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Photo by Rich Obrey

The First Parish Church steeple, where the clock given to the town by Toppan Robie had been keeping time for 138 years. When it stopped last year, the town council approved spending $75,000 for restoring the clock.

all photos by Robert Lowell:

Deborah Loveitt, on clock committee and church member

Norm Justice, council chairman

Phil Bartlett, church member, state senator

The Rev. David Butler, First Parish Church senior pastor

Matt Robinson, former councilor