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Bugworks513 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum provided an opportunity on February 27 to get up close and personal with critters from the insect world, including praying mantises and jumbo-sized grasshoppers. Above: Tapper Crete, 7, was the first one brave enough to ask to touch a praying mantis. The event was hosted by Maire Anne Diamond, owner and educator at ‘Bugworks.’ Photos by Felix Perez
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Marion Natural History Museum513 viewsLast week the Marion Natural History Museum’s afterschool crew explored a variety of ways to identify trees without their leaves. By looking at bark, leaf scar arrangement and even using their sense of smell, the students had a chance to explore trees and woody shrubs without their usual foliage. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Pizza with Santa513 viewsThe Marion Police Brotherhood held its annual “Pizza with Santa” on Sunday, December 6, keeping up the tradition of collecting toy donations for its “Stuff a Cruiser” toy drive to benefit those served by the Justice Resource Institute. Marion Police say this was the biggest year yet for toy donations. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Marion Natural History Museum513 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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Marion Fourth of July Parade513 viewsIf you made it to this year’s Marion Fourth of July parade, then you got to see the spectacular floats and parade displays all vying for that top prize, “Best in Parade.” Shown here is the float entry for Silveira Farms in Rochester. Photo by Colin Veitch
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Super Duper Fun Fair513 viewsSaturday, July 30, was the day of the annual Super Duper Fun Fair, put on by the First Congregational Church of Marion. There were games, a white elephant, plant sale, book sale, antiques, food, and, of course, cotton candy. Photos by Jean Perry
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Turtle Care513 viewsSome of the residents of Jenney Lane at The Cove in Marion have found a new passion in rescuing diamond-backed terrapin eggs and safely releasing the hatchlings into the wild. A private neighborhood group, along with “Turtle Guy” Don Lewis and wife Sue Weiber Nourse, created a terrapin habitat restoration project knows as the turtle garden at The Cove. The project has seen success this year with an increase in new terrapin nests over last year. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Natural History Museum513 viewsOn Wednesday, March 29, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool program explored some online mapping programs. We located schools, forested lands, hospitals, and airports, as well as many ocean features and historic shipwrecks. The students left the program with instructions on how they could develop their own maps at home, which the museum will be laminating for them. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Herring Run513 viewsHerring Inspector Davis Watling Jr. marks how many herring have returned to Snipatuit Pond via the Mattapoisett River on Monday, April 24. (Right) This is the final hurdle the herring must make before returning home to spawn the next generation of alewives. Photos by Jean Perry
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No Rain On This Parade 513 viewsThe Marion 4th of July parade on Tuesday went on as planned, winding through the village streets and receiving the usual fanfare. Photos by Jean Perry
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No Rain On This Parade 513 viewsThe Marion 4th of July parade on Tuesday went on as planned, winding through the village streets and receiving the usual fanfare. Photos by Jean Perry
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Living History 513 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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