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Keel Award75 viewsHarry Norweb and Diane Cosman outside the new pavilion at the Cushing Community Center. Norweb, Cosman and Merry Conway (not pictured) are the 2022 Keel Award recipients for the Town of Marion. Photo by Mick Colageo
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Marion Town Party75 views Marion Town Party on August 27 at Silvershell Beach. Inflatable arcade games, cornhole, an informal football toss and an undefinable ball game inside a walled octagon kept kids running and laughing, while their parents and grandparents socialized over barbecue and beverages. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Halloween Parade75 viewsThe streets of Marion were flooded with Halloween Parade participants and attendees, as members of the Sippican Elementary School Band helped the “witches” of the Marion Art Center lead a procession that began at the Music Hall and went down Front Street, up Main Street past the Elizabeth Taber statue and onto Spring Street, where children were met at Town House by staff members handing out candy for the kids. Photos by Mick Colageo
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St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church75 viewsMembers of St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church youth group rehearse for the Christmas pageant. They will be joined by younger members of the church and Tri-Town community to perform "A Charlie Brown Christmas" pageant at 5:00 pm Sunday, December 18, at St Gabriel’s Church in Marion. All are welcome to come and watch. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and his friends to find out about the real meaning of Christmas. There will be refreshments after the performance. Photos by Tanya Ambrosi
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Town of Marion Memorial Day75 viewsArmy veteran Charles Brown was the keynote speaker as the Town of Marion held its Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies on Monday morning with a procession from the Music Hall up Front Street to Old Landing, where Air Force Technical Sergeant Mandy Givens served as master of ceremonies that included an invocation by the Reverend Eric Osterday, the reading of “The Gettysburg Address” by Old Rochester Regional High School sophomore Amanda Tomasso of Mattapoisett, the reading of “In Flanders Fields”
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Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library and Community Veg Marion75 viewsDespite a second straight year of wet weather, the Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library and Community Veg Marion held their second annual Marion Secret Vegetable Garden Tour on Monday. The event took registrants to five destinations to view and appreciate the growing and arranging of seasonal plants yielding nourishment. Funds raised by the event support the library. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Sippican Woman’s Club 75 viewsThe Sippican Woman’s Club along with several homes splendidly decked-out for holiday celebrations were opened to the public on December 7. Breathtaking decorations coupled with spectacular homes both vintage and new were a visual feast. Since 1947 the club has given back to the community in the form of scholarships to area students. They estimate some $500,000 has been awarded to date. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Marion Natural History Museum75 viewsDuring our annual holiday party, the kids had a chance to use natural and recycled materials to make snow globes, flying bird mobiles, acorn people, and tree ornaments from shells and wood carvings. The museum will be open through the holiday week for drop in crafts and Lego play. Happy holidays everyone and see you in 2025. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold.
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White Eagle Property75 viewsFollowing the snow on February 2, the cranberry bog on Sippican Land Trust’s White Eagle Property in Marion. Seen on the bottom are the leftovers from last year’s harvest. Photo by Sam Bishop.
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Marion Art Center 75 viewsThe Marion Art Center opened its latest exhibit on Saturday featuring the pastel artistry of partners Janet Schwartz and Dave Kaphammer. For years, Kaphammer has been honing his talent for working in a medium that most other artists consider difficult: pastels. Through his vision for finding interesting subjects like abandoned tractors in a field or the way sunlight plays in shadows at the end of an afternoon, we are invited to enter his world of color and shape.
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Crocodile River Music75 viewsOn Saturday, May 17, as part of Art Week, the Marion Arts Center presented Crocodile River Music performing West African music and dance in Marion's Music Hall to an audience of about 70 people. A few children danced happily along with members of Crocodile River Music during several pieces. For the final piece of the event, almost everyone was up and dancing. The energy was terrific. Photos courtesy Chuck Green
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Memorial Day74 viewsRobert Pina shared photos of the annual planting of geraniums at veterans’ graves for Memorial Day.
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