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Friends of Marion Council on Aging 149 viewsThe Friends of Marion Council on Aging extended its outreach by going with tabletop-size trees for its annual Festival of Trees held Saturday at the Cushing Community Center. Raffle tickets are available until December 8. Photos by Marilou Newell
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Marion Police149 viewsNew area resident and former Bridgewater Police Captain Carl McDermott III, left with Marion Chief of Police Richard Nighelli, was appointed Monday by the Select Board as a special police officer effective February 12 for a one-year probationary period. Photo by Mick Colageo
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Marion Memorial Day149 viewsJack LeFavor of Marion prepares a spot at one gravesite while James Whipple of Mattapoisett applies the finishing touches at another, as the two eight-year-old members of Marion Cub Scout Pack 32 help the Marion Department of Public Works plant flowers at all veterans’ graves in the Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday morning. The tradition, explained DPW representative Jody Dickerson, goes back to the Civil War. Evergreen is the largest of Marion’s five cemeteries. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Fire Department 149 viewsThe Marion Fire Department held an open house on Friday evening. Older children learned how to use fire-extermination equipment, and younger ones enjoyed the bouncy house and a meeting with mascot Sparky. Photos by Mick Colageo
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2024 Marion Christmas Stroll 149 viewsThe 2024 Marion Christmas Stroll took place on December 8. Pictured are Carolers outside The Sippican Historical Society (top), Mr. and Mrs. Clause riding their carriage on Front Street (left), and Santa arriving by tugboat (bottom). Photos by Sam Bishop and Mick Colageo.
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2024 Marion Christmas Stroll 149 viewsThe 2024 Marion Christmas Stroll took place on December 8. Pictured are Carolers outside The Sippican Historical Society (top), Mr. and Mrs. Clause riding their carriage on Front Street (left), and Santa arriving by tugboat (bottom). Photos by Sam Bishop and Mick Colageo.
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Betty Parsons148 viewsAt the Marion Art Center on display through October 28 is a retrospective of works done by gallerist and artist Betty Parsons. From as early as the 1930s through to 1980, Parsons received growing acclaim for her ability and wisdom in selecting art done by emerging artists, primarily those expressed via abstract visual interpretations. Parsons was also an artist, described as both a painter and a sculptor for her work in watercolor and acrylic, but also a sculptor for her found items and driftwood creations.
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Marion Natural History Museum148 viewsOn October 12, the Marion Natural History Museum hosted Chris Reddy, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who specializes in marine pollution and petroleum geochemistry. Reddy became interested in plastics in 2008 when he worked with Dr. Kara Lavender Law at Sea Education Association to study the distribution and chemical composition of plastic in the North Atlantic Ocean. This presentation will be available soon on Vimeo through ORCTV and the museum's website. Among many other topics,
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Marion Museum of Natural History148 viewsThe Marion Museum of Natural History celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Friday night discussion on the 700-pound meteorite Coahuila, led by Mark Munkacsy. Later in the evening, Ted and Elizabeth Brainard visited Coahuila with Executive Director Liz Leidhold, while Treasurer Mike Cronin set up a telescope on the sidewalk out front of the Elizabeth Taber Library where attendees took turns viewing Jupiter and its moons. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Pumpkin Palooza148 viewsSaturday’s Pumpkin Palooza hosted by the Marion Council of Aging and the Recreation Department at the Cushing Community Center. Families decorated pumpkins, and children enjoyed face painting, a hula-hoop contest, dancing, a visit from Pine Meadow Farm animals and refreshments supported by Tabor Academy volunteers. Pumpkins were later illuminated, giving the pavilion an eerie weekend presence. Sixty-five families preregistered to participate in the event inspired by Marion citizen Dianne Cosman
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Marion DPW148 viewsA sewage main broke off Point Road in Marion on February 3, and on February 4 amidst single-digit temperatures, members of the town’s Department of Public Works were out working to reroute the path of the raw sewage until they could dig at the site on February 5 when the ground was expected to thaw. Photos by Mick Colageo and courtesy of Randy Parker
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Marion Garden Group148 viewsThe Marion Garden Group shared photos of its June 23 tour from Converse Point, the Meditation and Secret gardens and Moon Gate. En Plein Air artist Barbara Edlund Healty captured the beauty on canvas, while MGG member Sylvia Strand directed guests and members Nancy Kiehl, Pam Parziale and Suzy Taylor were also on the scene. Vans from Tabor Academy helped transport visitors. Photos courtesy MGG
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