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ORR Boys Basketball330 viewsORR Boys basketball lost to Bishop Stang 75 - 71 on Saturday, January 3rd. The game was played at Bishop Stang. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Marion Pack 32 Cub Scouts Fundraiser330 viewsThe Marion Pack 32 Cub Scouts, with the sponsorship of the Marion Recreation Department, held a Tabor Skate fundraiser on Sunday, January 11 in the Travis Roy Rink at Johnson Arena at Tabor Academy. Skaters sipped coffee and hot chocolate and enjoyed an afternoon of frozen fun while supporting the Scouts of Marion. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Summer Days330 views Buzzards Bay was active this past Labor Day weekend with boaters and residents out enjoying the late summer weather on this unofficial last weekend of the summertime season. The colors of summer will soon shift to the colors of fall in the harbor, but not before a few more opportunities to take out those kayaks and sailboats with friends and family. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Supermoon Eclipse330 viewsA blood red Harvest Moon hangs above Ned’s Point in Mattapoisett where some people had a stellar view of the rare celestial event of a total lunar eclipse of a supermoon. Dozens came to watch the moon on Sunday night as it passed through the Earth’s shadow between 9:07 pm, when the partial eclipse began, and 12:27 am when the spectacle ended. Photo by Colin Veitch
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Waste Water Treatment330 viewsLeftover biological solids, or sludge, are sent to another building where they are compressed into “mud pies.” Some is sent to the anaerobic digester to produce methane gas for energy and the rest is hauled away for burning.
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Hammond Quarry330 viewsMattapoisett Land Trust President Mike Huguenin led a group of about 52 people on a walk about Hammond Quarry, a historical property off Mattapoisett Neck Road that the MLT is hoping to acquire next year. Pink granite was mined from the site between the early 1700s through the early 1900s, and the MLT plans to purchase the property to preserve the quarries and carve out trails for public access. Photos by Jean Perry
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Little Library330 viewsMary Kathleen Briand and her dog Boone are stewards of the Little Free Library in Briand’s front yard located on Hammond Street next to the tennis courts at Center School. Little Free Library is a book exchange program where you may take a book and/or leave a book for free. The little library movement was established to promote literacy and access to books around the globe. Photo by Marilou Newell
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Freeman Bauer330 viewsFreeman Bauer of Mattapoisett presented Fairhaven Animal Shelter Officer Kelly Massey with a check in the amount of $1,600 for animal rescue. Bauer held a Dog Walk-a-thon as his Eagle project, raising funds for a cause very near to his heart. Photo courtesy of Jodi Bauer
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Take Your Child to the Library Day330 viewsThere were tons of family-friendly activities at the Plumb Library on February 4 for the annual Take Your Child to the Library Day. Junior Friends of the Library were on hand, as well as Miss Lisa leading the kids in physical exercises, and Amos the “read to me” greyhound made a few new friends. Photos by Deina Zartman
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Sharing the Harvest330 viewsOn September 25, 70 Old Hammondtown School 6th-graders went to "Sharing the Harvest," a volunteer-staffed farm at the Dartmouth YMCA that grows and distributes fresh food to local food banks. Students processed thousands of pounds of butternut squash, prepared seedling trays, planted garlic for next year's harvest, and unearthed sweet potatoes, despite the rain. The trip was sponsored by the PTO as part of a new social studies framework. Photos courtesy of Sara Jacobsen.
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Buzzards Bay Coalition 330 viewsPresident of the Buzzards Bay Coalition Mark Rasmussen gave an opening speech thanking numerous local benefactors as well as the engineering, contracting, and trade specialists who aided in building the nearly $2 million center for science and operations in Marion. Photo by Marilou Newell
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Planting Island Rainbow330 viewsJohn Sarson sent in this great rainbow photo taken last Wednesday on Planting Island in Marion.
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