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Arts in The Park119 viewsThe Marion Art Center held its annual Arts in The Park event on Saturday morning at Bicentennial Park, and right down Main Street was the First Congregational Church held its annual Lobster Roll sale at Penny Pincher's. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Mimi119 viewsMimi sailing out of Sippican harbor. Photo by Greg Bongiorno
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Marion Natural History Museum118 viewsOn Saturday, the Marion Natural History Museum’s nature journaling group experimented with shading objects with pen and ink. We had a fun group and learned about showing dimensions with stippling and cross hatch. Next get together for this group will be in early-April. Check the museum’s website, www.marionmuseum.org for additional programs. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Natural History Museum118 viewsOn Wednesday, April 8, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group welcomed Marianne Piche, Habitat Biologist with Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife. Marianne helped us to explore the importance of Young Forests. Young forests are areas which are in the process of restoration after a fire or timber harvesting event. These forests provide unique habitat for a variety of wildlife which rely on the tender shoots and herbaceous vegetation that will not be found in a more mature forest. The m
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Marion's Independence Day Parade118 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Memorial Day117 viewsTechnical Sergeant Sean Givens addresses Monday’s Memorial Day gathering at Sippican Elementary School in Marion.
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Marion's Independence Day Parade117 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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Marion Natural History Museum115 viewsOn Wednesday, March 25, the Marion Natural History Museum's afterschool group investigated some of the inhabitants of the vernal pools of Marion. The students heard about the nature of these pools and why these amphibians need this temporary habitat to survive. We took a close-up look at wood-frog egg masses, green-frog tadpoles and Water Boatmen, a fun insect that has legs like oars and can move swiftly across the pool. To view all of our upcoming programs, please visit marionmuseum.org. Photos courtesy El
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Marion Natural History Museum115 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s afterschool group had fun learning about insects on Wednesday. These little critters are ectothermic, and their body temperature is determined by their surrounding environment. Some are quite speedy and the Tiger beetle can run so fast they can’t see anything. We had a chance to go out and do some netting for bugs as well as looking under rocks, checking in bark and the bushes, and found an interesting variety. The museum wishes to thank entomologist Blake Dinius for prov
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Ram Island115 viewsWe had fun at our final spring after-school get together exploring and mapping the many landscape features of Ram Island. Thank you to Dr. Moore for showing us and explaining important aspects of his salt marshes and salt pond and exploring many tidal animals and plants. We found the north, south, east, and west poles and were able to locate the osprey nests accordingly. Thank you Dr. Moore for the wonderful trip! Upcoming summer programs, including Coastal Explorations half-day program, may be found on our
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Marion Natural History Museum115 viewsThe Marion Natural History Museum’s Drawing from nature program had a wonderful time drawing with the nature journal group at Washburn Park. Beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery and such a fun group of people! Thanks go to Tricia for sharing her expertise with our museum. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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Marion Natural History Museum114 viewsOn Friday, May 15, the Marion Natural History Museum celebrated its 154th anniversary. Museum welcomed Callista Macpherson from the Buzzards Bay Coalition, who discussed the importance of salt marshes for our wildlife, flood storage, carbon storage and coastal infrastructure. The museum wishes to thank Calista for her interesting program. Photos courtesy Elizabeth Leidhold
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