Alice Russell, Lizzie Borden’s “Turncoat Friend”

It happened today. Alice Russell’s former abode on Hillside Street, in Fall River, Massachusetts, was razed to the ground, along with the other 7 homes on the same block, to make way for a parking lot. Gone forever.

Shame on you SouthCoast Hospital Group for destroying another neighborhood. Shame on you for taking 8 houses worth of property taxes off the rolls, just when the city of Fall River needed the revenue the most. Shame on you for not informing any of the neighbors that this was your plan all along, and only bringing them into the “conversation” when Save Our Neighborhoods stood firm and fought your moves.

And shame on Fall River for not giving a damn about it all.

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The rest of the block, including the rear of Alice Russell’s house, before the tear-down today.
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Dr. Stefani Koorey: PearTree Press, Theatre prof, Author, Historian, Librarian. Florida born, New England transplant.

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