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TriTown Clean-up485 viewsOn a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, the ORR Community Service Learning Club, the ORR Environmental Club, and Mattapoisett Boy Scout Troop 53 came together to help the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Four students from the clubs and eight Boy Scouts met up at the MLT Santos Farm Property at the end of Bowman Road to help clear the property of vines and branches. Photos courtesy Wendy Copps
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Munro Park485 viewsJerry Baker shared this picture of a pair of swans in water off Munro Park.
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Marion Natural History Museum485 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum after-school group had a wonderful time learning about the Eastern Box Turtle with Brian Butler of Oxbow Associates, Inc. Brian explained why land turtles are rounder than turtles that live in water, and that turtles have been on earth for 200 million years. Box turtles protect themselves by pulling their heads and legs into their shell and closing up, however they don't move very fast.
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Town House Trees485 viewsIt was tree-planting time at the Marion Town House this past week. From left: Paulo, Mark McSweeney, Herman Hildebrand, Steve Gonsalves, Sherman Briggs, and Connor Flynn. Photo by Sarah Briggs
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Marion Memorial Day485 viewsThe Town of Marion held its Memorial Day Ceremony 2021 on May 31 at Old Landing, officiated by Major Andrew Bonney of the United States Air Force and featuring keynote speaker Dr. Steven L. Pierce of the College of Distance Education at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Garden Group485 viewsRed, white, and blue was Sharon Doyon’s vision of the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Garden Group as 18 members gathered at the library to plant on May 26 in areas including the pots at the Mattapoisett Historical Society and Town Hall, window boxes at the post office and Town Beach house, the lighthouse garden at the harbor, plus the gardens and planters at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library.
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Marion Council of Aging Summer Barbecue485 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Council of Aging Summer Barbecue held on July 22.
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Sippican Elementary Car Wash485 viewsSippican Elementary sixth graders turned Saturday's car wash into a fire engine wash, creating a waterfall of suds and having the kind of fun kids normally associate with what happens on the weekends before school is back in session. Organized by Volunteers at Sippican Elementary (VASE), the school's 501(c)(3) non-profit parent-teacher organization, the event held at the Marion school's bus loop off Main Street raised money for the students' mountain classroom trip, a three-day excursion planned for June 20
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Mattapoisett Museum485 viewsThe Mattapoisett Museum has been undergoing much-needed repairs, and the work is nowhere near finished. Photo by Mick Colageo
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Marion Art Center485 viewsWorks of art from sculpture to oil painting, from collages to textiles are now on view at the Marion Art Center's annual members show. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Mattapoisett Land Trust’s 50th Anniversary485 viewsCofounder Brad Hathaway was among attendees at the Mattapoisett Land Trust’s 50th Anniversary brunch held on June 30 at the Munro Preserve. The community heard from Representative Bill Straus, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco and MLT president Mike Huguenin about the land trust’s legacy and ongoing work. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Harbor Days485 viewsThe Mattapoisett Lions Club held its annual Harbor Days festival this past weekend at Shipyard Park. Photos by Mick Colageo
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