“Life is an artist who paints us with experience and experiences in turn compose the symphony of life.” Colie Brice Way Down East may not seem the first place one would look to find new music, but it most certainly is the perfect place for musician Colie Brice to create his one-of-a-kind sound. Colie […]
Are you looking for a good place for a picnic? Some fun history? Maybe just a cool spot for a walk? Well the Princeton Battle field’s got all that. Fought in 1777, the Battle of Princeton was conducted right in this park. The site now contains a mass grave to the soldiers who died as […]
When I was a teenager in the 1990s, one of my favorite things to do when I was in the city was visit the multitude of stores that sold books, CDs, and other various bric-a-brac. Before the internet indexed seemingly every item in existence and put them all for sale on eBay, there was a […]
My visit to the Good Stuff Thrift Store was a very positive experience. It is right on the Route and has ample parking. The expansive retail space is well organized, with areas for furniture, clothing, housewares, digital media, books and toys that are easy to browse in order to find an item you might want […]
Richard T. Crane, Jr., an early 20th-century plumbing magnate from Chicago, purchased the land that would become the Crane Estate between 1909 and 1927, eventually acquiring over 3500 acres. The property is located on Ipswich Bay at the mouth of the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Crane hired the Olmsted Brothers, sons of Frederick Law […]
On Sunday, January 16, 1916, the Pawtucket Train Station opened in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was built by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad as a replacement for two separate stations in Pawtucket and nearby Central Falls for $350,000, or $8,881,298 million when adjusted for inflation. After over 40 years of use, the […]
Dr. Joseph Goodale planted the first trees for what would become the Russell Orchards in 1920. Located on Argilla Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the Goodale Orchards, as it was initially named, primarily sold their Apples at markets in Boston. Kenneth Macleod, the farm manager, began working on the property in 1932. He operated a cider […]
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament was originally founded as Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church, an outgrowth of the neighboring Our Mother of Sorrows. The cornerstone was laid in October of 1888 with great fanfare: over 1,000 people attended the ceremony, with multiple church bands and temperance societies among their numbers. Inside […]
Keeping the spirit of James Brown alive in downtown Augusta.
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