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Beach Bash262 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust held a fundraising "Beach Bash" on July 21, 2011 at Silvershell Beach. Rock band Blu Lobsta played to a packed house of dancing children at this anticipated annual event. Photos by Felix Perez.
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Charles Pickles Cruise262 viewsAlmost 100 people turned out for the Charles Pickles memorial benefit cruise on Saturday, June 23, 2012, the proceeds of which go to fund kids' sailing programs in Marion and New Bedford. Photo by Eric Tripoli
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Memorial Cruise 262 viewsMore than 100 people celebrated the life of Charles A.R. Pickles aboard the 85-foot MV Cuttyhunk during the annual Memorial Cruise on Saturday night. The event’s proceeds fund scholarships for Community Boating of New Bedford, which offers scholarships to children who want to learn how to sail. Photo by Joan Hartnett-Barry
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Soap Box Derby262 views The Marion Cub Scout and Boy Scout Pack 32 held a Soap Box Derby and Service Project Spectacular on Saturday with scouts showcasing their rides down Holmes Street. Photo by Felix Perez.
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Marion Christmas Stroll 262 viewsThe Marion Christmas Stroll is one of the quintessential holiday events in Tri-Town, with Santa making his grand entrance via boat and hopping aboard a horse-drawn carriage to ride through Marion village with some lucky kids who hop aboard with him. There were several Christmas celebrity sightings, and lots of music and entertainment into the evening. Photos by Colin Veitch
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Turtle Care262 viewsSome of the residents of Jenney Lane at The Cove in Marion have found a new passion in rescuing diamond-backed terrapin eggs and safely releasing the hatchlings into the wild. A private neighborhood group, along with “Turtle Guy” Don Lewis and wife Sue Weiber Nourse, created a terrapin habitat restoration project knows as the turtle garden at The Cove. The project has seen success this year with an increase in new terrapin nests over last year. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Town House262 viewsEvery Halloween, the employees at the Marion Town House coordinate their costumes. Top L-R: Michele Bissonnette, Terri Santos, Judy Mooney, Maureen Murphy. Middle L-R: Linda Dessert, Annita Donovan, Cindy Visotski, Lissa Magauran. Bottom L-R: Anne Marie Tobia, Kathy Kearns, Donna Hemphill. Photo courtesy Donna Hemphill
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Tabor Academy Polar Plunge262 viewsTabor Academy hosted its second annual Polar Plunge on Sunday, January 21 at Silvershell Beach to raise money for the school’s Special Olympics Young Athletes Program. Students from ‘fundraising rival’ Sandwich High also showed up, with scores of students and staff making a dash in and quickly out of the chilly waters. The plunge raised about $8,000. Photos by Deina Zartman
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Marion Natural History Museum262 viewsOn Valentines Day, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group had a chance to learn about humpback and right whales. Dr. Moore of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution showed the students how a drone may be used to observe a whale's spout to determine its health. We also had a chance to view bubble-netting practices of humpbacks, see how baleen plates fit in a whale's mouth, and discussed the hazards the whales face due to entanglements in fishing gear. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Memorial Day262 viewsMarion Boy Scouts, town employees, and volunteers spend Saturday morning planting flowers on veteran’s graves at Evergreen Cemetery, one of the ways Marion honors its veterans every year come Memorial Day. Photos by Robert Pina
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Touch-A-Truck 262 viewsMarion Recreation held its 8th annual Touch-A-Truck event at Washburn Park on May 11. The turnout exceeded past Kids Equipment Fun Day events in Marion, especially last year’s, which was repeatedly postponed and then canceled altogether. The weather was sublime this year, drawing hundreds to the park for some fun and free food courtesy of the Recreation Department. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion 4th of July parade 262 viewsThis year’s Marion July 4th parade was bigger and better than ever, with more spectators, more floats, and, yes, more candy! Photos by Jean Perry
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