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Old Colony (soft Drink)
Old Colony has the following meanings: *Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts **Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, Massachusetts **Old Colony Housing Project in Boston, Massachusetts **Old Colony League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts **'' Old Colony Memorial'', a weekly newspaper based in Plymouth, Massachusetts **Old Colony Railroad in southeastern Massachusetts **Old Colony Lines (MBTA), branches of the MBTA commuter rail system in Massachusetts **Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, a full-time, Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Massachusetts *Old Colony (bakery), a cookie company in Lake Bluff, Illinois * Old Colony (soft drink), a soft drink in Puerto Rico *Old Colony Mennonites, a Mennonite group, many of which live across North America *''Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner'', a United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was, from 1620 to 1691, the British America, first permanent English colony in New England and the second permanent English colony in North America, after the Jamestown Colony. It was first settled by the passengers on the ''Mayflower'', at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by Captain John Smith (explorer), John Smith. The settlement served as the capital of the colony and developed as the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. At its height, Plymouth Colony occupied most of the southeastern portion of Massachusetts. Many of the people and events surrounding Plymouth Colony have become part of Folklore of the United States, American folklore, including the American tradition of Thanksgiving and the monument of Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of Puritans#Puritans and Separatists, Puritan Separatists initially known as the Brownist Emigration, who came to be known as the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Historical Society
The Old Colony History Museum (OCHM) is located at 66 Church Green in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Since 1926, the museum has occupied the historic former Bristol Academy school building. The building was designed in 1852 by Richard Upjohn, architect of New York City's Trinity Church, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Church Green Historic District. The museum was previously located in the former Union Mission Chapel on Cedar Street. The Old Colony History Museum is home to an extensive collection of regional objects and archives and a research library specializing in local history and genealogy. Its parent organization, the Old Colony Historical Society, was founded on May 4, 1853, making it one of New England's oldest historical societies. The organization maintains a research library specializing in genealogy of Southeastern Massachusetts and local history, a museum of objects associated with the history of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Housing Project
The Old Colony Housing Project is a 16.7-acre public housing project located in South Boston, Massachusetts. First built in 1940 as a cluster of 22 three-story brick buildings housing 873 low-income units, it is one of the Boston Housing Authority's oldest developments. Location Old Colony is roughly a triangle, bordered by East 8th Street, Dorchester Street, Old Colony Avenue and Columbia Road. It adjoins a traffic circle to the southwest, and Babe Ruth Park, a youth park with baseball fields, to the south. Across the street from Old Colony, on the rotary to the southwest, is where James "Whitey" Bulger owned a liquor store and headquartered his organized crime ring. He grew up in the nearby Old Harbor Village housing project, later renamed the Mary Ellen McCormack housing project. The liquor store, formerly South Boston Liquor Mart, later became Kippy's Wine and Spirits and as of 2017 is Rotary Liquors. Prominent residents * U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch * Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony League
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The MIAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which writes the rules for most U.S. high school sports and activities. The MIAA was founded in 1978, and was preceded by both the Massachusetts Secondary School Principals Association (MSSPA) (1942–1978) and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council (MIAC) (1950–1978). Sports Men's team sports * Baseball * Basketball * Field Hockey * Football * Golf * Gymnastics * Ice Hockey * Lacrosse * Rugby * Ski * Soccer * Softball * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Cross Country * Volleyball * Wrestling Girls wrestling gained MIAA status in 2011. Rugby became the MIAA's 35th sport in 2016, following a 2015 MIAC vote that passed by a wide majority. Districts & League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Memorial (newspaper)
The ''Old Colony Memorial'' (est.1822) is a semiweekly newspaper published in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Gannett owns the paper; previous owners include the George W. Prescott Publishing Co. and the Memorial Press Group. History 19th century The ''Old Colony Memorial'' began in 1822. Publishers have included George F. Andrews, Winslow W. Avery, Allen Danforth, James A. Danforth, Charles Carroll Doten, William T. Hollis, John Morisey, Thomas Prince, James Thurber. Among the editors: Joseph Francis Bittinger. In the 1830s, "connected with the printing office asa newspaper reading room where intelligence from various quarters eredaily received, and asa pleasant resort for the reading gentlemen at their leisure hours. Under the same roof asa book-store and bindery, and a circulating library." In the 19th century its main competitor was the ''Plymouth Rock'' newspaper. In the 1880s the ''O.C. Memorial'' office stood on Court Street near Shirley Square, and by the 1900s on Middle S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Railroad
