February 11th, 2011
Wall Of Fame: Gansett Award, 1955!
Posted by: admin matCheck out this awesome picture of a Gansett Sales award given to Henry White at Ryan & Casey Liquors in Greenfield, MA from 1955. It’s a horseshoe with a silver dollar in it. Still hanging on the wall in the office today. Now how cool is that?
February 11th, 2011
This Weekend’s Gansett Promos And Tastings!
Posted by: admin matThat ‘Gansett Girls are coming to a bar near you. This weekend we have two great promos on Saturday night. For all Rhode Islanders, don’t miss the legendary Steve Smith & The Nakeds as they will be performing live at The Apartment 373 Richmond Street in Providence. For those of you who don’t know, The [...]
February 2nd, 2011
Greenfield Recorder On The History Of Hi Neighbor Girls!
Posted by: admin matGreenfield woman drove the hills promoting Narragansett beer BY ARN ALBERTINI RECORDER STAFF GREENFIELD — In 1963, the year after Penny Martineau was one of Narragansett Beer’s Miss Hi Neighbor for the western Massachusetts region, a Greenfield woman won the same honor.
January 11th, 2011
Weekend Recap: Troy Brown Appearances
Posted by: admin matTroy Brown visited the North Shore of Massachusetts this past Sunday and made popped into some local package stores to sign autographs and sell some ‘Gansett. Here’s how each went with photos below.
November 12th, 2010
This Weekend: Live Rock Shows And Beer Fests!
Posted by: admin matWhether you are hip to the fuzz, flakes and shakes, or tuned in to the atmospheric timbre, you are guaranteed to get as much as you can handle at Deep Heaven Now 2. The second happening of the ambient/psych rock music festival is set to take over Union Square in Somerville this weekend. The first [...]
October 28th, 2010
Top 10 Haunted Places In US: Lizzie Borden House
Posted by: admin matGrowing up in Southeastern New England, everyone learns the skipping rope rhyme of the Lizzie Borden murders. Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Sounds terrible coming from the lips of children. But when you think about that’s sort [...]
October 28th, 2010
New England Heritage: Halloween In Salem, MA!
Posted by: admin matSalem Massachusetts. Home to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the House of 7 Gables, Jack Welch and Mary Lou Lord, Nathaniel Bowditch and Elias Derby, Salem has been a destination city long before there was such a thing as family vacation. With a rich history in the East India Trade and Seafaring, one can almost stop at [...]
October 21st, 2010
New England Heritage: Johnny Appleseed
Posted by: admin matJohnny Appleseed was born on September 26, 1774 in Leominster, MA and passed away on March 18, 1845 in Fort Wayne, IN. Born John Chapman, he was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his [...]
