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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | October 27, 2019

Halloweens past, maker of parks, St. Joachim’s dedication, mystery object

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | August 13, 2019

School for men, first black Beacon grad, cottages on the mountain

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | May 12, 2019

Hollywood director, the old theater, three red houses, when Lincoln visited

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | March 4, 2019

Black history, Lafayette Avenue, Madame Zingarra and saving a president

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | December 10, 2018

Dead mayor streets, Mark Twain’s “visit,” Cedar Lawn

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | October 15, 2018

Hollywood comes to town, the Forrestal legacy, the east end silos

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The Great War Comes Home

By Robert Murphy | August 19, 2018

A century ago, the first local men died in WWI

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | August 8, 2018

Classic postcard, plastic snow, electric flying suits

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | June 12, 2018

A message from above, and treating Zelda

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Beacon’s Wall of Honor

By Robert Murphy | May 28, 2018

Sign painter inscribed names of 1,704 service members

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | February 6, 2018

A “commuter ski school,” Bookie Blox and a Hellcat buzzes Main

Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | October 31, 2017

Beacon’s stuntman, the first TV, cat trouble and a mystery man

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | July 27, 2017

Explosions, daredevils, cannonballs and straw hats

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | April 25, 2017

A poem, pigeons, a new fridge and an early female doctor

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Bits of Beacon History

By Robert Murphy | March 1, 2017

A local historian shares some tales of the past