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Marion Holiday Stroll369 viewsThe Marion village streets were filled with holiday revelers on Sunday, December 9, for the annual Marion Holiday Stroll. Santa’s boat docked at the Marion Wharf where the faces of hundreds of children lit up at his arrival. Santa boarded a horse-drawn carriage and paraded through the streets, passing businesses offering free goodies and dodging the whereabouts of that old Grinch who didn’t seem to mind Christmas coming at all this year. Photos by Jean Perry
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Scout Service369 viewsMarion Cub Scout Pack 32 and Marion Boy Scout Troop 32 attended service at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, their charter organization, on February 10 for the annual Scout Service. The church includes several members who were Scouts themselves, including Rev. Piper who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Photos courtesy Lee E. Sayers
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Sippican Lands Trust Easter Egg Hunt369 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust hosted another Easter egg hunt at its Peirson Woods property off Point Road on Sunday, April 14. It was a successful hunt for the dozen or so kids who found every single one of the 600 eggs hidden along the trail. Photos by Jean Perry
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Dickinson vs. Whitman369 viewsIn one corner, the enigmatic Emily Dickinson; in the other, the emphatic Walt Whitman. An audience watched the two throw poems like punches during the MAC’s May 3 event, “Dickinson vs. Whitman, the Poetry Knockout!” Stephen Collins was back in the Tri-Town as Walt Whitman, facing off against the Tri-Town’s own Annemarie Fredericks in poetic fisticuffs.
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Historic Fire368 viewsA large hole shows the damage from the December 4 fire. According to Tom Dexter, the fire could have been worse, but thanks to the fast response from the Marion Fire Department and the houses insulation, the house is salvageable.
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Sippican Women's Club368 viewsAt a February 12, 2010 Sippican Womens Club meeting, author Michael Tougias gave a presentation on a book he co-authored with Casey Sherman entitled The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guards Most Daring Sea Rescue, which details the rescue of sailors after two oil tankers were ripped in half in a 1952 noreaster. Photo by Anne OBrien-Kakley.
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Ram Island Adventure368 viewsOn a cold and windy day, the intrepid crew of the Marion Natural History Museum afterschool group joined the Marion Harbormaster's office to venture to one of the only nesting sites of the Roseate Tern before the endangered animal returned for the year. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Leidhold.
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Police Dedication368 viewsThe public was invited to a building dedication and ceremony for the new Marion police station on July 10, 2010. The town appropriated $3.8 million for the new building, which replaces the old police station on Spring Street. Among those in attendance were Police Chief Lincoln Miller, the Marion police department, the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator Paul Dawson, Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald and members of the Police Station Building Committee. Photo by Anne OBrien-Kakley.
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Block Party!368 viewsIt was a little earlier than usual, but the annual Marion Block Party on August 28, 2010 went off without a hitch. Children enjoyed cotton candy, a bounce house and face-painting, while the grown-ups enjoyed conversation and good weather. It was an appropriate send-off to summer, before Old Rochester schools started back up on September 1. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Block Party!368 viewsIt was a little earlier than usual, but the annual Marion Block Party on August 28, 2010 went off without a hitch. Children enjoyed cotton candy, a bounce house and face-painting, while the grown-ups enjoyed conversation and good weather. It was an appropriate send-off to summer, before Old Rochester schools started back up on September 1. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Masonic Lodge368 viewsIn preparation for its 100th anniversary in October 2011, the Marion Masonic Lodge installed new glass mosaics at its building on 13 Spring Street. Photos by Joan Hartnett-Barry.
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Rocks and Fossils368 viewsLocal students learned about rocks and fossils with the Marion Natural History Museum's after-school program last week under the guidance of Jim Pierson. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Leidhold.
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