The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Fitchburg, Lowell and Cape Cod. For many years the Old Colony Railroad Company also operated steamboat and ferry lines, including those of the Fall River Line with express train service from Boston to its wharf in Fall River where passengers boarded luxury liners to New York City. The company also briefly operated a railroad line on Martha's Vineyard, as well as the freight-only Union Freight Railroad in Boston. The OC was named after the "Old Colony", the nickname for the Plymouth Colony. From 1845 to 1893, the OC network grew extensively largely through a series of mergers and acquisitions with other established railroads, until it was itself acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Lines (MBTA)
The Old Colony Lines are a pair of branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The two branches operate concurrently for via the Old Colony Mainline from South Station to Braintree station. The Middleborough/Lakeville Line then winds south through Holbrook, Brockton, Bridgewater, Middleborough, and Lakeville via the Middleborough Main Line and Cape Main Line. The Kingston/Plymouth Line heads southeast to serve Weymouth, Abington, Whitman, Hanson, Halifax, Kingston, and Plymouth by way of the Plymouth branch. History The Old Colony under the New Haven Historically, train service extended beyond the current terminus of the three branches. Greenbush service continued on a now-abandoned right-of-way to Kingston, where it joined the Plymouth line. The Plymouth line extended into downtown Plymouth, and a branch connected to Middleborough through Carver. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School or Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School District is located on an 80-acre campus in Rochester, Massachusetts, United States, the geographical center of the five-member town school district that includes Acushnet, Carver, Mattapoisett, Rochester and students from Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools. Note that Lakeville is a member town while, Freetown is not and its students served are limited to around 90. Old Colony is affectionately known as OC, Old Colony Regional, Old Colony RVTHS, OCRVTH, & OCRVTHS. Old Colony is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Old Colony is a "Full Time" Vocational-Technical High School. So Old Colony has an academic department (see below). Administrative staff Old Colony is its own district thus having a superintendent onsite, Mr. Aaron Polansky (Mr. Polansky's t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocational-technical School
A vocational-technical school, often called a vo-tech school, is a high school in the United States and Canada designed to bring vocational and technical training to its students. Proponents claim that students bound for college may be able to use such skills to realize a distinct educational advantage over other students in their major. Additionally, vocational-technical schools often provide training to adults from the surrounding communities. The training, offered for a cost, may range from a single course to an entire program of ten or more courses. Vocational-technical schools are licensed, registered, or accredited like any other high school. You can search US vocational schools awww.applytotradeschool.com Types Though less common, some vocational-technical schools are ''full-time''. Not only do they provide vocational and technical training, but they also provide traditional academics that students would typically receive during high school, all within one school dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony (bakery)
Old Colony has the following meanings: *Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts **Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, Massachusetts **Old Colony Housing Project in Boston, Massachusetts **Old Colony League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts **'' Old Colony Memorial'', a weekly newspaper based in Plymouth, Massachusetts **Old Colony Railroad in southeastern Massachusetts **Old Colony Lines (MBTA), branches of the MBTA commuter rail system in Massachusetts **Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, a full-time, Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Massachusetts * Old Colony (bakery), a cookie company in Lake Bluff, Illinois * Old Colony (soft drink), a soft drink in Puerto Rico *Old Colony Mennonites, a Mennonite group, many of which live across North America *''Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner'', a United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bluff, Illinois
Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. History The first settler family to claim land within the area now part of Lake Bluff arrived in 1836. They claimed 100 acres of land extending from the lake west to the Green Bay Trail. In 1849, a few residents left to seek their fortune in the California gold rush. In 1837, William and Mary Dwyer claimed the land just north of the former Central School. They opened and operated a stage coach stop and tavern along the Green Bay Trail. Some of the other early settlers were Henry and Angeline Ostrander, James Cole and William Whitnell. In 1855, the first railroad through Lake County was completed, running from Chicago through the county line. Henry Ostrander owned the land where the depot was to be placed, and he agreed to donate the site if the depot were called "Rockland." Therefore, this area, known previously as the Dwyer Settlement and Oak Hill, became Rockl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Colony (soft Drink)
Old Colony has the following meanings: *Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts **Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, Massachusetts **Old Colony Housing Project in Boston, Massachusetts **Old Colony League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts **'' Old Colony Memorial'', a weekly newspaper based in Plymouth, Massachusetts **Old Colony Railroad in southeastern Massachusetts **Old Colony Lines (MBTA), branches of the MBTA commuter rail system in Massachusetts **Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, a full-time, Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Massachusetts *Old Colony (bakery), a cookie company in Lake Bluff, Illinois * Old Colony (soft drink), a soft drink in Puerto Rico *Old Colony Mennonites, a Mennonite group, many of which live across North America *''Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner'', a United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
