Christine Hochkeppel

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Milly England, 110, flexes her bicep in the kitchen of her Lakeville home on Friday evening. "You got to do the best you can do, after that forget it." England said reflecting on her many years of life experience.
   
Amanda Beck, 8, finds a shell and a maple leaf while her brother, Matthew, 11, looks for feathers in Allin’s Cove for a science project on Thursday, January 10, 2008.
   
Mansfield High School guard Fred Baskin IV puts up a shot as Madison Park forward Jamill Moquete (13) and center Khayree Hudson (12) surround him on Friday, March 5, 2010.
     
  
Amateur heavyweight boxer Maurice Cole, of East Providence, takes a breather from shadowboxing at Manfredo's Gym on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Cole is training for his fifth Golden Gloves Championship title.
   
Homeowner Chris Casano has lived at his home on Pine Street for 15 years and he has never seen flooding this severe. "I can't believe this." Casano said in his front yard. His daughter's boyfriend, Tom McElaney, is with him to assist in their efforts to pump out the water.
  
Ryan Horton, 19, and Jessica Prince, 19, watch the fireworks show together on Friday, September 4, 2009. The Fourth of July fireworks show was postponed to Labor Day weekend due to inclement weather.
     
  
After misjudging a left-hand turn at the in the northbound lane of West Main Road, a Ford Thunderbird collided with a Jeep Liberty traveling south. The driver of the Jeep Liberty is secured on a stretcher by firefighters while the driver of the Ford Thunderbird (background) is assisted on Saturday, April 18, 2009.
   
Mansfield High School junior Kristen McDonagh leads the pack in the 100-meter hurdles on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. She finished in first place for the event.
   
Mickey Saccoccio, 58, coils the rope attached to a pot before tossing it back out on the line in the hopes of filing his totes with sea whelk on Monday, September 8, 2008.
     
  
Retired Warren firefighter Tony Andruezewski takes a moment to himself as "Taps" is played to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty during the annual memorial service at the Town Common on Sunday, June 14, 2009.
   
Madeline Lopes, 58, helps her adopted son, Issiah, 8, put on his socks before school on Monday, April 21, 2008. Her foster son, 11-month-old Theo Wilcox, drinks his bottle while her granddaughter, Erin Lopes, 4, and daughter-in-law, Judy Lopes, sit in the background. Mrs. Lopes runs a full house bustling with three adopted children, two foster children and often her two grandchildren. Issiah, who is autistic and has a mild form of retardation, cannot speak but is very affectionate and full of smiles. His birth mother, who abused alcohol, cocaine and crack, left him in the hospital after he was born.
   
Charles McGaughey, 85, who has lived in Bridgewater for 43 years, waves to voters while showing his support for the town charter revision question that would shift the town government to a Town Manager/Town Council format on Saturday, April 24, 2010. "I want to help the young folk out. This town is in bad shape," McGaughey said.
     
  
Alfred Rivers, 19, of Central Falls, led East Providence and Seekonk police officers on an hour-long foot chase that ended with his arrest by Seekonk police officers on Fall River Avenue on Friday, April 18, 2008.
   
Oliver Ames High School teammates Lauren Vatalaro (43) and Tayler Horne (15) hug in celebration of their 60-46 victory over Melrose in the Division 2 State Semifinal at the TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
  
Jimmy Miranda, 13, who has muscular dystrophy, watches "Hoodwinked" in the stander with his 9-year-old brother Brandon who is sitting in Jimmy's motorized chair, on Tuesday, September 5, 2006. Jimmy is supposed to spend about an hour in the stander as part of his daily routine. It promotes bone strength and stretches his muscles, but it can be uncomfortable for him. He complains of pressure on his chest and pain in his back.
     
  
Nick Nadalin, 9, and his sister Charlotte, 7, try to catch snow flakes from the first precipitation of the season on Friday, December 19, 2008.
   
Martin Elementary School third grader Rachel Tinley (left) oohs along to "Where do I Sign?" in her class' American Revolution musical performance on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
   
Hilda Levesque of Seekonk presents the Gold Star Mother pin to Anne-Marie Valdepenas, whose son was killed by a roadside bomb in Fallujah in 2006, during a post office dedication ceremony in his honor on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Ms. Levesque's son is currently on his second tour of Iraq and when she pinned Mrs. Valdepenas she said to her: "From one Iraq War veteran's mother to another."
     
  
Pete Hallock, 78, of Swansea packs up his Penguin racing sail boat following an afternoon in the Bristol Harbor on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Hallock is the oldest member of the Frostbite Sailors club in Bristol, R.I. and is passionate about his old-fashioned, wooden dinghy's ability to cut through the frigid harbor.
   
The Seekonk High School graduating class of 2007 tosses their caps into the sky at the closing of commencement on Sunday, June 18, 2007.