![]() ![]() “I was so awestruck by the outpouring of people coming to help me,” he said, describing the first few years of his work with the marching band. Currently the Dean of Student Activities and Athletics, he started his career in the school system as the Marching Band Director, a post which he held for 22 years. Doug Kelley does not live in Rehoboth, but he has worked in the Dighton-Rehoboth school system for 25 years and owned a business in Rehoboth for eight. ![]() It is often this sense of community that draws people to Rehoboth. Rehoboth has a population of about 12,000, and this comparatively small number (Taunton, for instance, has a population of almost 57,000) helps to insure an enduring sense of community. Reverend Weaver has been a resident of Rehoboth for five years now and her opinion that Rehoboth spirit comes “from the people” was echoed by several residents. “I think Rehoboth town spirit comes from the people and from the stories,” Reverend Sarah Weaver of the Rehoboth Congregational Church said. This innate sense of self and identity, of intrinsic being, is as hard to pin down as it is obscure a concept. ![]() The spirit of Rehoboth rests with its inhabitants. It is a small town, a crossroads, and a right to farm community, but for residents, it is first and foremost, our home. It is one of the oldest towns in America, and the original Rehoboth contained parts of what are now 12 other towns in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The town of Rehoboth, MA was established in 1643 and incorporated in 1645. ![]()
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