Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Quabbin, Then and Now


Athol photographer Dale Monette will bring historic photos of the five towns flooded to make the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s and his own photos, some of matching sites, in a program “Quabbin, Then and Now” at the Colrain Historical Society meeting Thursday, July 13, in the Stacy Barn behind the Pitt House at 8 Main Road in Colrain. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. following a 7:00 p.m. meeting.
Dale Monette

Refreshments will be served and the public is welcome to attend. For more information call Belden at 624-3453.

Mark your calendar for the three remaining programs of the year:
  • AUGUST 10, “The Narrow Escape of Angelina Palmer,” author Jackie Walsh 
  • SEPTEMBER 14, “The History and Unique Joinery of the Christian Hill Church,” Colrain master joiner Jeremy Topitzer. This meeting will be held in the Second Baptist Church, built in 1797 on Christian Hill. 
  • OCTOBER 12, Show and Tell and potluck at the home of Joan McQuade