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FACETIME

Graduation ceremonyat THS Sunday

TAUNTON — Taunton HighSchool will hold its graduationceremonies at 1:30 p.m. onSunday.

The graduation ceremonieswill take place in the school’sfieldhouse. Organizers said therewill not be any overflow seatingin the cafeteria.

Graduates will be given fourtickets each, and tickets will becollected at the door. Ticketswill be distributed to studentson Friday.

For more information, con-tact the Taunton High Schooloffice at 508-821-1100.

— Staff WriterMarc Larocque

Beautification day athigh school June 2

TAUNTON — The TauntonHigh School Parent TeacherPartnership have organized abeautification day at the schoolon Saturday.

The event will be held from8 a.m. through noon. Volunteersare asked to report to theTaunton High School auditoriumdoors for 8 a.m.

“Thank you for the sup-port of the Parent TeacherPartnership and Taunton HighSchool,” organizers said in astatement.

For more information, callthe Taunton schools office at508-821-1100.

— Staff WriterMarc Larocque

Community gardenopen to seniors

RAYNHAM — The com-munity garden at the corner ofKing Philip and Gardiner streetsis available now to local seniorsfor planting and growing vege-tables. Water spigots are placedthroughout the communitygarden for ease in tending plantsthroughout the season. Threestudents from Bridgewater-Raynham High School will assistseniors throughout the seasonwith weeding and working onthe plot.

Raynham seniors should call508-824-2740 if interested, orvisit the Raynham Senior Center,2215 King Philip St., to sign upfor a section of the garden plot.

Inaugural StrongStrides 5K June 16

ASSONET — Girls Inc. ofTaunton will host its first annualStrong Strides 5K Trail Run/Walkon June 16, at DCR FreetownState Forest, at 10 a.m.

Registration materials areavailable at www.girlsinc-taunton.org. Registration feeof $20 for adults and $15 forchildren under 12. Refreshmentswill be offered after the raceunder the pavilion and aroundthe splash pad! Proceeds to ben-efit Girls Inc. of Taunton and itsmission to inspire all girls to bestrong, smart and bold.

Annual StrawberryFestival on June 9

RAYNHAM — The FirstCongregational Church (StoneChurch), 785 South Main St.,will be holding its fifth annualStrawberry Festival on Saturday,June 9 from 1 to 4 p.m., rain orshine.

Enjoy a homemade straw-berry shortcake in the comfortof the church’s air-conditionedTilbe Hall. Tickets are $6 foradults and $3 for children. Take-out is available. The festival willalso feature homemade straw-berry jam, crafts, and a Chineseauction. Everyone is welcome.

Neighborhood Corp.offers scholarship

TAUNTON — TheNeighborhood Corporationannounces the availability ofa $1,500 scholarship. Eligibleapplicants are graduates of highschools in the Greater Tauntonarea (Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville,Middleboro, Raynham, Rehobothand Taunton) who are interestedor intending to pursue post highschool course of study at eithera college/university or other postsecondary educational institu-tion.

For more information contactthe Neighborhood Corporationoffice at 508-821-9347 or down-load the application at www.neighborhoodcorp.net

Deadline to submit is June 1.

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YOUR PHOTOS

A blooming good timeAt last, our bulbs, annuals, biennials and

perennials have had the rain and daylight theyneed to start budding and blooming. Snap some

photos of your favorite flowers — in your yard, atthe park — and send them in for all to enjoy! Go totauntongazette.com/yourphotos.

Sophomore Ben Francis, of Taunton, decends from the tree after his work climb.

Bristol County arboriculture teacher Seth Cook, right, helps Francis with hisrigging before he climbs out of the bucket truck for his work climb.

LEFT: Senior Zac Davis, of Somerset, works his way down the tree as finishes his work climb.RIGHT: From left, Ethan Dangelo and Aggie grad, arborist and tree climbing champion Bruce Duffy, help NicoletteEicholtz, of Fall River, get ready for her climb.

Zac Gadoury, a senior from Somerset, rings one of the bells during the work climb.

EDUCATION

Students receive degrees from UMass DartmouthDARTMOUTH — The University

of Massachusetts Dartmouth’sgraduate commencement took placeon Saturday. Dr. Susan K. Avery,president and director of the WoodsHole Oceanographic Institution,delivered the keynote address at theceremony.

ASSONETLauren Hughes, Andrew Vieira

EAST FREETOWNMarta Morrissette, Michelle

Powell

EAST TAUNTONChristopher Greding, William

McGarrigle, Pres Valkovski

LAKEVILLEKimberly Howe, Nancy Lee,

William Sylvia

MIDDLEBOROJoseph Baldwin, Lisa Beausoleil,

Jaime McLaren, Kendra Merrill,Kristina Monteiro, Katelyn Keenan

NORTH DIGHTONTammy Gluchacki

NORTH EASTONMichael Colella

NORTONJoseph Burke

RAYNHAMFrederick Ekstrand Jr, Gary

Forrester, Mathew Powers

REHOBOTHCharlene Bronsdon, Alexa

Cabral, Ryan Proulx, Carmelia Silva

TAUNTONNicholas Aguiar, Matthew

Arthurs, Chris Augustine, SarahBlanchette, Matthew Gray, HoudaHamie, Erin Williams

•••

University of MassachusettsDartmouth’s undergraduate com-mencement took place on Sunday.Roxanna Saberi, an award-winningauthor, journalist and human rightsadvocate, who was jailed by theIranian regime in 2009, deliveredthe undergraduate commencementaddress.

