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Marion Natural History Museum261 viewsOn Saturday, October 18, the Museum Community Program participants enjoyed a beautiful fall day walking Rochester's Shoolman Preserve looking for mushrooms. Mushroom enthusiast Adam Korejwa led our walk through the Oak and Pine upland forest looking for these fascinating specimens. We heard about how the mushroom is merely the fruiting body of the wide network of mycelium which connects all plant and fungal species in order to exchange nutrients and warns of adverse conditions. We saw how some Boletes mush
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Marion Natural History Museum245 viewsOn Saturday, October 18, the Museum Community Program participants enjoyed a beautiful fall day walking Rochester's Shoolman Preserve looking for mushrooms. Mushroom enthusiast Adam Korejwa led our walk through the Oak and Pine upland forest looking for these fascinating specimens. We heard about how the mushroom is merely the fruiting body of the wide network of mycelium which connects all plant and fungal species in order to exchange nutrients and warns of adverse conditions. We saw how some Boletes mush
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Marion Natural History Museum256 viewsMany thanks to Karen Dourdeville of Mass Audubon's Wellfleet sea turtle stranding network, for her presentation on Sea Turtles of Massachusetts. Karen spoke about the various species of sea turtles we might see in our waters, including the massive Leatherback, the Loggerhead, and the much smaller Kemp's Ridley turtle. Every winter, there are many sea turtle strandings along the Cape Cod Bay side of the Cape. Karen went over the protocol that volunteers and staff follow to quickly retrieve and transport str
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Marion Social Club Pig Roast293 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Social Club Pig Roast
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Marion Social Club Pig Roast371 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Social Club Pig Roast
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Marion Social Club Pig Roast229 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Social Club Pig Roast
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Marion Social Club Pig Roast253 viewsRobert Pina shared these photos of the Marion Social Club Pig Roast
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Halloween craft at Mattapoisett Library260 viewsHalloween craft at Mattapoisett Library. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Halloween craft at Mattapoisett Library220 viewsHalloween craft at Mattapoisett Library. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Halloween craft at Mattapoisett Library262 viewsHalloween craft at Mattapoisett Library. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Halloween craft at Mattapoisett Library252 viewsHalloween craft at Mattapoisett Library. Photo by Marilou Newell.
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Fire Department Open House293 viewsOn October 10 and 11, Marion and Mattapoisett Fire Departments held open houses featuring plenty of fun for children of all ages. The occasion was the National Fire Prevention Week.
Since 1922, the National Fire Protection Association has been helping local fire departments with educational materials related to fire safety.
Photo by Marilou Newell
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