Fall River History Club Meeting August 18
Fall River History Club meeting Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 6:30 pm ANOTHER FIELD TRIP!!! We are all in for another remarkable treat! Our next History Club meeting will be a special tour, suitable for all ages, of the Luther’s Store Museum, conducted by Curator Carl Becker Located at the intersection of Old Warren Road, Pearse […]
Fall River, Before and After by Marc Belanger
Photographer Marc Belanger has captured the essence of change in Fall River with his latest images. He has graciously given me permission to post them here. The change is startling, don’t you agree? The Before was not attractive in the slightest. And the After is a crying shame! In the late 1800’s, the Southard Miller […]
Lizzie Borden: The Mystery Continues talk by Chris Daley
“Lizzie Borden: The Mystery Continues†will be offered at the Sippican Historical Society on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. at Marion’s Music Hall. The event will feature a one-hour retelling of the infamous Borden murders by Christopher Daley, a Kingston history teacher who has researched the Borden case extensively. Lizzie Borden had ties to […]
Watch The Legend of Lizzie Borden Online
Bast, William. The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Television movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery. Directed by Paul Wendhos, produced by George La Maire. ABC/Paramount TV. First broadcase on 10 Feb. 1975. The entire film is online for your viewing pleasure. Best viewed full screen.
Celebrating 90 Years of Woman and the Vote in Newport
From NewportMansions.org Celebrating 90 Years of Women and the Vote Thursday, August 26 11 a.m. Marble House, 596 Bellevue Avenue Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, a noted suffragist, called Marble House her “temple to the arts,” and used the house as a setting for suffrage rallies. Today, the arts and women’s suffrage come together as the The […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft: You Missed Your Chance!
Well, the 4th of August, the anniversary of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, has passed, and so also, just like the spring follows the winter, the owner of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has taken his home off the market. You can almost tell time by the appearance and disappearance of the clumsy sign on […]
August = Lizzie Borden
Deb Allard of the Fall River Herald News has published a handy guide for the Lizzie Borden goings on for August. The highlights include tours, exhibits, theatre, and lectures. By Deborah Allard Herald News Staff Reporter Posted Aug 11, 2010 @ 02:45 PM FALL RIVER — Anyone who loves the mystery of the Borden murders […]
Lafayette-Durfee House New Summer Hours
The Lafayette-Durfee Historical House has partnered with Citizens for Citizens in a program that hires senior citizens. They now have a tour guide for the House and are expanding their hours. The House will now be open from Wednesday through Sunday through the remainder of the season. Hope you all have a chance to visit. […]
Wake Up to Poetry with Ada Jill Schneider
Wake Up to Poetry! A Morning Poetry Reading! Saturday Morning, August 28, 2010 from 10AM to 12 Noon Featuring Ada Jill Schneider, Jon Gagne, and Rosanne Litchman Somerset Public Library 1464 County St. Somerset, MA (508) 646-2829 Ada Jill Schneider is the winner of the National Galway Kinnell Poetry Prize, and began writing at the […]
Lizzie Borden: Bordenabelia
This week’s issue of the Fall River Spirit, what I call the happy newspaper that never prints bad news, did a super fantastic story on the special Lizzie Borden exhibit at the Fall River Historical Society. It is titled “Sheet of the Crime.” Phil Devitt was a really good interviewer and it was a pleasure […]
Lizzie Borden Tours at the Fall River Historical Society
Yesterday, on the 118th anniversary of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, I had the honor and privilege to conduct the tours of the new Lizzie Borden exhibit at the Fall River Historical Society. I met people from all over the country, each one fascinated by the enigma that is this woman. Some came […]
Fall River Historical Society Unveils Unseen Lizzie Borden Artifacts
Previously, we reported that the Fall River Historical Society had planned a brand new Lizzie Borden exhibit titled Bordenabelia! Well, it opens today! This is exciting because for the first time since the murders, the bedspread and pillow shams that were on the bed in the guest room where Abby Borden was hacked to death […]
Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective Reading, August 3, 2010
Author Richard Behrens did a lovely reading last evening at the Fall River Public Library from his new book Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective. Special guests include Donald Woods co-owner of the Lizzie Borden B&B, and the cast of the August 4th reenactment, the Pear Essential Players! Here is that talk in case you missed it! […]
It Must be August, Maplecroft For Sale AGAIN
The ever-enterprising owner of Lizzie Borden’s former home on the Hill, Maplecroft, has once agin put out the FOR SALE sign. Asking price is $885,000. If he is true to form, the sign will come down when the tourists, who are in Fall River for the events surrounding the 118th anniversary of the murders of […]