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Marion Natural History Museum219 viewsDr. Michael Moore of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, using the museum's harpoon and baleen, introduced the Marion Natural History Museum's after-school group to a little of Marion's whaling history. Students could ask questions and theorize why Sippican Harbor had the first recorded visit from a humpback whale this fall. We wish to thank Dr. Moore for the great program. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Sippican Lands Trust 219 viewsRuss Cohen, well-known and highly respected expert of wild edible plants, pointed out local vegetation along the trail at Brainard Marsh to a group during the Sippican Lands Trust and Marion Garden Group Edible Foraging Ramble on July 18. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike219 viewsThe production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” will run August 11-13 and 18-20 at 7:30 pm at the Marion Art Center theater, starring Barbie Burr, Cynthia Latham, David Horne, Adam Roderick, Sam Roderick, Susan Sullivan and Suzie Kokkins. Tickets are $18 for the public, $15 for members. For reservations, call the MAC at 508-748-1266 or email marionartcenter@verizon.net. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Marion Town Party 219 viewsThe town collected hundreds of wood pallets and stacked them sky high in the ball field beside the Town House in anticipation of the annual Marion Town Party on Saturday, August 27. The theme of this year’s party, “Out of This World,” was appropriately represented in the playful banner hung on the stack of firewood and eventually burned along with it in an enormous bonfire. Photo by Jean Perry
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Marion Veterans Day Observance219 viewsDuring the Marion Veterans Day observance on Friday morning, the townspeople of Marion expressed a heartfelt thank you to the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post 2425, which in return gave a moving farewell as it disbanded this year and donated the VFW building to the town. Emotions were evident on the faces of the VFW Post 2425 members, as well as selectmen and those in attendance. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Veterans Day Observance219 viewsDuring the Marion Veterans Day observance on Friday morning, the townspeople of Marion expressed a heartfelt thank you to the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post 2425, which in return gave a moving farewell as it disbanded this year and donated the VFW building to the town. Emotions were evident on the faces of the VFW Post 2425 members, as well as selectmen and those in attendance. Photos by Jean Perry
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Potluck Recipe Exchange219 viewsThe Taber Library held a Potluck Recipe Exchange on February 16. Fellow foodies shared and sampled their creations made from recipes featured in Taber Library cookbooks. Photos by Deina Zartman
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Living History 219 viewsIt looked like July 8, 1776 at Silvershell Beach in Marion this past Saturday. Folks from the Fairhaven Village Militia and Wareham Militia Group in conjunction with Marion Recreation and the Marion Cultural Council took spectators back in time to Colonial Massachusetts during a weekend-long encampment at the beach. Participants in olde-tyme apparel demonstrated what life was like in the 1770s during the Revolutionary War through demonstrations of drilling, cooking, and flintlock musket use. Photos by Jean
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Super-Dupering in the Street 219 viewsMain Street in Marion was the scene for the annual First Congregational Church Super Duper Fun Fair on July 29. The fair, which is always an anticipated and memorable community event, brought scores of people out in spite of threatening weather. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Marion Town Party219 viewsThis year’s Marion Town Party on Saturday, August 26, was a smashing success with more donations, more people in attendance, and more fun activities for the young people – of which there were also more, as many commented during the event. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Marion Art Center219 viewsMarion Art Center visitors enjoyed the opening reception for Balance: Real and Abstract Art, featuring paintings by Betsy Payne Cook and Bess Woodward. Photos by Christina Musser
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Marion Natural History Museum219 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group wishes to thank Tricia Cassady for sharing her works and expertise with us on October 11. Tricia showed us some of her commissioned art pieces, as well as examples of nature journaling from various artists. Each student received a small sketchpad and were encouraged to take a close look at some of the plants, animals, and other natural objects that we see every day. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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