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Festival of Trees70 viewsThe Festival of Trees opened on November 27 with a reception at the Cushing Community Center on Route 6 in Marion. Sponsored by the Friends of Marion Council on Aging, the event showcased 14 decorated Christmas trees, along with an artisan sale, music, refreshments and a raffle for over 10 gift baskets. For more information about the Festival of Trees, call Karen Gregory at 508-748-3570. Photos by Mick Colageo and Marilou Newell

Saint Gabriel's Church63 viewsAfter Sunday's 10:00 am service at Saint Gabriel's Church in Marion, families and friends used the coffee hour to make Advent wreaths. Grandchildren, grandparents, couples and kids all had fun making their wreaths. An Advent wreath is a circle of greenery with four candles. The candles represent the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. As it was the first Sunday of Advent, so we lit the first candle. An additional candle is lit each successive Sunday to celebrate Advent. This is something that traditionall

Saint Gabriel's Church64 viewsAfter Sunday's 10:00 am service at Saint Gabriel's Church in Marion, families and friends used the coffee hour to make Advent wreaths. Grandchildren, grandparents, couples and kids all had fun making their wreaths. An Advent wreath is a circle of greenery with four candles. The candles represent the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. As it was the first Sunday of Advent, so we lit the first candle. An additional candle is lit each successive Sunday to celebrate Advent. This is something that traditionall

Marion Natural History Museum71 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had fun last week learning why deer and moose grow antlers, when and why they lose them, and where to look for the shed antlers. We talked about horns versus antlers and inspected some of the museum specimens of each. We then split into groups and hid pretend "antlers" outside and had a blast hiding them on each other and trying to locate them in the fallen leaves. Our next afterschool program is December 15th, our holiday party, where we'll be creating

Boats62 viewsMany of boats of varying shapes and sizes were hauled out of Mattapoisett Harbor last weekend, including center-console models with outboard motors and sailboats. This Mattapoisett-based, J/80 sailboat came out of the water to reveal tiny shrimp crawling on its rudder. Photos by Mick Colageo

Marion Natural History Museum61 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had fun last week learning why deer and moose grow antlers, when and why they lose them, and where to look for the shed antlers. We talked about horns versus antlers and inspected some of the museum specimens of each. We then split into groups and hid pretend "antlers" outside and had a blast hiding them on each other and trying to locate them in the fallen leaves. Our next afterschool program is December 15th, our holiday party, where we'll be creating

65 viewsMany of boats of varying shapes and sizes were hauled out of Mattapoisett Harbor last weekend, including center-console models with outboard motors and sailboats. This Mattapoisett-based, J/80 sailboat came out of the water to reveal tiny shrimp crawling on its rudder. Photos by Mick Colageo