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Pittsfield High School class of 1968
Website provided and maintained by Clark W. Nicholls 
(and selected other classes - scroll down, lots of good stuff!!)
(Class yearbooks from the 1930s and 1940s and 1950s and 1960s and early 1970s)

I dedicate this website to my ancestors who graduated from Pittsfield High School
My Great Grandfather, William Alton Pierce, Class of 186x (more research needed), and his siblings of that era.
My Grandmother Clara Winthrop Pierce, Class of 1901, and her siblings of that era.
My Father, George Alton Nicholls, Class of 1940


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Website created Mon 04/12/2004

But first, you gotta get these!

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Jim Shulman (of Jim's House of Shoes and the Carousel project) has a wonderful Pittsfield retrospect books, look here

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Trees bent by the weight of ice from a winter storm line railroad tracks in Hinsdale, Mass.

Hinsdale (Ben Garver, Associated Press / December 12, 2008)

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1908 post card “Pittsfield in the near Future”

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www.phs1968.com You are here!

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Pittsfield and Berkshire County History

Lots of history links, old postcards, history books, newspapers, Pittsfield schools (history and photos), recent photos of Pittsfield schools and landmarks....
Much more information will be added as time permits.
The school on the Common? It was Pittsfield High School from 1898 to 1931.

Local History information - click here 
Pittsfield and Berkshire historical information (many many publications as PDF) and hundreds of post cards!!
Photos of downtown Pittsfield and local attractions and historical background for local sites.
Amazing resource!!

Postcard Collections - click here  

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Pittsfield High School Historical links:

PHS Alumni (not official) website here

The actual Pittsfield High School website is here

The actual Taconic High School website is here

The chronological history of Pittsfield High School (copy of a class project at PHS website some years ago)
and additional information from Municipal Reports information of the transition from the PHS building on South Street that burned in 1895 to the new Pittsfield High School on the Common, and the next transition to Pittsfield High School on East Street.
is here

List of PHS graduates from 1870 thru 1906 - here

A visit to the PHS Dome by Polina Potochevska (PHS 2016) is here

Brian Sullivan's articles pertaining to school history (Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield's 250 celebration) and a few other tidbits here

Pittsfield Schools 1897, as part of the Municipal Register of the City of Pittsfield, 1898 - Here
Includes link to 2011 photos and initial history of the old PHS on the Common

Pittsfield Schools 1900, as part of the Municipal Register of the City of Pittsfield, 1901 - Here
Many photos, will take a while to load

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à To enter the PHS (Pittsfield High School) ß
class of 1968 website, click
here

Other interesting links below!
Submit your information for this site to me please.

(some other class years have information further below)

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(some other class years than these have information further below)

class of (unlikely up-to-date)....

Pittsfield High School class of 1957 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1964 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1965 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1966 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1967 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1968 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1969 is here

Pittsfield High School class of 1973 is here

There are Facebook groups for various PHS classes. Search for:

Pittsfield High School Class of 1964

Pittsfield High School Class of 1965

Pittsfield High School Class of 1966 (MAssachusetts)

Pittsfield High School Class of 1967 (MAssachusetts)

Pittsfield High School Class of 1968 (MAssachusetts)
PHS Class of 1969

 

Pittsfield MA Back in the day! - is a fun look back in Pittsfield history

 

There are also Dawes School and South Junior High FB groups as well as Pittsfield history groups.

Search for: Pittsfield MA

And of course, The Colonial Theatre (website here and now here)

 

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Class Yearbooks:

(some Student's Pen and In General for class of 1968 added 10/2018)

I notice several websites selling reprinted versions of PHS yearbooks for $100, some of which are here for free.
Now available as PDF files for download free of charge. If you would like a higher resolution version, contact me. Also free of charge.

All yearbook PDF files are now between 9MB and 30MB and easily downloaded. Let me know if there are any problems.

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(do you have a parent’s PHS yearbook that you can scan or send to me to scan?)
It is interesting to see we had some of the same teachers and our classmates’ parents were classmates!

!! I am looking for the PHS yearbook or other information for the class of 1901 !! Reward offered !!
(My grandmother is in the class of '01 along with Charles Whittlesey and Eva Newton Oatman, her cousin)

Pittsfield High School class of 1933-1938 - on the to-do list
Also looking for PHS 1951 1970

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Pittsfield High School class of 1901 commencement information from the Berkshire Eagle and Pittsfield Sun - here added 1/29/2019

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Pittsfield High School class of June 1931 yearbook (the last graduating class from the PHS on the Common) here added 1/24/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here

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THE MARCH 28, 1930, EAGLE (link to that full article - link) of the Laying of the Corner Stone at the new PHS on East Street.
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Pittsfield High School class of June 1932 yearbook (the first graduating class from the PHS on East Street)  here added 1/24/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here

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1933 yearbook January and June graduation wanted

1934 yearbook January and June graduation wanted

1935 yearbook January and June graduation wanted

January yearbooks wanted every year up to 1939.

