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Fire Alarm Signal Boxes

In a world before text messages, the internet, televisions, radios, and even telephones, fire emergencies were signaled with fire signal boxes.  Not everyone could signal a fire.  Fire signal boxes...

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The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940.

The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940 crossed Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts within just a few days in February 1940.  Locals said it was the biggest storm to hit the region since the New...

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Lowell’s Franco American School and its Connection to my Family History

Lowell’s Irish and French Canadian populations long had an uneasy relationship.  I grew up hearing about it, a century after the French Canadians first starting appearing in Lowell, Massachusetts, in...

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Remembering Lowell’s Giant Store

Do you remember shopping at Lowell's Giant Store? For decades, the Giant Store promised 'giant savings' and helped form the core of Downtown Lowell's department store heyday that included other iconic...

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Merrimack Valley Magazine Feature! Remembering Lowell’s Prince Spaghetti

We made the latest issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine, with an article featuring Lowell’s Prince Macaroni Company!  With all the talk around Sacred Heart lately: the changes to the old school and...

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Like us on Facebook – Introducing the Forgotten New England Facebook Page

Over five years in and I've finally gotten around to creating a Facebook page for Forgotten New England.  Please stop by, like the page, peruse the posts, and enjoy!  I'll be posting regular content as...

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Harvard Brewery – A Lowell Tale of Fires, Wartime Enemy Sympathizers, and...

That Harvard Brewery building stares at you, like it has a secret. Because it does. When you pull in to park at Lowell's Target, those twelve little windows peer forward, each covered with corrugated...

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