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Marion's Independence Day Parade177 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum177 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's Coastal Explorations group had a wonderful time investigating vernal pools, ponds and lakes, as well as rocky shores, salt marshes and beaches. We found turtles, eels and frogs going through metamorphosis in our freshwater explorations, as well as a winter flounder, killifish, blue crabs and fiddler crabs in our coastal environments. We also spent time cleaning up plastic and other pollutants along our shoreline and discussing the importance of wetlands in keeping our wat
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Marion Natural History Museum176 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s afterschool group had fun learning about insects on Wednesday. These little critters are ectothermic, and their body temperature is determined by their surrounding environment. Some are quite speedy and the Tiger beetle can run so fast they can’t see anything. We had a chance to go out and do some netting for bugs as well as looking under rocks, checking in bark and the bushes, and found an interesting variety. The museum wishes to thank entomologist Blake Dinius for prov
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Marion Memorial Day176 viewsTechnical Sergeant Sean Givens addresses Monday’s Memorial Day gathering at Sippican Elementary School in Marion.
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Marion's Independence Day Parade176 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum176 viewsA dramatic meteor event that shook homes across southern New England took center stage at the Marion Natural History Museum on July 24, 2026. Dr. Sarah Caudill, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, presented a program on the spectacular May 30 Cape Cod Bay fireball. Many thanks to Professor Caudill for the fascinating program. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Get The Funk Out174 viewsOn Saturday, August 15, the Elizabeth Taber Library celebrated the end of Summer Reading with a free concert on the lawn featuring local funk band Get The Funk Out. Concertgoers enjoyed music spanning generations. For information on other library events, go to www.elizabethtaberlibrary.org. Photo by Emily Newell
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Marion Natural History Museum173 viewsWe had a rainy start to our week at the Coastal Explorations with the Marion Natural History Museum but didn’t let that deter us from catching frogs and fish, exploring ponds, salt marshes and rocky beaches, and making friends. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Memorial Day171 viewsPlanting geraniums at Veterans Graves in Marion for Memorial Day. Photo by Robert Pina
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Ram Island171 viewsWe had fun at our final spring after-school get together exploring and mapping the many landscape features of Ram Island. Thank you to Dr. Moore for showing us and explaining important aspects of his salt marshes and salt pond and exploring many tidal animals and plants. We found the north, south, east, and west poles and were able to locate the osprey nests accordingly. Thank you Dr. Moore for the wonderful trip! Upcoming summer programs, including Coastal Explorations half-day program, may be found on our
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Marion Town Party171 viewsThe annual Marion Town Party was on Saturday evening. Following a great day for the beach, residents pooled into the field by Silvershell Beach for their midsummer party, celebrating summer and community in the party that has gone on longer than anyone remembers. Photo by Shawn Sweet
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Marion Natural History Museum170 viewsOn Wednesday, March 25, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group investigated some of the inhabitants of the vernal pools of Marion. The students heard about the nature of these pools and why these amphibians need this temporary habitat to survive. We took a close-up look at wood-frog egg masses, green-frog tadpoles and Water Boatmen, a fun insect that has legs like oars and can move swiftly across the pool. To view all of our upcoming programs, please visit marionmuseum.org. Photos courtesy El
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