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Marion Natural History Museum150 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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Marion Natural History Museum150 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum afterschool group attempted to get to Bird Island on May 22 to visit the nesting tern population. Unfortunately, due to high winds and rough surf, we didn’t get all the way out there but enjoyed getting soaked on the ride out. We stopped briefly at Ram Island to try to get a little dried off before heading home. The kids had a blast checking out the beach and collecting shells. Thank you to Andrew Miller and the Marion Harbormaster’s office for arranging such a fun day. Pho
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Marion Natural History Museum150 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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Marion Art Center150 viewsFrom sculpture to pottery, from textile to painting on jeans, the Marion Art Center’s annual Members Show offers a multimedia presentation that is par excellence. The show features 138 works with traditional paintings primarily filling the gallery space with outstanding the skill on display. Now through August. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Marion Social Club Pig Roast150 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Social Club Pig Roast
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Marion Natural History Museum150 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum wishes to thank Justin Barrett for his excellent program on learning how to bird watch. The kids had a lesson on using binoculars and had a chance to practice outside. Although it was getting dark, we saw a Junco, several sparrows, and took a close up look at squirrel nest. Thank you, Justin. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold.
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2024 Marion Christmas Stroll150 viewsThe 2024 Marion Christmas Stroll took place on December 8. Pictured are Carolers outside The Sippican Historical Society (top), Mr. and Mrs. Clause riding their carriage on Front Street (left), and Santa arriving by tugboat (bottom). Photos by Sam Bishop and Mick Colageo.
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Marion Natural History Museum150 viewsAfter learning how to build a snake hibernaculum, a beaver lodge, and a bear den, the group tried their hand at creating miniatures for museum display. The beaver lodge was tested to see if it held water back and still kept the lodge dry inside. It was a huge success! Feel free to come in to view any of these creations during the museum’s open hours. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold.
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Marion’s Memorial Day Remembrances150 viewsYoung and old participated in Marion’s Memorial Day Remembrances held at the Music Hall and Old Landing. Old Rochester junior Emerson Roy of Fairhaven sang “God Bless America,” ORR eighth-grader Sophie Zhou of Marion read The Gettysburg Address, and joining the march were the Sippican School Marching Band and Portuguese American Band, and the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Marion, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. Tabor Academy sophomore Gia Boyd of Marion read “In Flanders Fields,” and Air Force
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Marion Natural History Museum149 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum Seashore Netting program had a fun time inspecting the creatures in our coastal waters. We collected many different species for a closer look, and some of us even took advantage of the beautiful day for a quick swim! For upcoming events at the museum, please visit www.marionmuseum.org. Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Town House149 viewsNovember 6 dedication of the Marion Town House. Select Board member Randy Parker cuts the ribbon, reopening the renovated Town House to Marion citizens. Sherman Briggs, Nate Burgess, Shaun Cormier, Francisco Tavares, Peter Turowski and Mike Vareika were among contributors recognized during the festivities, after which visitors were invited inside the building where renovation work is ongoing. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum149 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's Wednesday morning group had a wonderful time last week hearing about our local butterflies and how to attract them to our yards. Joe Dwelly, a Yarmouth resident, shared his expertise on butterfly life cycles, habitat requirements and migration patterns. He covered some of our migratory butterflies versus nonmigratory and how to identify several of our local species. Joe went over some specific host plants for certain species' reproduction needs and the plants which provid
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