Ada Jill Schneider Valentines Day Poetry Reading

Our great good friend and Literary Hatchet contributor, Ada Jill Schneider, will be offering a Valentines Day poetry reading. You can read some of Ada’s poetry in the FREE issues of the Literary Hatchet. Check it out!

Merry Christmas to All

Mondo Lizzie Borden would like to wish all of you a joyous holiday season and a Merry Christmas.

RIP William Schley-Ulrich

Our good friend and fellow Bordenite, William F. Schley-Ulrich passed away on September 27, 2009. He was 90 years, 7 months, and 3 days old. Born in 1919, William was a regular contributor to the old Lizzie Borden Quarterly and penned a few major pieces for The Hatchet as well. Bill also was a regular […]

Fall River Historical Society Holiday Open House

Tonight was the annual Holiday Open House at the Fall River Historical Society. The event was very well attended, with every room filled with the most interesting people! The food was first rate, and the wine was delicious. Here are a few images for those of you who couldn’t attend. Michael Martins and Dennis Binette […]

Fall River’s Amazing Panoramas by Christopher Blake

I lucked onto this site by Christopher Blake that features 360 degree views of cities all over the world. Mr. Blake has created some fantastic images of Fall River places. I highly recommend them to you as they are truly incredible. Here the links to his work on Fall River, Massachusetts. Click on the words […]

Fizzy Lizzie (Borden)

A very cool product exists called Fizzy Lizzy soda. Of course, this has nothing to do with Lizzie Borden, but I like the idea of her being carbonated! Here is their website.

Forensics: You Decide

Our good friend, Dr. Thomas Mauriello, one of the experts from the Discovery Channel’s documentary Lizzie Borden Had An Axe (2004), and consultant in Criminalistics at the University of Maryland, send this note to share with all of you. Family, Friends and Colleagues, I would like you all to know that I will be appearing […]

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 […]

Pleasure of Poetry at Somerset Public Library

Award-winning poet and Literary Hatchet contributor, Ada Jill Schneider, has announced her September poetry series to be held every Wednesday at 2 pm at the Somerset Public Library. “The Pleasure of Poetry” Featured Guest Reader on September 30, will be Janice Miller Potter, author of Psalms in Time. Participants are invited to bring a favorite […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fall River’s Mayoral Race

So far, there are about seven people running for Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts. The deadline for filing one’s papers is the end of this month, so we might even see some more throw their hats into the race. Just for fun, how about this candidate?

Fall River History Club Tours Interlachen

Today was the first summer day without rain so far this season. The Fall River History Club had the good fortune of having Fall River historian Bill Goncalo lead us on a tour of Interlachen, the former home of Spencer Borden, that juts out into the North Watuppa Pond, and the Cook-Borden ice house. A […]