Caring for a historical gem; E.n. Jenckes gets a facelift

Thanks to generous funders, the Douglas Historical Society was able to hire S Z Restoration Carpentry, Inc. to tackle much needed repairs to the E.N. Jenckes Store Museum’s porch. The two level porch facing Main Street is the iconic façade of the building that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Decades of weather contributed to degradation of the decking frame and some supports. Here master carpenter Sam Zeigler (a left) coordinates work on the second floor deck with his son.

E.N. Jenckes Store Museum porch repairs nearly complete!

The Society expects the porch work and finishing touches to the Store Museum’s new coat of paint to be completed before the town’s signature Octoberfest on the first Saturday of October. Board members and volunteers are excited to show off the Store Museum that tells the story of local commerce in the town of Douglas and is recognized as one of the historic jewels of the greater Blackstone Valley.

Funding for this project was made possible through the generosity of the UniBank Charitable Foundation and through the generous sponsorship of the Captain Job Knapp Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

nhS Class of ‘78 Reunion

The Northbridge High School Class of '78 is coming together to celebrate their 45th class reunion on September 30th from 6-11 p.m. at the Uxbridge Progressive Club, located at 18 Whitin Street, Linwood. There will be food and a cash bar. The cost is $35 p.p.. Payments can be sent via Venmo to Pamela Dion (@Pamela-Dion-3) or checks can be sent to Liz Brodeur, 8 Taft Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569. Please RSVP by 9/21/23. Check out our FB "Class of 78" for updates and photos. If you know someone from the class who may not see this notice or have Facebook, we ask that you kindly share the information with them.

VCC harvest Festival Returns

The 2023 Harvest Festival, sponsored by the Village Congregational Church in Whitinsville, is scheduled for Saturday, September 30th from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the Northbridge Town Common. (The rain date will be Sunday, October 1st from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m.).

A 15 year tradition on the Northbridge Park common across from Village Congregational Church on 5 Church St. Whitinsville. brings our community a full day of arts, crafts, farmers market, food court, entertainment, children's activities, face painting, music, a huge variety of raffle prizes, a tag sale at church and a very special quilt raffle! The expertly handmade, queen size quilt is designed and donated by Denise Lemoine. Raffle tickets to win this beautiful quilt will be available starting 9/1 online at Go.rallyup.com/2023vccquiltraffle or the day of the festival.

All proceeds from the festival and quilt raffle benefit our wider missions: Thanksgiving & Easter food baskets for families in need, NAC Food Pantry and Peace of Bread Mission, School Supply drive for local students, Blackstone Valley Emergency Warming Centers Treat yourself to a wonderful Fall day at the VCC Harvest Festival, a unique slice of life and family fun in a historical New England town.