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Posted on: Oct 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Greetings Fellow Classmates,
After months of planning, our Reunion Committee has finalized the time and date for our much anticipated 60th Class Reunion. Please consider this email an official "Save the Date" for our next/great get-together:
When: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Where: Braintree Town Hall from 1pm-5pm
We will be returning to the site of our wonderful 50th Reunion, which has been updated with a newly refinished floor, as well as Braintree Wamp-Blue seating. Therefore, now is the time to start making any necessary travel plans for this fun affair. Hopefully, all of us will contact old friends they haven't seen forever, and encourage them to come to the reunion, as well as join our class website (braintreehsclassof66.com) if they haven't already. If anyone has forgotten their password for our website, please email Tom Herget (tfherget@hotmail.com) for help in resetting it.
Over the course of the next few months, we will be sending along more information regarding our 60th Class Reunion. Braintree-based Fasano's Catering will be providing their usual fabulous food and drink at the very reasonable cost of about $50/ticket.
So mark your calendars, call your friends, and let's make this the best reunion ever.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact any of the following:
Tom Herget 617-653-9612. tfherget@hotmail.com
Chris Smith 401-451-7560 ccsmithp38@gmail.com
Diane Harvey Spencer 617-549-6724 diparis@verizon.net
Posted on: Oct 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Had a great night yesterday with old friend, and BHS alumni, Larry Hatch. Larry was visiting from Pheonix, stopping by his home town for a bit. We were good friends in high school, and hadn’t seen one another since graduation! Larry was manager of both our boys soccer team and boys basketball team. It was like we never missed a beat. Thanks for making contact Larry! Safe trip.
Just a reminder for tomorrow nights presentation of what the town of Braintree and the US government did for the veterans of WW II
John Donovan has asked me to post this notice for a talk he'll be giving 28 October at the Town
Hall.
Thanks and see you there
HOUSING FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS IN BRAINTREE
WHEN Tuesday October 28, 2025, 600 PM
WHERE Cahill Auditorium, Braintree Town Hall
SPONSOR Braintree Historical Society
SPEAKER John F Donovan, Braintree Historical Society
After World War II there was a severe shortage of housing for veterans. The Town of Braintree responded by building 96 temporary apartments for veterans. Operating between 1946 and 1954, the project became known as “Union Village”.
Between 1951 and 1961, the Town also built ninety single-family homes for veterans located throughout the town. They were on Common, Drake, Erickson, Mann, Olofsson, Pantano and Pearl Streets, Hillside and Wildwood Avenues, and King Hill Road. When the housing crisis was over, these homes were sold to veterans.
Posted on: Oct 08, 2025 at 10:07 AM
John Donovan has asked me to post this notice for a talk he'll be giving 28 October at the Town Hall.
Thanks and see you there
NOTICE
HOUSING FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS IN BRAINTREE
WHEN Tuesday October 28, 2025, 600 PM
WHERE Cahill Auditorium, Braintree Town Hall
SPONSOR Braintree Historical Society
SPEAKER John F Donovan, Braintree Historical Society
After World War II there was a severe shortage of housing for veterans. The Town of Braintree responded by building 96 temporary apartments for veterans. Operating between 1946 and 1954 the project became known as “Union Village”.
Between 1951 and 1961 the Town also built ninety single-family homes for veterans located throughout the town. They were on Common, Drake, Erickson, Mann, Olofsson, Pantano and Pearl Streets, Hillside and Wildwood Avenues, and King Hill Road. When the housing crisis was over these homes were sold to veterans.
Posted on: Oct 03, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Glad to see you logging into the site Scott!
Posted on: Sep 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sacajawea does Sengekontacket down Martha’s Vineyard
Posted on: Aug 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
https://youtube.com/shorts/-39c07bP7tQ?si=-PAGuqb7EsqpONWN
Alright Mr. Smith,….Here’s my attempt at skimboarding with my two grandsons.
Posted on: Aug 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
All the best Diane!
Posted on: Aug 01, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of classmate Ron Payne. Ron was one of my very best friends from eighth grade through college. A great guy, acerbic wit, and a steadfast friend. My childhood memories are full of the many times we played backyard sports, pool down Jimmy Sacchetti’s basement, skimboarding at Nantasket , and messed around in so many classes at BHS. Thanks for the memories Ron.
Thanks Kevin…fixed the link to Mary’s obituary.
Posted on: Jun 08, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Tommy Mahar’s daughter posted the following on Facebook about her dad’s passing:
Hi, this is Tommy’s daughter Tanya ,
I know a lot of you have been wondering what happened to my dad .
My dad went into the hospital with a cold and swollen legs . He didn’t realize he had heart failure.
Doctors felt we could try some things to help him and he went through multiple surgeries. He got through all of them and still , it was not working . Through it all he kept a positive attitude and made the doctors and nurses laugh. They all loved him in there and were rooting for him.
He was then told this would be his last chance if he wanted it . It was going to be the biggest fight of his life . He would need an LVAD surgery . He knew With all the surgeries before it left him weak and not able to move and walk so going into this surgery the odds were all against him . He was very weak to begin with .
He looked all the doctors in the eye and said I want a chance to fight . I want to go down swinging. He had to convince 40 doctors to give him that chance . He did .
He never had solid ground to stand on . He hit every bump he could hit . he went through hell and through it all he fought until there was never left of him to fight .
I tried to give him every option the doctors would let me to keep him in the fight . But his body finally told us he couldn’t fight no more . For two months he fought.
My mom must have known he was tired . She was the love of his life and i know he is with her now and he can finally rest . She waited a long time for him and couldnt wait anymore .
we will be having the wake on Thursday 3-8 at Cartwright funeral home in Braintree . And Friday the funeral we are not sure what time exactly because we are still trying to figure things out but when I find out I will let you all know . I know many people are reaching out wondering what is going on so I just wanted to explain to all of you what he went through and what the plan was
He loved all of you and had so many great times with all of you . I only heard him speak of one person that was nasty to him . That person was angry at him for not retiring and not letting other people be able to move up . And that is the only person I know that was ever not nice to my dad . I don’t need to tell anyone who that person was he / she knows who they are .
But thank you to all of you for being there for my dad. He really had some great friends that truly cared about him and we appreciate all of you. He loved you all . He was the only person I know that could be there for all of us ( family ) didn’t miss anything we had going on through all the years and still be there for all of his work/ friends and he made it all look so easy , never complained .
I just wanted to say Thank you to all of you for bringing happiness / love to my dad ??he will always be watching over all of us shining some sunshine down on us .