I have lived on Quaker Meetinghouse Road my entire life. As far as I knew there was nothing much here except for wood lots until the developments of the 1970s and 80s. I didn’t question that understanding until I stumbled across a photograph of a farmhouse with trellised flowers bordering the porch. On the back of that photograph was a note that read simply: “the Hermitage.” I later came across a series of photographs in the Sandwich Town Archives that included the same flowe

If you’ve walked through Sandwich village, you’ve likely noticed the white storefront with the big windows at the corner of Jarves and Main Streets. When the owner expressed interest in obtaining a historic marker, I dove into the records in search of the build date and original owner. I’m dating myself, but what began as routine research turned into a fun ride in Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine. The more I found the more I wanted to know.

From the junction of Water and Main streets in Sandwich Village, you can see five centuries. But for the 250th birthday of the United States this year, let's put on spectacles that filter out all those centuries but the revolutionary 18th. Across town, we have spaces, homes, taverns, historic cemeteries and historical institutions that show us how lucky we are to live right here right now for this national party. Most of the United States has no such physical legacy of the Re

After my husband and I moved to Sandwich in 2020 I found myself with time on my hands. It was the height of the pandemic and, like everyone else, we were in lockdown. So I turned to one of my newer interests: genealogy. I decided to dig into my father’s side of the family. My dad grew up in the Newton area, the younger half-brother to three much older siblings. My impression is that school wasn’t exactly his thing (the story goes that he was invited to three different class r

Who worked at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory when it opened in 1825? The answer is anyone who could. In fact, it was a huge...

There it sits, unassuming and mostly forgotten. The significance it held for generations of Sandwich residents lost to history. ​ I’m...