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Touched-A-Truck85 viewsOn Saturday May 21 children crawled into and Touched-A-Truck at Washburn Park in Marion. The event was sponsored by the Marion Recreation Department in partnership with Marion’s Police, Fire and DPW departments. Kids enjoyed freshly popped pop corn and the adjacent playground on a day that beamed with sunlight as bright as the smiles on little faces. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Cooper Newton 85 viewsCooper Newton received an emotional welcome home from his parents Peter and Marley Newton, his girlfriend Autumn Horsey and a host of extended family and friends. The Mattapoisett native sailed his 27-foot boat Why Worry on a solo journey that took him as far as Turks and Caicos south of the Bahamas. His adventures included a surprise passenger in a raccoon that found his boat during a coastal storm. Photos by Mick Colageo and Cooper Newton
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Cooper Newton 85 viewsCooper Newton received an emotional welcome home from his parents Peter and Marley Newton, his girlfriend Autumn Horsey and a host of extended family and friends. The Mattapoisett native sailed his 27-foot boat Why Worry on a solo journey that took him as far as Turks and Caicos south of the Bahamas. His adventures included a surprise passenger in a raccoon that found his boat during a coastal storm. Photos by Mick Colageo and Cooper Newton
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Mattapoisett Land Trust85 viewsMattapoisett Land Trust president Mike Huguenin indicates the riverfront property below Route 6 that the Land Trust plans to add to its holdings and preserve for future generations. Photos courtesy of MLT
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Meg McCullough85 viewsMeg McCullough of Mattapoisett has been named a 2022 Camp Champion by Camp Casco and will be taking on New Hampshire's epic Presidential Traverse: a 23-mile hike reaching seven of the state's 4,000-foot summits. Photo courtesy of Camp Casco
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Marion 4th of July Parade85 viewsMarion held its Independence Day Parade on Monday morning. Photos by Shawn Sweet
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Mattapoisett Fire Department85 viewsThrongs of little children and parents enjoyed a fun evening on October 13, as the Mattapoisett Fire Department held its first Fire Prevention Month event in the new Fire Station on Route 6. Children enjoyed clamoring over and into several pieces of apparatus and taking pictures with Sparky the Fire Dog (aka Firefighter David Stewart.) Young and old alike learned at-home, fire-prevention techniques, including hands-on training for use of fire extinguishers. Select Board member Jodi Bauer said, “What little
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Marion Museum of Natural History85 viewsThe Marion Museum of Natural History celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Friday night discussion on the 700-pound meteorite Coahuila, led by Mark Munkacsy. Later in the evening, Ted and Elizabeth Brainard visited Coahuila with Executive Director Liz Leidhold, while Treasurer Mike Cronin set up a telescope on the sidewalk out front of the Elizabeth Taber Library where attendees took turns viewing Jupiter and its moons. Photos by Mick Colageo
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ORR Golf85 viewsCousins Philip le Gassick, left, and Markus Pierre grew up playing golf together as small children. Now 18-year-old seniors, the two helped bring Old Rochester Regional High School its first state golf championship with their performances in the MIAA Division 2 state tournament on October 25 at Maplegate Country Club in Bellingham. The Bulldogs edged out runners-up Bishop Stang and Duxbury. Photos by Mick Colageo and courtesy of ORR School District and MA Superintendency Union #55
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Halloween Parade85 viewsThe streets of Marion were flooded with Halloween Parade participants and attendees, as members of the Sippican Elementary School Band helped the “witches” of the Marion Art Center lead a procession that began at the Music Hall and went down Front Street, up Main Street past the Elizabeth Taber statue and onto Spring Street, where children were met at Town House by staff members handing out candy for the kids. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Robotics85 viewsMattapoisett sixth graders participated in a robotics event presented by Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School on Tuesday at Old Hammondtown School. Grade 5 and 6 students will participate in camera-training sessions with ORCTV on November 28-30. Photos courtesy of ORR School District
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Old Rochester Regional Unified Basketball85 viewsThe Old Rochester Regional Unified Basketball team capped off its 2022-23 season with a 72-51 victory over Tri-Town Police officers at the high school. Try as they might, the local officers were unable to contain ORR’s Unified team, made up of special-needs athletes and partners who together played a fall schedule of games against other schools.
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