History
Dunstable Village: Massapoag and the Woodward Mill
September 29, 2006 - 9:13pm Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development. In this installment, Don shares some of the history of Massapoag Pond and the mill operated by Jonathan Woodward at "The Gulf". --di
Dunstable Village: The Walk Home from School
September 3, 2006 - 7:09am Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development. In this installment, Don takes us along on his walk home from the Swallow Union school. --di
Dunstable Village: Joint Grass Brook, Mill Street, and Fletcher Street
July 7, 2006 - 11:57pm Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development. In this installment, Don gives us a bit of background on the area surrounding Joint Grass Brook, which includes Fletcher Street and Mill Street. --di
Dunstable Village: The General Store and Post Office
May 13, 2006 - 1:29pm Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development. In this installment, Don gives us a bit of the background of the old general store and post office. --di
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Dunstable Village: The Idlewild's Demise
April 5, 2006 - 11:42am Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development. In the last installment, Don described Admiral Richard Byrd's stay at Dunstable's Idlewild Hotel. Here, he describes the town's loss of the hotel at the hands of a vengeful and arsonous ex-chef. --di
Dunstable Village: Admiral Byrd and the Idlewild Hotel
February 21, 2006 - 12:41am History
by A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note "Don" Kennedy was born in Dunstable in 1912, and lived here until his death in 1988. For many years, Don raised dairy cattle on his farm at the top of High Street, where he lived with his wife, Lucy. He was the state’s youngest selectman in 1934 at the age of 22, and remained active in town politics throughout most of his life. He was dedicated to protecting Dunstable farmlands from development.In this installment, Don describes how Dunstable and the Idlewild Hotel played host to the famous explorer Admiral Richard Byrd. --di
Dunstable Village
February 16, 2006 - 12:39pm Historyby A. Donald Kennedy
Editors note: When I first moved to Dunstable, I couldn’t help but look at the old homes, and buildings like the Union School house and the Town Hall, and wonder what stories they could tell. In the period of 1985-88, Dunstable native A. Donald Kennedy gave voice to some of those stories in a series of articles he penned, called "Dunstable Village." Many of these articles were published by Ann Paquin in Neighbor to Neighbor in those years. Don's children, who include Dunstable Selectman Sue Psaledakis, Assessor Bob Kennedy, and well-known local artist Christine Kennedy, gave us a file of Don’s notes and articles and graciously invited us to reprint them. We will occasionally present one of these treasures here, complete and unedited.
