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Posted on: Aug 06, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Happy Birthday, Helen. I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating you.!
Posted on: Jul 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Posted on: May 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
The Wachusett Dam & Reservoir: open twice a year to walk across. All the drinking water from Clinton to Boston comes from this reservior.
Posted on: May 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
One more pic
I hope you had a great birthday, Paula
Posted on: Apr 07, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Happy Birthday, Steve!
Posted on: Apr 06, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Happy Birthday, David. Enjoy your day!
Happy Birthday, Carl! Enjoy your day!
Posted on: Feb 24, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Highlands School this AM
Happy Birthday Diane.
I remember him from Jonas Perkins, even though I was in Miss Bell's class. He'd come over to Faxon Park and play with me and Jerry Potter. He was a pretty cool guy and fun to hang out with. Sad to see another one of us gone.
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.