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Marion Natural History Museum666 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group enjoyed learning about our local birds in anticipation of the upcoming "Great Backyard Bird Count" event on February 14-17. The GBBC is a great citizen-science initiative to gauge how our bird species are doing, and all it takes is 15 minutes to count the number of species and how many of each, and submit your findings to Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) website: birdcount.org. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Painting Party665 viewsFriends, neighbors and family of Curtis Doherty joined forces with the Marion DPW to spruce up the Silvershell Beach bath house in Marion over the past several weekends, painting it with environmentally-friendly, low VOC paint. Curtis spent countless hours over his lifetime on Silvershell Beach’s basketball court which flanks the bathhouse. Last year, teammates and friends designed and constructed granite and wood benches for the basketball court in Curtis’ memory.
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Toe Zone665 viewsEver-popular local children’s entertainers the Toe Jam Puppet Band performed recently for an enthusiastic crowd at Sippican Elementary School in Marion last weekened in a show sponsored by the Mattapoisett YMCA. The show was a benefit for the YMCA’s Annual Scholarship Fund. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Rocket Fun665 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum after-school program participants set off the rockets they built on Wednesday, October 14. After-school program participants included James Caswell, Sam Gordon, Fiona Lonergan, Alex Bessey, T.J. Stellato, Bennett Cantwell, Owen Powers, Angelina Cosgrove, Cedar Gregoire, Jacob Lawrence, Molly Kracke and Katelyn Luong. The demonstration was conducted by rockets instructor Mike Cronin.
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Marion Veteran's Day 2011665 viewsCol. Timothy M. White, United States Air Force, an instructor at the Naval War College of Newport, Rhode Island gives the main address at the Marion Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2011. Photo by Robert Chiarito.
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Sippican Lands Trust Easter Egg Hunt665 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust hosted another Easter egg hunt at its Peirson Woods property off Point Road on Sunday, April 14. It was a successful hunt for the dozen or so kids who found every single one of the 600 eggs hidden along the trail. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Art Center665 viewsA blue can of paint becomes the blue door and the paint brush surprises in Diane Kelley’s floral arrangement inspired by Peter Hussey’s “Screen Door With Lily” painting. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Flag Raising664 viewsVeterans raise an American flag that was flown at the White House at the Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Photo by Adam Silva.
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Sailing Away664 viewsCaptains Briefing at the 2009 Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race. Photo by Fran Grenon, www.spectrumphotofg.com
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Eastover Trail664 viewsA boardwalk stretches through "Eastover South", a new Marion hiking trail that is being built by the Trustees of Reservation and a group of local volunteers. Photo by Robert Chiarito
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Police Station Ground Breaking664 viewsConstruction on the new Marion Police Station officially began on September 8, 2009 with a groundbreaking ceremony. Among those present were Police Chief Lincoln Miller, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Stephen Cushing, Selectmen Roger Blanchette and Jonathan Henry, Project Manager Rick Pomeroy, Architect Brian Humes, Building Committee Chairman Dale Jones, and Jonathan Scully of B.C. Construction. Photo by Anne O'Brien-Kakley
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Planting Shellfish664 viewsMarion Shellfish officer Isaac Perry conducts a class on planting shellfish for the Marion Natural History Museum after school program.
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