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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Contact: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Margo Connolly-Masson, <b>Buzzards Bay Coalition</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> (508) 999-6363, ext. 224; <a href="mailto:connolly@savebuzzardsbay.org">connolly@savebuzzardsbay.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Spend the winter solstice stargazing in Mattapoisett with the Buzzards Bay Coalition</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">on Saturday, December 21</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition and Bristol Community College Professor Stephan Martin for a stargazing walk at the Mattapoisett River Reserve on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. Far away from city lights, this 300+ acre preserve offers visitors trails and a dark, expansive sky to view the stars.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Who: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Buzzards Bay Coalition and BCC Professor Stephan Martin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">What: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Winter Solstice Stargazing </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">When: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Saturday, Dec. 21 from 6-7pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Mattapoisett River Reserve<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://savebuzzardsbay.org/DiscoverBay/FindAnAdventure/OurConservationAreas/TheBogs">The Bogs</a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">, Mattapoisett<b> </b>(located at approximately 140 Acushnet Rd) </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Free</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">RSVP: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Registration is required for all Bay Adventures. To RSVP, email </span><a href="mailto:bayadventures@savebuzzardsbay.org"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">bayadventures@savebuzzardsbay.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> or call (508) 999-6363 ext. 219.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">More Information:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> This program is<i> </i>part of the Coalition’s Bay Adventures series – programs designed for explorers of all ages to get outside and discover Buzzards Bay. To learn more about all our upcoming Bay Adventures, visit </span><a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/BayAdventures"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">www.savebuzzardsbay.org/BayAdventures</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">- ### -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Margo Connolly-Masson, </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Senior Educator</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799c8">BUZZARDS BAY </span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799c8">COALITION</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566d11">Main - 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566d11">Cape - 21 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566d11">Tel - 508-999-6363 x.224</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#566d11">Cell - 508-254-6907</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#6799c8"><a href="http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/"><span style="color:#6799c8;text-decoration:none">www.savebuzzardsbay.org</span></a></span></b></p>
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