The crowd at the bandstand.
An original version of the play performed at Tabor Academy featured a student rock band. This version was stripped down due to covid.
MARION The Marion Art Center hosted local playwright and Tabor Academy teacher John Heavey for a showing of his play “LZ Bravo: A Vietnam Tour of Duty” on May 13 at the Island Wharf Bandstand.
The play was part of the Art Center’s second weekend of SouthCoast Spring Arts programming.
The play is a collection of accounts from the Vietnam War, performed by actors, and framed by a narrator.
Attendees sat in lawn chairs in front of the bandstand, and Marion Art Center Executive Director Jodi Stevens said many of the entry tickets were sold at the door.
May 14, 2021
Marion Planning Board candidates Jon Henry (top left), Tom Friedman (top center), Alanna Nelson (top right), Andrew Daniel (bottom left), Tucker Burr (bottom right)
MARION It’s Election Day in Marion!
Residents can vote in today’s Town Election from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center.
The five-way race for two spots on the Planning Board is the only contested election on the ballot.
Running for the two positions are incumbent Andrew Daniel, Alanna Nelson and Tom Friedman of the Energy Management Committee, former Selectman Jon Henry and lifelong resident Tucker Burr.
While Daniel is running for reelection to his position on the board, the second open position was left by the resignation of Kristen St. Don-Campbell.
May 11, 2021
The Tabor Academy girls 4x100 meter relay broke a longstanding school record last weekend.
The boys and girls teams hosted Thayer Academy at home over the weekend, and the girls relay ran a record time of 51.09 seconds.
The relay team was made up exclusively of underclassmen. Cate Parks of Marion, Ayla Sahin of Barrington, RI and Sarah Adams of Mattapoisett are all freshmen, and Ava Lomberto of Franklin is a sophomore.
Tabor’s previous record, set in 1995, was 52.29 seconds.
Also highlighting the meets were senior Sam Hazzard of Dartmouth’s throws of 49’3” in the shotput and 116’7” in the discus.
May 12, 2021
MARION There are five candidates vying for two spots on the Planning Board in the May 14 Town Election.
On the Ballot are incumbent Andrew Daniel, Alanna Nelson and Tom Friedman of the Energy Management Committee, former Selectman Jon Henry and lifelong resident Tucker Burr.
While Daniel is running for reelection to his position on the board, the second open position was left by the resignation of Kristen St. Don-Campbell.
The vacancy left by St. Don-Campbell has caused procedural issues for the board, including limiting the acting board during the approval process of a new Tabor Academy student center and library.