


Google Earth street view of Inman Street. Click here to go to it. When you get to the Google Earth page, you can drag it around for a 360 degree view, or use the mouse wheeel to back out for a satellite view. You can also click on the pictures at the bottom to see other street views. |







married Prince Andrea Boncompagni 100 years ago this month. They divorced in 1923. Click here for more. Below - the princess in Washington in 1922. |

Bresciani Scalzi,Carol Cutter Whyte. Second row Muriel Moore Colthart, Karen Caulfield Pendelton, Carol Barsanti Pellegrino, Judy Hattersley Oldfield, Joanne Flooks Johnson. Third row Rolland Morin, Bill Beard, Bill Krauss, Ken Johnson, Roland Boucher and Rick Iannetelli |
Another recent HHS reunion was the 57th for the Class of 1959. The row of seven, from left, Jack Hayes, Craig Travers, Joyce (Burton) Anderson,Betty (Chute) Mellen, Bev (Anderson) Harris, Kurt Anderson and Pete Billings. In the back is Leigh Allen, and in front, Dan Malloy. Thanks to Bev for sending the picture. |


Mendon Street was then West Main Street, the name remaining for some years as it had been when this was still part of Milford. Click here to see the story of the cupola sitting in the middle of the park. |
held on the alleys in the basement of the Harrison Block. |
Hopedale in October 2016 Hopedale history ezine for October 1 - William Lapworth, Part 2 Ezine for mid-October - William Lapworth, Part 3 Hopedale in September Ezine Menu HOME . |


Above and below - G&U Railroad yard in West Upton. |

The Simpsons visit Boston - October 9. |


Pecking holes in my apple tree. Thanks for the picture, DJ. |



Click here to go to an article on all the Boston area references in the Simpsons' Boston episode. |

It's not a result of the drought. It was in the plans before this summer. |

October 13 |




Above are the houses that will be razed if Cumberland Farms is enlarged according to the present plan.. |
with four pumps - or eight pumping stations - and a 4,786-square-foot store, according to documents filed with the Town Clerk. Together, the three parcels contain three two-story houses that would be removed, according to the plan. The company is “looking to acquire” those lots, Reidy said. Owners of those properties have all filed authorization letters with the Town Clerk granting Cumberland Farms the right to submit applications to obtain permits and approvals for developing the property. With the new facility, the company would also seek to make it open 24 hours a day, not the existing 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. operating schedule, according to Reidy. Milford Daily News, October 12, 2016 Click here to go to the rest of the article. |

Google Earth view Red - Cumberland Farms Green - 124 Hopedale Street Blue - 121 Mendon Street Yellow - 125 Mendon Street Now and Then - Cumberland Farms ZBA conditions for Cumberland Farms, 1983 |
Fire at 7 Glendale Road, October 6. Click here for video. |




Click here for the names that go with the faces. |




Spindleville Pond - Above - October 17 --- Below - October 21 |
house in Cambridge. Thanks for sending it, DJ. |

1863. That must have been one of the earliest "steam carriages," but there it was in Scientific American. The article gives the name as H. Roper, although he normally went by Sylvester H. Roper. He also invented a steam-operated motorcycle that's in the Smithsonian. His son Charles, also an inventor, first for the Drapers and later for his own company, lived at 50 Freedom Street in Hopedale. |

Hopedale Pond - October 20 |







Freedom Street, October 21 |

Mill Street |

Chopped-up tank at the now closed bp station, 140, Milford. |

