scene at 10:11 am and reported heavy fire and smoke showing from the rear of the structure. At the time, a first-alarm assignment was requested to the scene, bringing in engines from Marion and Fairhaven Fire. Rochester Fire responded to Mattapoisett fire station for station coverage. Photos by Mick Colageo
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