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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleLowell’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...
View ArticleRemembering 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...
View ArticleMerrimack 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...
View ArticleLike 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...
View ArticleHarvard 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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