ynonymous with Forest Hills and all that pertains to the welfare of that place is the name of Richard E. Cochran, more generally known to the residents of the West Roxbury District as “Uncle Dick”. Aside from being its most public-spirited citizen, he also enjoys the distinction of having resided in that place for a longer period than any other person.
Read MoreThe Old Lamplighter song was introduced in 1946 by singer Sammy Kaye and it became an immediate hit; topping the charts for several weeks. Our family’s copy, on an old RCA Victor shellac-type record, was nearly worn-out on our old wind-up Victrola!
Read MoreWithin a two mile arc in Boston are three works of art by the preeminent American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), who is best known for his design of the massive seated figure at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.
Read MoreThis is a transcription of a four-page, unsigned document describing the first three generations of the Weld family in America. Capt. Joseph Weld received a very large land grant for his services to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and owned much of present day Jamaica Plain in the 1640s.
Read MoreRaised next door to the family brewery in Jamaica Plain and trained in Copenhagen as a brewer, Theodore C. Haffenreffer Jr. had far more discerning tastes than most who raise a mug to their lips.
Read MoreThough Morton Street may well be named for the Mortons who owned property in the area in 1871, the street could also be named for Thomas Morton, possibly a distant relative, whose richer deeds are highlighted on a plaque in Quincy.
I will share some of my memories with you about Jamaica Plain back in the early 1960s.
Read MoreWhen William Weld (pictured) was inaugurated as governor of Massachusetts last month, the media chose to illustrate the lengthy local Weld connection with shots of Weld Hall in Harvard Yard and the Weld Boathouse on the Charles River. These Cambridge views did not get to the family's home turf, which could have been shown by footage of the Arnold Arboretum.
Read MoreJamaica Plain was an important place in the suffrage movement, where many women's-rights agitators made their home.
Read MoreBased on a panel presentation held on March 26, 2013 discussing the stories of Emily Greene Balch, Mother Mary Rogers, and Rose Finkelstein Norwood.
Read More
