Sharon Pollock, Author of Blood Relations
Award winning Canadian playwright, Sharon Pollock, author of the best play on the Borden case, Blood Relations, is in dire straits. According to the Calgary Sun On May 27, a Canadian theatre icon awoke to a fire in her Calgary home. Although she managed to escape unharmed, playwright Sharon Pollock lost most of her possessions, […]
Author of Victorian Vistas Honored
Dr. Philip Silvia, the author of the seminal collected work of Fall River history as seen through its newspapers, is being honored with a lifetime faculty research award at his university, Bridgewater State College. Siliva edited the three volume set, which was published in different years: Victorian Vistas: Fall River, 1865-1885 as Viewed Through Its […]
Lizzie Borden is 148 Years Old Today
Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1860, and Fall River and the Lizzie Borden B&B is celebrating . . . It’s Lizzie’s birthday, and you’re invited By Deborah Allard Herald News Staff Reporter Fall River — Celebrate a little local infamy today with something sweet for Miss Lisbeth Borden. It’s her birthday. Lizzie Andrew […]