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Marion Natural History Museum24 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s after-school group enjoyed crafting with natural and recycled materials and snacking with friends during our annual holiday party. From snow globes to snowy forest scenes, from acorn people to weaving with sticks, the students’ creative abilities resulted in some wonderful projects to bring home to families. The Marion Natural History Museum would like to thank volunteers Maggie Payne, Marc Sylvia, Karen Alves-Cronin and Mike Cronin for their help thinking up great new pr
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Winter Wonderland 24 viewsOld Colony’s national Honor Society members hosted a holiday event, titled Winter Wonderland on December 15. Children of all ages met and were photographed with Santa and Elsa, while others pinned the nose on Rudolph, made ornaments and enjoyed yummy treats. Elsa was played by Bea Ashley. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Winter Wonderland 24 viewsOld Colony’s national Honor Society members hosted a holiday event, titled Winter Wonderland on December 15. Children of all ages met and were photographed with Santa and Elsa, while others pinned the nose on Rudolph, made ornaments and enjoyed yummy treats. Elsa was played by Bea Ashley. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Pinewood Derby 24 viewsThe Cub Scouts Pack 31 hosted a Pinewood Derby on February 3 at Rochester Memorial School. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Iria DeValles Vieira24 viewsToo many days without sunshine got you down? Get your spirits lifted and saturate your soul in color at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library's latest art installation featuring the thrilling, primarily abstract works of Dartmouth resident Iria DeValles Vieira. After a long career in nursing, DeValles Vieira retired to pursue her first love, art. The works, on display now through February 29, demonstrate the artist's ability to use color in surprising ways that capture one's imagination. Photos by Marilou Ne
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Marion Shared Use Path 24 viewsAt one time an open field, this wooded area behind the Benson Brook Landfill in Marion was home to a tower. Its cable anchors are still in place, along with pieces of a very rusty automobile frame. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Creative Expression Contest24 viewsWinners in the Grades 7-12 Creative Expression Contest were announced by Tri-Town Against Racism on Saturday at Mattapoisett Library. Addressing the attendees to discuss the judging of the contest was John Excellent. The contest theme for 2024 was “African Americans in the Arts.” Photos by Mick Colageo
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“Little Shop of Horrors” 24 views“Little Shop of Horrors” will be performed by the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club on March 21-23. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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“Little Shop of Horrors” 24 views“Little Shop of Horrors” will be performed by the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club on March 21-23. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Marion Natural History Museum24 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s after-school group had fun with hands-on inspections of some of our local amphibian species. We took a look at Green frog tadpoles, Wood frog and salamander egg masses. We also looked at some of our aquatic invertebrates, such as Water boatman, Caddisfly larvae and others that help by breaking down the leaves at the bottom of the pool and starting the forest food chain. Check out our upcoming programs at marionmuseum.org. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Natural History Museum24 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s Community group had a terrific morning doing some bird watching with Justin Barrett last week. Justin is the president of the Nasketucket Bird Club and longtime member of the museum’s Board of Directors. We saw 28 different species including a yellow rumpled warbler, a pine warbler, an eastern towhee, Downey woodpeckers, northern flickers and many chipping sparrows. The museum wishes to thank Justin for sharing his expertise with the group. Upcoming museum programs are av
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Marion Garden Group24 viewsThe Marion Garden Group held its spring plant sale on Saturday in Bicentennial Park, where Elizabeth Taber’s statue kept a watchful eye on the proceedings. Photos by Mick Colageo
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