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Marion Village Christmas Stroll115 viewsDespite eventual rain, the Marion Village Christmas Stroll was enjoyed by many on Sunday afternoon. The event included musical entertainment by Tri-County musicians, Grades 4 and 5 bands from Sippican Elementary School, Sippican Historical Society carolers and Tabor Academy students, horse-drawn carriage rides, street entertainment, seasonal refreshments courtesy of area merchants, goodie bags from VASE, and crafts for kids. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum115 viewsFriday night the Marion Natural History Museum hosted a standing-room-only presentation about the Black Bear population in Massachusetts. According to state fish and wildlife biologists Jason Zimmer and Steven Wright, the population is rapidly expanding into the eastern part of our state. Jason gave us some good tips to keep black bears out of our property, including removing bird feeders, covering and keeping our garbage contained, and how to keep bears out of our livestock. The museum wishes to thank Jaso
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Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School’s Winter Wonderland 115 viewsPlaying the “Frozen” character Elsa of Arendelle, Bea Ashley is joined by Ayvia DaSilva, left, and Sophia Lyndon during Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School’s Winter Wonderland event hosted Friday by the Rochester-based school’s National Honor Society members. Children of all ages met and were photographed with Santa and Elsa, while others pinned the nose on Rudolph, made ornaments and enjoyed eating yummy treats. Photo by Marilou Newell- Dec. 21, 2023 edition
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Marion Natural History Museum115 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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Christmas Day Plunge115 viewsAt 94, Bob Humphrey was the elder statesman participating in the Christmas Day plunge held at Mattapoisett Town Beach, which including 47 swimmers and raised $2,595 in donations for the benefit of Helping Hands & Hooves. While December 25 was unseasonably mild, the water temperature in the harbor was still chilly as the effort inspired camaraderie among participating friends and couples. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Whale Bark Wanderer115 viewsMattapoisett Museum Curator Connor Gaudet and volunteer Bob Clifford unpack the custom model of the Whale Bark Wanderer 1878 recreated by artist George Lowery from scratch and donated to the museum. The model arrived on Tuesday afternoon from Arizona in a crate weighing a total of 181 pounds. The model joins two other models of the famous whaling ship in the museum, including a model built and donated by John D. Young. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Krokodiloes115 viewsOld Rochester Regional High School Class of 2025 president Emerson Gonet was asked for her assistance, as the Harvard University Krokodiloes acapella singing group performed on February 3 at ORR to raise funds for the class. Emerson’s older brother Eddie Gonet, a Harvard sophomore, is a two-year member of the Krokodiloes, and this year acts as the group’s tour manager. Photos by Mick Colageo. February 8, 2024 edition
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Town of Marion Memorial Day115 viewsArmy veteran Charles Brown was the keynote speaker as the Town of Marion held its Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies on Monday morning with a procession from the Music Hall up Front Street to Old Landing, where Air Force Technical Sergeant Mandy Givens served as master of ceremonies that included an invocation by the Reverend Eric Osterday, the reading of “The Gettysburg Address” by Old Rochester Regional High School sophomore Amanda Tomasso of Mattapoisett, the reading of “In Flanders Fields”
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Marion Natural History Museum115 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum wishes to thank Officer David Wilson for the trip to view Bird Island to watch some of the unique birds that need the island for nesting. We saw plenty of terns catching fish and an Osprey hover and dive close to Ram Island. Officer Wilson also spent the time to show our kids how to tie up the boat we used and then helped us explore every inch of the patrol boat. Thank you to the Marion Harbormaster's office for allowing us to view the harbor shoreline and see the Bird and
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Tour de Crème115 viewsBenjamin Schwartz (192) and Carolina Silva Martinez (193) push hard, along with Constance Chandler (228), while the Sharpe family takes an ice cream break. All were participating on the 22-mile ride of the recent Tour de Crème fundraising event held by the Mattapoisett Land Trust. The MLT estimated 350 riders this year, along with 100 volunteers and seven awesome, participating creameries. It was a successful event, as the MLT leads up to its 50th anniversary celebration at the end of June at the Munro Pres
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Cruise Night115 viewsThe June 7 cruise night at Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett was picture perfect. Oldie tunes floated on harbor side breezes as car aficionados and their lovingly restored cars were admired. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Tony Tate 115 viewsTony Tate grew up on North Street and many years later in life reunited with fellow North Street neighbor Mike Caswell in the coffee business. Photos courtesy Tony Tate
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