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Pittsfield High School class of June 1936 yearbook -
Downloadable PDF file - here . added 1/08/2018
Al Grieve, Art Giftos, .. familiar names...

Paul Pagery's yearbook. 50th Reunion Eagle article included at the end of the PDF.

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Pittsfield High School class of June 1937 yearbook (The Purple Mirror) -  here added 2/28/2016
Downloadable PDF file - here
Ray Mansir's yearbook. Excellent yearbook content.
Max Bookless, Armand Feigenbaum...

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1938 yearbook wanted

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Pittsfield High School class of January 1939 yearbook (The Purple Beacon) -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here
Thanks for the January 1939 yearbook scans go to Joyce Vander Bogart now Joyce Stanga! “My mother was Betty Auger and I was Joyce Van der Bogart. Her good friend and classmate Ruth Lehmann had a daughter Sylvia Warren who was in my class in 1960. My friend and classmate Judy Hermann married Charlie Therrien who was also in our class. His mother was Stephanie Kruck who was in the class of 1940. This is sort of like genealogy, isn't it?”
Photos of the 55th and 60th reunions are included at the end of the yearbook.

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Pittsfield High School class of June 1939 yearbook (Pinafore) -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here
Downloadable PDF of the programs/directories for the 20, 30, 40, 45, 50th reunions - here  added 12/15/2017
I have 2 more copies of this yearbook to add, Bruce Benedict's and Phyllis Madelyn Heenan's. Theirs had many notations. They will be added here soon. The reunion documents above came from their collections. 20 from Phyllis and 30, 40, 45, 50 from Bruce.

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Pittsfield High School class of June 1940 (Snicker-Snee) yearbook (my father's class) -  here
Can you find Silvio Conte? Aldo Pascucci? Milton Bass? John Paul Benedict (should have graduated in 1939. Interesting story!)? Gregory Mosca?
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1941 (The Purple Pirate) yearbook -  here added 12/25/2013
Downloadable PDF file - here
Peter Easland, Richard Kaufman, other familiar names
I met one of these kids at the Colonial a few years ago. He was in the Navy at Pearl Harbor that December...

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Pittsfield High School class of 1942 (The Dome) -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here
(Eleanor M. Walker’s yearbook I bought on Ebay from Maine, anyone know her?)

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Pittsfield High School class of 1943 (The Dome) -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here
The world at war is clearly shown here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1944 (Tick-Tock) yearbook -  here
(includes great tribute to Longfellow's "Clock on the Stairs")
Downloadable PDF file - here
Bob Boland, Peter Arlos, Richard Briggs, Gordon Reynolds, Major Fitch, Helen and Bill Zalenski. Many familiar names.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1945 (The Dome) -  here added 11/28/2013
Downloadable PDF file - here
Frank Blowe, Rudy Sacco, Betty Nicholls, Jean May, Robertine Watson (Interesting wartime information)

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Pittsfield High School class of 1946 (The Dome) -  here added 12/27/2013
Downloadable PDF file - here
Edward McKenna (English teacher), Lawrence Murphy (History), Edward McLaughlin (Machine Shop), Charles Volk (was my dentist), Betty Secunda, Pat May, Barbara Nicholls (no relation but a friend), Norm Carmel.  Interesting post-war information, including alumni that died in WW2)

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Pittsfield High School class of 1947 (Purple Shadows) -  here added 11/28/2013
Downloadable PDF file - here
Barbara Nicholls, Lots of advertisements! (Thanks to Nanci McConnell)

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Pittsfield High School class of 1948 (The Dome) -  here added 1/2/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here
Barbara Galletly's yearbook found on eBay in Adams MA.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1949 (The '49ers) - includes 50th Reunion info and info of Dolores Goodrow and Lydia McCoy who died prior to graduation.
Downloadable PDF file - here added 2/07/2020

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Pittsfield High School class of 1950 (Centennial) -  here added 3/16/2016
Pittsfield High School class of 1950 - 50th reunion - soon
Downloadable PDF file - here
NOTE ---->  The first Pittsfield High School was built in 1850, history is in this yearbook!

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1951 yearbook needed

1952 yearbook needed

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Pittsfield High School class of 1953 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file - here added 1/05/2018

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Pittsfield High School class of 1954 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file - here added 1/07/2018

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Pittsfield High School class of 1955 (The Dome) -  here added 2/29/2016
Downloadable PDF file - here
Helen A. Sullivan's yearbook. I hope she made it to Ireland!

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Pittsfield High School class of 1956 (The Dome) -  added 5/14/2017
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1957 (The Dome) -  added 3/26/2015
Downloadable PDF file - here
Thanks to Bill Vincent '57 for putting it together!
The supplement is after the advertisements, don't miss it!

