Holiday Gift Ideas
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Remembering “Ace” Bailey
One would expect that in the fifty years or so of being in business, we’d have the opportunity to encounter many characters… and people with CHARACTER. GARNET “ACE” BAILEY was of the latter, although some could make the point that he could, at times, be a bit of a “character.” …
Charlie Meeker – and “Settling the Score or What Comes Around Goes Around”
In 1974, the final year of The Lynnfield Colonials era, the euphoria and success of the previous season had faded… along with the pitching… and the left handed sluggers who had carried the team in ’73 had been courted by and left for the more prestigious Boston Park League and …
50th Year Celebration
The Transformation of a Hillside Garden using Historic ONEG Materials
The prominent hillside garden adjacent to a restored turn-of-the 20th century barn needed a makeover prior to the planned driveway resurfacing. In early spring a mature Kousa Dogwood was moved from the family homestead to be the focal feature plant and give a needed canopy, shade and vertical dimension beside …
Bushels of Baseballs OR Political Rightness in a by-gone era
The recent passing of our dear family friend and devoted “Lynnfield-ite”, Warren Mason, (third from left – front row) invoked a recollection of the infamous “bushels of baseballs” story of some 40 years ago… in an era when common sense prevailed in decision making. In 1973, the sponsorship and general …
Hardscaping Using Reclaimed Granite
The challenge of transforming a tired, neglected pool area of this otherwise beautiful Lynnfield property into an ideal and private outdoor living space gave us at Olde New England Granite an opportunity to utilize our reclaimed granite materials. The decaying timber retaining wall was replaced with one using dimensional reclaimed …
Moonlighting in the Postal Business or Trenches… Hand Dug
Long before we had backhoes and excavators of all sizes some of us Reeds had mastered the fine art of trench digging – by hand. Pat DiPietro and Roger Lummus gave us landscaping fundamentals. Sammy Shire of Woburn taught us how to “ball, burlap & transplant trees & shrubs… and …
