The year started out with a free campsite right on the lake! There are campers and then there are campers. This team set out to find the infamous bitemebaitco secret winter fishing hole. They were never heard from again.

Rockland Artist Trish Hurley set the local art world on fire in 2005 with huge success in Duxbury in June and the University of Rhode Island in November.Trish Hurley is a Rockland High School art program graduate. Hurley poses with her mentor Rockland High School art teacher and now customer Donna Rosetti Bailey.

Tuscany 323 Hosted the Quincy High School 70th Reunion In July. Blanche and John enjoyed the fare and are still dating today.

Rough weather hits Camp Hale on the 32nd Annual Cross Roads Athletic Club in Sandwich New Hampshire. Golf ball sized hail rained down as lightening exploded a pine tree outside the rec hall. The 2006 trip is already being planned today.

 The King of Plymouth Bay records another banner year. Rockland's Jeff white knows Plymouth Bay like the back of his hand. Early summer 05.

 Uncle Dale Lourenco comes to the rescue deep in the white mountains. Lourenco's Auto in Rockland on a 160 mile road call in June of 2005. Lourenco transplanted spark plugs from his truck to the lemon truck and then followed it home.

The Rockland Carnival was able to overcome huge obstacles and pull off an amazing show for the town of Rockland. Special thanks to Sam Pina and his crew below. The Mom's of Memorial Park School.

Players Edge Football Camp hosted Rockland's best football players in Hanover.

John Fogerty and John Mellencamp performed a historic, sellout concert for hundreds of Rocklandites at the Tweeter Center in July. What an incredible summer it was at the Tweeter.

 Barnstable County Fair Kissing booth was a blast in August.

 Rockland's David Gramazio plays The Hard Rock Cafe in Bang Kok Thailand in August to a crowd of natives. The Rockland High Grad travels all over the world installing water purification systems.

 Rocklandnews.com Most Wanted Jerry Levins was Identified by readers. in August. The Bass player for "South Bound" drew hundreds of hits as Rocklandites searched for his identity.

Moody Beach was spectacular again this year. A close knit group of Rocklandites made their seventh annual trip to the South Shore of Maine.

All aboard the Nebbel Light Cocktail Cruise

Rockland's Naked Chef wins big in the August Cook Off ! He still hasn't talked to me since. Just to clear up any misunderstandings, Kevin had a bathing suit on in this picture that was removed in Photoshop.

Rockland's Dave Huntress WOWS the world from his garage in Rockland. Dave Huntress is the TIG MAN. Huntress bangs, bends, welds and molds world class motorcycle parts.  

 In September Rockland's Tommy Murphy does the impossible by planning and executing his own wedding in ten days. The food was outstanding!  

September brought Rumors of a 3 OZ reunion at the Christmas Stroll. Imagine the disappointment that Bill Ferguson had after getting the tattoo and then having no other members show up.

The Big E. Fair was fantastic this year. Well, for almost everyone. The Big E fair is by far the biggest and best County Fair in the Region.

Rocklandnews.com kicked off fall on the last day of September at the Awesome Hyland Brewery in Sturbridge. To our delight we found World Famous Max Creek playing live.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS !

The Great Rockland Flood of 05 October. Frenches stream spilled it's banks and water belched from cellars from North Rockland to Rockland Hills.   

Rockland had a banner foliage season in 2005. Rocklandnews.com made it a priority to get out enjoy Rockland the beautiful in the fall of 05.  

Hartsuff Park below, Rockland Hills above.

Cam Neely takes his rightful place in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Mauler makes is 32 in a row for Alices Restaurant on Thanksgiving Day 2005.

Rockland's Christmas Stroll was a smashing success.

Rocklandnews.com Man of the Year 2004, Seven foot two inch, Bill McCormick sells Christmas trees to support the teen center.

The First Annual Rocklandnews.com New York Bus Trip will never be forgotten.

The Rocklandnews.com Christmas light story was our biggest story of the year with 1086 readers. Nearly 100 readers sent requests for pictures in response to this story. Some houses looked spectacular but for one reason or another the pictures just didn't work out.

And how can you talk about 2005 without mentioning the first annual Rocklandnews.com Christmas Party. Notice Cambio, Realist and Jack in the background.

2005 brought great success to the Rocklandnews.com. We started out in June when we were receiving around 1000 hits on busy days. Today Rocklandnews.com.com averages nearly 4000 hits per day with busy days now approaching 7000 hits. We have been featured in the Globe, the Enterprise, the Ledger and the Mariner. We now have 640 members with new ones joining everyday.

Rocklandnews.com would like to wish each and every one of our readers and contributors a happy and prosperous new year.