This year in photos

Star the donkey rests its chin on another at the Forever Farm animal sanctuary in Middleboro, Oct. 16. Photo by Sam Tucker ​​Middleboro Sachems starting pitcher Ryan Tullish delivers a pitch to a Grafton High School hitter at a June 3 game. Photo by Bobby Grady Leo Alifin, 3, admires his face paint by Kara Andrews at the Soule Homestead Harvest Fair on Sept. 27. Photo by Grace Roche Kids run around the basketball court near Peirce Park during the Middleboro Fire Department’s impromptu Splash Day at Battis Field on June 24. Photo by Sam Tucker A volunteer from the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance holds a female Diamondback Terrapin at Parkwood Beach in Wareham on Friday, June 27. The alliance is led by Middleboro resident Carol “Krill” Carson. Photo by Sam Tucker Cian O’Connor, a Tenderfoot Scout, salutes after placing a tattered American flag into a fire pit at a flag-burning ceremony on June 14. Photo by Sam Tucker Dakota the border collie herds five sheep as Mike Perry directs her at a sheep herding demonstration at Soule Homestead’s Sheep Day event on May 17. Photo by Ethan Hunt Lakers player Cece Levrault, center, wrestles the ball from the opposing team at a Oct. 24 game. Photo by Grace Roche Kyle Dunbar, left, loads a musket during a military drill at the colonial reenactment held at the Oliver Estate in Middleboro, Oct. 19. Photo by Sam Tucker Middleboro Select Board Chair Mark Germain wears a safety suit while being bitten by a police canine, Rex, during a demonstration at the National Night Out event on Aug. 14. Photo by Sam Tucker A 4-H member rests on a cow in the fair stables at the East Middleboro 4-H Fair on Aug. 30. Photo by Sam Tucker Hundreds of kids charge onto the lawn in front of the Middleboro Town Hall during an Easter egg hunt on April 19. Photo by Ethan Hunt Mia Bowen, 6, of the Middleboro Mavericks youth cheerleading team performs a routine during a showcase event on Nov. 23. Photo by Bobby Grady After the annual watermelon eating competition in Middleboro on July 4, the extra pieces were given to attendees. The rinds were about all that was left. Photo by Sam Tucker