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Tri-Town Bike Benefit508 viewsSeveral hundred children and their parents braved soggy conditions to participate in the first annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) Tri-Town Ride for Kids on Saturday, May 19 starting at Center School on Barstow Street in Mattapoisett. The young bikers arrived with the goal of pedaling their way towards raising $10,000 in the fight to find a cure for cancer. Children ranging in age from 3 to 15 years were encouraged to participate in the bike rally benefit. (Photo by Robert Chiarito). 
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Mattapoisett Opening Day 2007688 viewsOpening Day Ceremonies for the 2007 season of Mattapoisett Youth Baseball (MYB) included special guests and local legends such as former American Idol contestant Ayla Brown (pictured), who sang the National Anthem and threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Brian Rose. The day also included a tribute to longtime MYB supporter and former Mattapoisett Recreation Director John Haley with the field at Old Hammondtown School in his honor. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Swazi Aid Show458 viewsR&B singer Joy and her band performed during the first in a series of local benefit concerts at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on Sunday, April 29. The show was organized by Mattapoisett resident and ORR graduate Sarah DeMatos who is attempting to raise money and awareness for abandoned children in Africa. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rochester Opening Day 2007679 viewsMembers of the Rochester Youth Baseball League (RYB) held their Opening Day Parade and Ceremonies on Saturday, April 14 in the Rochester Town Center. Several hundred youngsters marched from the green in front of the First Congregational Church to their field of dreams, Gifford Park, to mark the opening of the 2007 baseball season. Each of the league’s 20 teams had a place in the parade. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Making Mattapoisett Merry575 viewsThe Mattapoisett Congregational Church hosted its annual "Village Country Store" holiday fair on Saturday, November 11. Here holiday decorations of all kind are on display, along with the town's signature flag. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Frozen Flyers501 viewsA group of South Coast pilots recently took advantage of this winter's cold conditions to use Snipatuit Pond as a landing strip. The pilots use charts provided by the United States Government to determine if the thickness of the ice is enough to support the weight of their airplanes. Pilot Ben Bailey, who lives on the shores of the pond and hosted this past week's get together, flies a seaplane off of the pond during warmer weather months. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Going Green504 viewsEven the Grinch attempted to steal some of Santa's thunder -- and a little Christmas spirit in the process -- during Marion's annual Village Stroll held on Sunday, December 14. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Bulletin Board Booty595 viewsMattapoisett Historical Society President Seth Mendell points to the amusing poem scrawled on a chart of the Gulf of Maine that was tacked to a large bulletin board that was once installed near the front door of the Mattapoisett Town Hall. The bulletin board was pilfered by a group of sailors during a night of drunken mischief back in the summer of 1941 and was only recently returned to the Mattapoisett Museum and Carriage House. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Puppet Play491 viewsOn Saturday, March 8, the children of the tri-town area were treated to Sparky’s Puppets, the working name of Rhode Island puppeteer Sparky Davis, who presented her “Old Favorites” show sponsored by the Tri-Town Early Childhood Council in the Rochester Memorial School’s Cafetorium. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Music Debut574 viewsMarion musician Steve Wheeler has composed an original work titled “Subterranean Circus” exclusively for the Tri-County Symphonic Band which will make its world debut during the band's concert on Sunday, March 16 at 3:00 pm in the main auditorium of the Fireman Performing Arts Center at Hoyt Hall on the campus of Tabor Academy, 235 Front Street in Marion.
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Vintage Music547 viewsThe Tri-County Symphonic Band performed “Old Wine in New Bottles” in the ORR High School Auditorium on Sunday, February 3. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Members Show543 viewsAnne MacRae MacLeod poses with her "Beware" and "Ye Oldest Marion Home" at the 2008 Winter Members Show at the Marion Art Center. The show features 73 pieces submitted by over 35 of the MAC’s members divided between the building’s two main galleries and is open now through February 28. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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