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Marion Art Center Halloween Parade 481 viewsIt looked as though nearly a thousand people came out for the Marion Art Center Halloween Parade on Monday, October 31. The event gets bigger and better every year, it seems, judging by the number of people and the degree of creativity when it comes to the costumes. Photos by Jean Perry
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Touch-A-Truck481 viewsSaturday, May 13, was the rescheduled rain date for the Marion Recreation Department’s annual Touch-A-Truck event at Washburn Park. The weather wasn’t ideal, but it stayed dry long enough for kids to get in some climbing and crawling time with the big machines. Photos by Felix Perez
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Living History 481 viewsIt looked like July 8, 1776 at Silvershell Beach in Marion this past Saturday. Folks from the Fairhaven Village Militia and Wareham Militia Group in conjunction with Marion Recreation and the Marion Cultural Council took spectators back in time to Colonial Massachusetts during a weekend-long encampment at the beach. Participants in olde-tyme apparel demonstrated what life was like in the 1770s during the Revolutionary War through demonstrations of drilling, cooking, and flintlock musket use. Photos by Jean
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Marion 4th of July Parade481 viewsThe Marion 4th of July parade is a tradition that brings the entire community out to the streets for some hometown patriotic celebration.
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Marion Natural History Museum481 viewsThe Coastal Explorations group from the Marion Natural History Museum had a wonderful time learning about plants and soils, frogs and tadpoles, oyster farming, sea turtle anatomy, and seaweeds. The Marion Natural History Museum would like to thank Maggie Payne of the USDA, and Isaac Perry and Adam Murphy of the Marion Harbormaster's Office for their support of our summer program. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Mushroom Walk481 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust and the Boston Mycological Club took a large group out on Sunday for a mushroom walk at the White Eagle Property in Marion. Participants gathered hundreds of mushrooms and laid them out on a long table for mushroom experts Ken Fienberg and Chris Neefus to help identify. Photos by Jean Perry
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Mushroom Walk481 viewsThe Sippican Lands Trust and the Boston Mycological Club took a large group out on Sunday for a mushroom walk at the White Eagle Property in Marion. Participants gathered hundreds of mushrooms and laid them out on a long table for mushroom experts Ken Fienberg and Chris Neefus to help identify. Photos by Jean Perry
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Marion Fire Department 481 viewsSunday was a solemn day for the Tri-Town and its first responders as many gathered to honor Thomas Nye, 72, a 45-year veteran of the Marion Fire Department who died February 27 in the line of duty. Over 100 firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel from the Tri-Town and beyond marched together down Route 6 in Mattapoisett on March 3 to pay their respects to their fallen comrade who suffered a cardiac arrest at home after assisting in a fire call the night before. Photos by Jean Perry
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Memorial Day481 viewsMarion volunteers planted flowers at veterans’ gravesites ahead of Memorial Day. Photos by Robert Pina
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Art Center Shopping480 viewsShoppers got the chance to choose from unique pieces of artwork at the 2009 Marion Art Center Holiday Shop. Work from area artists included woodcarvings, paintings, fiber-arts, glass, and more. Photo by Anne O’Brien-Kakley.
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Tie a Blue Ribbon480 viewsDon't fear the ribbon. Marion residents may see blue ribbons around trees in the village area, marking particularly large trees near power lines. N Star has attached blue ribbons to "wish list" trees that they would like to remove. They will be in contact with the property owners, who will be able to grant or deny permission. Photo by Anne O'Brien-Kakley.
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Masonic Lodge480 viewsIn preparation for its 100th anniversary in October 2011, the Marion Masonic Lodge installed new glass mosaics at its building on 13 Spring Street. Photos by Joan Hartnett-Barry.
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