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

The 1950s in Sandwich. Our family lived on Jarves Street and our town’s population was a bit over 2,000 residents. As I look back, I remember that time in my life fondly. I admit it seems to me   to have been an idyllic time to grow up in our town. First of all, you knew everyone. When someone drove by, you waved. You stopped to chat on the street. Even as a youngster you were expected to be polite and respond when in conversation with an adult. And if you ever did something

When Russell A. Lovell Jr. first saw the contents of the newly opened Sandwich time capsule on July 4, 1976, he berated its chief packer, Charles C.P. Waterman. Then the Sandwich historian spent the rest of the year studying, displaying and writing about Waterman's century-old selections. The more Lovell looked into the Centennial Box, the more he saw. Though he still had complaints, Lovell's Dec. 30 wrap-up article in the Village Broadsider newspaper included this phrase: "M

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

Shortly after I began volunteering at the Sandwich Town Archives, it acquired a collection of photographs and documents relating to a...

Sandwich of the late 1940s — World War II was over, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany vanquished, the population of around 2,400 people was...