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Great Blue Heron128 viewsA great blue heron coming out of the marsh in Mattapoisett. Photo by Mary-Ellen Livingstone
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Harbor Days128 viewsAfter a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Mattapoisett Lions Club held the Harbor Days festival July 14-18 at Shipyard Park. The festival included a vendor craft fair on the weekend, a Friday night fish fry, a Saturday night lobster fest, and Sunday morning pancakes. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Tinkhamtown Chapel Christmas Carol Singalong128 viewsSunday's participants in the Tinkhamtown Chapel Christmas Carol Singalong braved a dramatic, postsunset drop in temperature and enjoyed the warmth of a solo bonfire loaned to the event by Lee Heald. Gail Roberts led distributed sheet music and led in song with musicians Louise Anthony playing the fiddle and Jack Dean the ukulele. Roberts thanked the White family for providing refreshments, the Chapel committee for its effort in maintaining the chapel - December 23, 2021
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Sippican Schooner 5k and Mini Fun Run 127 views Sunday, May 4 was a perfect day for a fun run through Marion, and about 200 people turned out to participate in VASE’s second annual Sippican Schooner 5k and Mini Fun Run to raise money for educational programs at Sippican Elementary School. VASE member Diana Martin organized the event, with the support of about 12 volunteers who assisted that morning in making sure the two races went off without a hitch. Photo by Felix Perez
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Muddy Rescue127 viewsMarion firefighters rescued Girlie the mule and Tick the horse on Sunday night at Merrow Farm on Converse Road. The two animals were buried neck-deep in mud. Plymouth County Tech Rescue, Plymouth County Large Animal Rescue Team, Mattapoisett Fire Rescue, ACO Connor, and Washburn Stables all assisted. Photos courtesy Marion Fire Department
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Elizabeth Taber Statue127 viewsA murky morning gave way to a sun-drenched celebration of Elizabeth Taber as the bronze statue of “Marion’s Fairy Godmother” was officially unveiled on October 17 in Bicentennial Park. Representatives from the Celebrate Elizabeth Taber Committee, Town of Marion officials, and sculptor Erik Durant addressed a large gathering of citizens who collected stickers and enjoyed music by the Academy Brass Quartet along with cupcakes. See story by Marilou Newell. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Valentine’s Day Drive-thru127 viewsVolunteers distributed over 100 dinners during the Marion Council on Aging’s Valentine’s Day drive-thru event on February 13 at the Cushing Community Center. The dinners donated by Mike Crosby helped make up for the fact the town’s seniors were not able to enjoy Valentine’s Day quite like they did last year inside the building with music and dancing. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Rochester Crash127 viewsThe scene on Saturday at the Rochester landing zone where a Medflight took a critically injured pedestrian to Rhode Island Hospital. The patient was struck by a motor vehicle on North Avenue. The driver, Darren Moran, 27, crashed the vehicle and fled on foot, but was arrested and arraigned on Monday, February 22, in Wareham District Court. Photos courtesy of Rochester Fire Department
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Marion Natural History Museum127 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum afterschool group had a wonderful time learning about “Amazing Arthropods” with entomologist Blake Dinius of Plymouth County Extension Service. Members of the group were able to handle a couple of beautiful Io moths, which as caterpillars feed on maple leaves. The adult moths emerge with no mouths and only live in this stage for one to two weeks. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Harbor Days127 viewsAja and Leia sporting their Mattapoisett Fire Department Junior Firefighter hats during Harbor Days this past weekend. Photo courtesy Kristen Boucher
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Tanker Donation127 viewsThis surplus tanker truck has been repaired and prepared by the Town of Rochester for its impending transport to the fire department in Cayce, Kentucky, a small town devastated by a December 10 tornado. Rochester’s donation is a good fit because the tanker truck was recently replaced and serves the dual purpose necessary to serve a town without fire hydrants. Photos by Mick Colageo
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