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By Carla CharterHe was confined in the prisons Millen, Libby, Savannah and Andersonville. While there a chain of lightning opened a rock giving water to the parched and starving prisoners—Obituary of William N. Dexter, Orange Enterprise and...

By Carla CharterOn April 15, 1912, the H.M.S. Titanic sank partway through its maiden voyage. Of those 2,224 passengers on board, 1,517 lost their lives in the freezing water. Despite the ship receiving repeated warnings about icebergs, at 11:40 p.m....

Among the pastimes of the country in the 1800s was trotting races. Harness racing was very popular at the time, especially in county fairs and rural areas, according to the Harness Racing Museum of Goshen, New York. As with the rest of the country,...

A Page from North Quabbin History: The unhappy history of Zylpha Smith "Zylpha Smith: A Life in Warwick," by Clare Green, illustrated by Reba-Jean Shaw-Pichette. Contributed photo Clare Green poses as Zylpha Smith of Warwick. Photo/Cathy Carey Modified: 4/26/2021 2:40:41 PM If you happened along the road from Warwick to North Orange in the 1800s, you might have noticed a woman walking along wearing a dark green cloak and carrying a carpet bag left over from the Civil War. This woman was Zylp...

Wheeler Memorial Library continuing to digitize old North Quabbin newspapers A digital copy of the weekly Millers Falls News from 1902. Advantage Archives, a document archival company based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is digitizing the Wheeler Memorial Library’s microfilms of old North Quabbin newspapers. They can be seen at wheeler.advantage-preservation.com. SCREENSHOT A digital copy of the weekly Orange Journal from 1883. Advantage Archives, a document archival company based in Cedar Rapids, I...

Butterfield Park Residents play a game of pick-up hockey at the new skating rink in Oranges Butterfield Park on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Recorder File Photo/Micky Bedell Published: 3/1/2021 3:33:34 PM Modified: 3/1/2021 3:33:32 PM Butterfield Park is a community gem in the center of Orange. The park’s beginnings were centered around the ballfield, with the land originally owned by the Butterfield family. Pamela Almira Butterfield passed away on Jan. 13, 1894. The town was given the option of...

A Page from North Quabbin History: Tepper’s sold ‘a little bit of everything’ Grace Roche and J. Chris Roche. Grace received five of these blue bowls that came from Teppers 5&10, filled with an assortment of goodies ranging from lobster to candy, after telling each of her five grown children not to spend their money on her, but she had seen a blue bowl she liked at Tepper’s. Contributed photo Christmas tree ornaments from Teppers 5&10 store. Contributed photo Christmas tree ornaments pu...

A Page from North Quabbin History: When the world came to Orange Sports Illustrated cover for August 1962. Program cover Modified: 12/15/2020 4:26:08 PM In August of 1962, the world came to Orange when parachutists from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and South Africa as well as the United States came to participate in the sixth Worl...