Tag: picnic

  • 2010 Summer Picnic Reflection

    This year’s annual picnic at Hamilton Place was an outstanding success! More than 50 people brought a picnic supper and a chair or blanket and kicked back by the Charles River to enjoy music by Broken Rose, a talented band performing classic rock and original music. Music was provided thanks to the generosity of Karen Osborne-Shanley…

  • 2010 Summer Picnic Announcement

    Tuesday, August 3rd Mark your calendar for this year’s annual picnic at Hamilton Place from 6pm to Dusk. Public welcome! Bring a picnic supper, your chair or blanket. Kick back by the Charles River and enjoy the music by Broken Rose, a talented band performing classic rock and original music. Thanks to the generosity of Karen…

  • Annual Letter to Members, 2009

    Annual Letter to Members, 2009

    In 2010, we will continue to work with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and its Urban Park Bureau. We will also continue our partnership with Site Supervisor Erica Aubin and former Site Supervisor and DCR administrator Kevin Hollenbeck. We hope you will share our pleasure in the accomplishments of 2009 and our hopes for…

  • Annual Letter to Members, 2008

    Annual Letter to Members, 2008

    In 2009, we will continue to work with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and its Urban Park Bureau. We will also continue our partnership with Site Supervisor Erica Aubin and former Site Supervisor and DCR administrator Kevin Hollenbeck. We hope you will share our pleasure in the accomplishments of 2008 and our hopes for…

  • 2007 Summer Picnic

    2007 Summer Picnic

    A special annual treat for the Friends is our Summer Picnic, a time at which we all get together on the property to enjoy the fruits of our labors. At the 2007 picnic we had Greg Burroughs, a 21 year old vocal performance major at Berklee College, provide music for us. At the picnic Brian…

  • Annual Letter to Members, 2007

    Annual Letter to Members, 2007

    In 2008, we will continue to work with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and its Urban Park Bureau. We will also continue our partnership with newly appointed Site Supervisor Erica Uramkin and former supervisor Kevin Hollenbeck who is now a DCR manager. We hope you will share our pleasure in the accomplishments of 2007…

  • 2007 Summer Picnic Announcement

    2007 Summer Picnic Announcement

    Our Annual Summer Picnic and Free Concert will take place on Tuesday, August 7, 6:30 p.m. to dusk at Hamilton Place. Bring a picnic supper, your chair or blanket. Kick back & enjoy the music! Grill will be provided. (Rain Date: August 14th) We will have Greg Burroughs, a 21 year old vocal performance major…

  • Annual Summer Picnic 2006

    A special annual treat for the Friends is our Summer Picnic, a time at which we all get together on the property to enjoy the fruits of our labors. At the 2006 picnic we and the Hemlock Gorge Boys bade farewell to longtime Friends member and supporter Bobbi Demers, who has moved back to her family…

  • Ken Newcomb Bench Dedication

    Ken Newcomb Bench Dedication

    The memorial to Ken Newcomb was made possible by financial contributions from many of his friends and family and by the unstinting volunteers who conceived and designed and transported the stone bench. To all of these thoughtful people, too numerous to list, the Friends extend their deepest gratitude. The Friends sited Ken’s memorial bench at…

  • Hopeful Adelgid News: The Ladybugs may be having an effect

    Hopeful Adelgid News: The Ladybugs may be having an effect

    It’s been more than a year since the release of the first ladybugs. We still don’t have an official opinion from forester Charlie Burnham on their impact. but at the August picnic, we all toured the site and inspected the hemlocks. What we saw made us cautiously optimistic. Although several trees have died, and evidence…

  • Meeting Minutes: May 4, 1999

    Next Meeting: Tuesday June 1, 1999 at 7:15 Present on May 4 were: Brian Yates, Ken Newcomb, Bobbi Demers, Hank Lysaght, John Mordes, Nina Koch, Carol McPherson, Hannah Sherman. Brian began by circulating the Tab‘s article about Clean-Up. We congratulated ourselves on the success of the day’s work. John Mordes and Brian did attend the…

  • Annual Letter to Members, 1994

    Annual Letter to Members, 1994

    At this time of Thanksgiving and Holiday cheer, we write to you to mark the end of another eventful year for the Friends and to appeal to you to renew your membership and your commitment to our activities in 1995.