Abbey Grille (Central Congregational Church) Sold Today to Bank
The old Abbey Grille, the former Central Congregational Church, where Lizzie Borden went to practice her faith, was sold today at auction. The first bidder only offered $20,000. The Millennium bankbcp, the holder of the foreclosure, then stepped forward and purchased the structure for $250,000. The sale of the building, instead of it staying in […]
Squirrels are Popping Up Everywhere!
At the Abbey Grille, the former Central Congregational Church, Lizzie Borden’s former church, in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Lizzie Scholar Fights the Good Fight
I was on the front page of the Herald News today. I was wearing my Lizzie Borden Live! tee shirt, as I do when the show is about to play somewhere nearby (it is being performed Friday and Saturday nights in Fall River this week), and had my Lizzie Borden B&B ball cap on. It […]
Lizzie Borden’s Church to be Auctioned Thursday
From Wednesday’s Herald News. Abbey Grill auction is back on By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Aug 18, 2009 @ 08:12 PM Fall River — For the third time this year the foreclosed Abbey Grill hits the auction block Thursday at 1 p.m. “It’s still scheduled,†a clerk of the law firm handling the […]
Lizzie Borden Live! Opens Friday in Fall River
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Call to Artists Who Love Lizzie Borden
I spied this sign hanging on the wall at the 1 West Street mill building in Fall River, a mill that is full of artist work spaces. It is fuzzy, I know, because my hand moved when I took the shot with my cell phone. But here is what it says: A Call To Artists […]
Lizzie Borden Trial Reenactment Scheduled
This just in from Judge Kane, the Trial of Lizzie Borden Reenactments are scheduled! There are three presentations: September 24 at the New Bedford Superior Court, County Street October 22 at the Fall River Superior Court on North Main Street November19 at the Taunton Superior Court , right next to the Taunton Green. All performances […]
New Tantalizing Tidbit from Parallel Lives
The Fall River Historical Society has once again allowed us a small glimpse into the world of Lizzie Borden from their soon-to-be-published Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River. This one is a doozie! Not only do we see Miss Borden in all her jocularity, but we are given […]
New Lizzie Borden Book
A new privately published Lizzie Borden book is for sale exclusively through the Fall River Historical Society. I Did It! as recorded by Donel Fattibene. From the back cover: “Donel (Davis) Fattibene grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bristol Community College with a degree in Journalism. After working as an administrative assistant […]
Friday Night Flicks Last Night Tonight
FREE POPCORN, FREE CANDY, FREE WATER! Tonight at 7PM is the last Friday of the summer we will be hosting Friday Night Flicks. The movie is FREE and is being held at the First Congregational Church in Fall River, MA, on Rock Street. Tonight’s Film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean […]
Maplecroft for Sale Once Again
Hey, it must be nearly the 4th of August. Know how I can tell? Maplecroft is for sale once again. Seems like every year at this time, the current owner of Lizzie Borden’s home following her acquittal for the murder of her father Andrew and her stepmother Abby puts the place up for sale. If […]
Lizzie Borden Live Returns to Fall River
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2009 LIZZIE BORDEN LIVE Winner best actress: JACOBY AWARD Back by popular demand. LIZZIE BORDEN LIVE is returning to The Eagle Performing Arts Center, 35 North Main Street, Fall River, MA for two performances in August. Friday the 21st at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday the 22nd at 8:00 p.m.. 117 years […]
Fall River Rising Photography Exhibit Opens
From the Fall River Herald News: Fall River featured in photo exhibit By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Jul 23, 2009 @ 12:42 PM Fall River — The Storefront Artists Project and Lotus Rising Center for Healing and the Arts are sponsoring a photography exhibit at 73 Columbia Street, from July 23 to Aug. […]
Literary Hatchet #3 Released Today
The 3rd issue of The Literary Hatchet, a free online magazine that contains provocative short stories, brief fiction, uncommon poetry and prose, and drollery that frightens and surprises, is online TODAY! Please visit The Literary Hatchet to download your free copy. A print copy will be available soon! From the editor’s remarks: Welcome to 2009 […]
Happy Birthday Lizzie Borden
Born in Fall River, MA, July 19, 1860.
Fall River History Club Meeting for July 15
Fall River History Club meeting Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 6:30 pm Fall River Public Library, Fall River, MA FREE and open to the public. Topic: The Murder of John Bullock, 1862 Bullock’s murder occurred in Freetown on June 12, 1862. Obed Reynolds, a 17 y/o Freetown resident ambushed and killed John Bullock, a New Bedford […]
Longfellow Day at Luther’s Museum in Swansea
Carl Becker, curator of the Swansea Historical Society, has planned a great event for this Sunday, July 12, 2009, and you are all invited. An afternoon in the 19th Century at the LUTHER STORE MUSEUM with the poetry of The 19th Century’s Greatest American Poet HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW including THE BRIDGE and PAUL REVERE’S RIDE […]
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft for Sale (again)
Every summer around this time, the owner of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft, puts the house on the market, perhaps hoping to entice some Borden enthusiast to buy the home. And this year is no different. Here is the house today. The phone number, if you are interested in learning the price or making a bid, is […]