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Marion Block Party 2007638 viewsMarion's Benjamin D. Cushing Post VFW 2425 gave the town one last chance to kick up its heels before sending the kids back to school as they threw an end-of-the-season Block Party in honor the town’s World War II and other veterans. Several hundred people attended the event held on Spring Street in front of Marion’s Town House on Saturday night, August 25. (Photo by Laurie Chiarito).
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Azorean Trip638 viewsMr. and Mrs. Bill Hubbard of Mattapoisett are pictured posing in front of Mr. Hubbard’s grandmother’s house in Saint Michael’s, Azores, holding a copy of The Wanderer during a recent vacation trip. (Photo courtesy of Tim Smith). (01/24/08 issue)
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Dune Bashing638 viewsRobert and Scott McDavid of Marion pose with a Christmas cover of The Wanderer. The photo was taken while they were dune bashing in the desert of Dubai during their Christmas vacation. Dune bashing is driving a Quad or a 4x4 SUV across the sand dunes. (01/29/09 issue)
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Book Tree638 viewsLiz Sherry, the Young Adult and Adult Reference Librarian at the Mattapoisett Library, puts a star on top of the book tree on Saturday, December 1. The tree is comprised of recycled books left over from the book sale and is serving as a holiday decoration in the Young Adult section, which is currently being redesigned. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Mattapoisett Thanksgiving Walk637 viewsThe Mattapoisett Land Trust recently hosted a walk through the wilds of Brandt Island Cove led by Land Trust member Ruth Bates. The walk offered participants the opportunity to trek through land parcels the organization has proposed to acquire. Ms. Bates guided about two dozen hikers through the thickets and meadows of the Trust’s Ferreira Preserve to the salt marshes along Brandt Island Cove. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Tie-Dyed at ORR637 viewsStudents in Ms. Gauvin’s eighth grade science class at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School learned about chemical reactions and colors during a tie-dye shirt-making session held this past week. UMass Dartmouth Chemistry Professor Tobey Dills (right background) and members of the UMass Dartmouth Chemistry Club were on hand to supervise the proceedings. Each student made their own cotton tie-dyed shirt which they will wear to school as part of a planned “Tie-Dyed Day.” (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Masterpieces in Marion637 viewsMarion artist Peter Stone’s oil painting “Morning Crescent” is just one of the works that will be on display during the Marion Art Center’s Fiftieth Anniversary Invitational Show which opens on with a gala on Friday, June 22 with a reception to meet the artists from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The Fiftieth Anniversary Invitational Show will be on display in both galleries at the Marion Art Center through July 25. (Photo courtesy of Peter Stone).
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Dispatcher Honored637 viewsRochester Chief Dispatcher Tracy Eldridge received the Thirteenth Annual Jeff Grossman 9-1-1 Telecommunicator of the Year Award on June 29 and is seen here flanked by Ned Merrick, Chief of the Plainville Police Department and a longtime colleague of Mr. Grossman, and Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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YMCA Gala637 viewsMattapoisett YMCA’s Waterfront Gala was held on Saturday night, September 15. The evening fundraiser was the third such annual event aimed at generating revenue that will help maintain old programs and facilities and create new programs at the YMCA’s Mattapoisett location. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Super Subs637 viewsAbout 35 students and 20 adult members of Friends of Old Rochester Music (FORM) gathered in the early morning hours of February 3 to make hundreds of submarine sandwiches in their annual effort to raise money for the Old Rochester School District’s various music programs. The sandwiches, ten-inch Italian subs piled high with toppings, were pre-sold in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLII at $6 apiece by the student musicians from all of the Old Rochester Schools. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Reading Garden637 viewsThe Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester recently dedicated a new “Reading Garden,” an outdoor sculpture garden and sitting area, that was a gift of the family and friends of Steven Santos in his memory on Saturday morning, June 28. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Antique Adventure637 viewsThis nautical display is just one of the many elaborate exhibits you can expect to see at the sixteenth annual Marion Antiques Show, to take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 15, 16 and 17 in the Fish Athletic Center of Tabor Academy in Marion. The weekend will include a gala preview party on Friday beginning at 5:30 pm and will continue on Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Sunday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. (Photo courtesy of Kimberly Teves).
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