ASSONETNeil Andre, Cristina Fredette,

Shana Goncalves, Michael Logan,Russell Wakefield

BERKLEYRobert Bidlack**, Eric Boucher,

Tracey Faria***, Brian Gaffney,Anthony Gatto***, Richard Hawk,Sarah Jackson, Farhat Khan*,Megan Leary, Amanda Leite*,Kerin McGillicuddy*, BrittannieReilly**.

DIGHTONAndrew Cembalisty, Jason

Fernandes*, Christine Gouveia***,John Harris, Amy Santos

EAST FREETOWNAmi Araujo*, David

Baillargeon, Heather Berthelette,Matthew Blackwell, KathrynDaffinee, Brenton Medeiros*,Jeremy Oliveira, Cara Pearson,Benjamin Reznekervitz, RobertSousa***.

EAST TAUNTONNicholas Brennan***, Daniel

DeMello, Darrien Furr, MichaelPerry, Kyle Pimental, JenniferPoillucci***, Sirine Salloum*.

LAKEVILLEAndrew Allerdt**, Meredith

Anderson, Sean Gamache, AshleyIsman, Evan Mazetis*, NathanPina**.

MIDDLEBOROKayla Akin**, Craig Dutra**,

Lindsay McCoo, Anna McGonigle,Patrick Parks, Kendra White***,Robert Dugan, Jonathan Guarino*,Eric O’Connell, Anthony Puzzo*.

NORTH DIGHTONSasha Cole, Susan Dodenhoff,

Allison Wilkins, Jared Woods***

NORTH EASTONSamantha Cogdell**, Caitlin

MacDonald, Rebecca Raymond,Nathan Rogers

NORTONSteven Chisholm*, Nicholas

Crugnale*, Andrea Fraser,Samantha Lipkin**, Purvish Patel*

RAYNHAMShaun Doherty, Brittany

Eldridge, Alex Fisher, AndrewFredrickson*, Arielle Leonard*,Amanda Perrault, Jessica Prou,Alexander Sharp, Brian Silva

REHOBOTHMichael Connors, Jr., Jocelyn

Dubois, Andrea Freitas, LindseyHinken**, Christopus Im, JeffreyRead*, Abigail Ringiewicz*, DanielSoares*, Robert Tierney, DanielZarzycki

TAUNTONKelsey Bagge*, Krystle Bairos,

Brittany Bezok, Danielle Bladek,Ian Blatz, Shannon Bosworth**,Kayla DaPonte, ElizabethDmitruk***, Deirdre Ginley, SarahGregg*, Lauren Grundy, MatthewHiggins, Nickolay Kolev, GarrettMarcq, Dawn Marques, ChristopherMarvel, Johnson Nguyen, AmandaNoel*, Russell Orcutt*, ChristopherParker, Sarah Pedro, Cristian Petcu,Christopher Pimentel**, JasonRogers, Kevin Rogers, Seth Silveira,Arthur Sousa, Christine Strojny*Evan Tirrell

Cum Laude*, Magna CumLaude**, Summa Cum Laude***

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Raynham supports increased budget for Mosquito Control ProjectMarc Larocquemlarocque@tauntongazette.com

RAYNHAM — TheRaynham Board of Selectmenmade a motion on Tuesdayto support an increasedbudget of the Bristol CountyMosquito Control Project forthis season.

This comes after lastyear when an 80-year-oldRaynham man died from

Eastern equine encepha-litis (EEE), which is spreadto humans by mosquitoes.Earlier in the month, astate study on EEE showedthe number of people inMassachusetts who contractedthe mosquito-borne virus hasbeen rising.

The budget, which isincreased from prior years,is a total of $1.4 million, saidTown Administrator Randall

Buckner. The contributionfrom Raynham is $51,000,Buckner said.

“It increased a pretty goodamount with the EEE threat,”Buckner said. “I highly rec-ommend it.”

Selectman Joseph Pachecosaid Tuesday’s motion was areiteration of previous sup-port for the Bristol CountyMosquito Control Project’sbudget request.

Also, during Tuesday’smeeting, the Selectmenapproved a request from theRaynham Park dog trackand Rockwell Amusementto have a carnival at the dogtrack on Route 138.

“It’s one of those travelingcarnival shows,” Bucknersaid. “They’ll have rides andfood vendors.”

The carnival will takeplace through June 3.

The Selectmen also

approved a special one-daylicense for Christopher’srestaurant and bar to havea charity fundraiser for aperson with cancer on June10, from 3 to 8 p.m.

There will not bea Raynham Board ofSelectmen meeting nextweek, as the Board is now onit’s summer schedule. TheSelectmen will now meetevery other Tuesday untilSeptember.

Climbingto thechallengeBristol Aggie students recently took part in the annualTree Climbing Jamboree at the school. During the event,students from the aboriculture program had a chance toshow off some of the skills they worked on during theschool year to their fellow students.

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