Rockland recollections
Terry Economy was born in Rockland and graduated from Rockland High School. He has had a long career in broadcasting. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Rail Kids: Hobos
By Terry Economy - Mar 02It was a summer day in 1948. The rail kids had just finished a game of baseball at the field adjacent to the Maine Central railroad yard. One of ...
Blizzard of 1952: No school!
By Terry Economy - Feb 06On Feb. 6, 1952, the National Weather Bureau issued the following weather statement: 'A huge snow storm is heading up the coast of New England ...
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Coming to grips with Pearl Harbor and its aftermath
By Terry Economy - Dec 07December 7, 1941, a day of infamy, as the president at that time, Franklin Roosevelt, called it during his speech to Congress in declaring war on ...
The circus, Summer 1942
By Terry Economy - Nov 06The summer of 1942, World War II had come to Rockland. Some of our boys had already enlisted in the armed services, others would soon be drafted ...
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No school
By Terry Economy - Sep 26When I was in grammar school, aside from school vacations, which we looked forward to, the next best vacation day was the "no school storm ...
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Phil’s Pool Room
By Terry Economy - Aug 27If ever there was a Rockland icon, Phil's Pool Room at 340 Main Street for more than 40 years has to be one. Owned by a Albanian immigrant, Philip ...
The Vanilla Kid and Rockland's Jungle
By Terry Economy - Jul 29During the 1940s there was a shoreline area in Rockland called the Jungle. The Jungle stretched from in back of the former Sears store all the way ...
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Rockland recollections: The Narragansett Beer Wagon
By Terry Economy - Jul 01It was 1943, World War II was upon us and the citizens of Rockland were getting accustomed of that dirty word "rationing." Certain food items were ...
Gas stations and cars
By Terry Economy - Apr 16During the spring of 1946, life became back to normal for the citizens of Rockland. World War II had come to a end on Sept. 6, 1945, most of our ...
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Rail Kids: An immigrant's story
Feb 22On June 29, 1930, aboard a passenger ship that had sailed from France toward New York City, was a attractive newlywed, an Albanian lady, Kaliope, ...
Rockland recollections: First flight
By Terry Economy - Feb 20I can remember my first airplane ride and I was only six years old, but what a ride it was. The year was 1941. My neighbor on Prescott Street in ...
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Skating on Stevens Pond
By Terry Economy - Jan 22In Rockland's South End, there was a skating area called Stevens Pond, on Thomaston and Lovejoy streets. During the 1940s and early 1950s it was ...
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Rockland recollections
By Terry Economy - Nov 25During the summer of 1950, 9 Prescott St. had a new member to our family. A horse. Before that we have had dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, guinea ...
The Rockland Hotel
By Terry Economy - Oct 01One of Rockland's landmark was the Hotel Rockland, on the corner of Park and Main streets. In the 1952 Rockland city directory, the Hotel Rockland ...
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Rail Kid: Before TV
By Terry Economy - Sep 09One day, my 10-year-old grandson, TJ, while visiting, came up to me and said "Grampy, what did you do during the summertime when you were young ...
Park Theater
By Terry Economy - Aug 15One of Rockland's icons in the 1920-1950 era was the Park Theater on Park Street. Thousands of area residents were entertained in this movie ...
Swimming at Rockland's beaches
By Terry Economy - Jul 22Growing up in Rockland during the 1940s, children in the South End of the community, when it came time for summer swimming had two choices of cold ...
Louie's Hot Dog Stand
By Terry Economy - May 14Louie's Hot Dog Stand at the corner of Main and Orient streets was another Rockland landmark. Owned by Lewis Benovitch and his younger brother, ...
Beer service to St. George
By Terry Economy - Mar 26From the 1930s to right before World War II, Economy's Fruit had a delivery truck that would deliver fruit and produce on a weekly basis to the ...
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Rail Kid: Rockland's gangs
By Terry Economy - Jan 20During the early part of our century most cities in the United States had its boyhood gangs. Boyhood gangs came in era before television and ...