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Pittsfield High School class of 1958 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file - here added 1/07/2018

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Pittsfield High School class of 1959 (The Dome) added 7/18/2015
Downloadable PDF file - here
Steven Bateman scanned his father's yearbook 

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Pittsfield High School class of 1960 (The Dome) -  here added 1/29/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1961 (The Dome) -  here added 1/27/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here
This is Alice Ward's yearbook, etc. I bought it at a tag sale about 10 years ago. I felt really bad buying it but felt compelled to preserve it. Alice was a real PHS person. The yearbook includes the supplement and other printed memorabilia. Also a PHS pennant and tee-shirt. If Alice has seller's remorse, please contact me!
The supplement is after the advertisements, don't miss it!

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Pittsfield High School class of 1962 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file -  here added 2/20/2014
Note: This is a PDF file you can save to your computer - Thanks to Jim Shulman!

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Pittsfield High School class of 1963 (The Dome) -  here added 1/29/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here
The supplement is after the advertisements, don't miss it!

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Pittsfield High School class of 1964 (The Dome) -  here added 1/26/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here
let me know if there are pages out of order or missing.

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North Junior High School class of 1964
Downloadable PDF file - here

South Junior High School class of 1964
Downloadable PDF file - here

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St Joseph Central High School class of 1964 - coming soon!!

St Joseph Central High School class of 1965 - coming soon!!

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North Junior High School class of 1965
Downloadable PDF file - here

South Junior High School class of 1965
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1965 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file - here    and also available at www.phs1965.com along with other information!

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Berkshire Community College class of 1965 (Falconer) - here coming soon
Emily Jahn's yearbook - RIP childhood neighbor.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1966 (The Dome) -  here added 1/25/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1967 (The Dome) with supplement -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here
Higher resolution (larger file size) but with some usage restrictions - Downloadable PDF file - here

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St Joseph Central High School class of 1967 yearbook -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here added 12/26/2017
Thanks to Christine Anne Zaccari for donating her yearbook for this project.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1968 (The Dome) -  here
Downloadable PDF file - here

In General and Student's Pen thanks to David Ingram for preserving and scanning these issues!

In_General_4-2-November06-1967.pdf here

In_General_4-3-December07-1967.pdf here

In_General_4-4-January30-1968.pdf here

In_General_4-6-April04-1968.pdf here

In_General_4-7-May09-1968.pdf here

In_General_4-8-June12-1968.pdf here

 

1968-05-Student-Pen.pdf here

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St Joseph Central High School class of 1968 yearbook -
Downloadable PDF file - here added 12/26/2017
I bought this yearbook at the closing of the high school sale.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1969 (The Dome) -  here added 12/19/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here
This is Alan Grimaldi's yearbook. RIP.   Classmates: David Grover, Steven Valenti, Paul Gniadek, Joe Testa...
The Supplement is after the advertisements.

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South Junior High School class of 1970
Downloadable PDF file - here

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PHS 1970 yearbook wanted

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Pittsfield High School class of 1971 (The Dome) -
Downloadable PDF file - here added 2/1/2018

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Crosby Junior High School class of 1971 - added 11/17/2018
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Pittsfield High School class of 1972 (The Dome) - added 2/2/2014
Downloadable PDF file - here

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Taconic High School class of 1974 (Manitou) - added 11/17/2018
Downloadable PDF file - here

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I am looking for PHS yearbooks for: <1931, 1933, 34, 35, 38,    1951, 52,    1970

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Photographs:

Pittsfield Schools

2006 Pittsfield

2007 Pittsfield

Update Berkshires Historical Photos/Postcards

History information - click here 

Postcard Collections - click here  

Memories of Pittsfield from Ebay

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Fun links:

Remember when…

Reunion...

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Other websites dealing with Reunions:

classmates.com

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Information and email contacts for other classes (some may be outdated):

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St. Joseph High School - North Adams - class of 1968

St. Josephs North Adams - Class of 1968 
St.Josephs class of 1968 is looking for members in order to create a new class master list and directory. We would also like to get your input for the 40th reunion in 2008. Email Sandy Sorel at netfund@qwest.net or
Richard Blair at rancherrichard@earthlink.net
Please pass this along to others. Our last reunion was great but we'd love to see more of you who have not attended in the past. See you in 2008.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1960

50th Reunion (August 14, 2010 weekend) - Cathi Magi, 12 Rhode Island Ave, Pittsfield 01201, e-mail phs.1960@msn.com

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Pittsfield High School class of 1969

35th Reunion - Lance Northwood - email

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Pittsfield High School class of 1970

Patty Fahey Molinari

19928 Chase Street, #9

Winnetka, CA  91396

818-468-0360 (cell)

818-772-0555 (home)

 

We will be having a 40th reunion October 9, 2010 at the Berkshire Hills Country Club on Benedict Road

pmolinari@curtisschool.org

 

Thanks - Steve Miller (Miller Supply - West Street where the Adams super market used to be!) is the local contact for our Class (1970) if anyone asks. 

 

We have been doing a joint reunion with Taconic and St. Joe since the 20th reunion in 1990 and it's been a great success.  We started this because really THS and PHS were one school until our senior year so everyone felt that it was only the right thing to do and we thought it would be fun. 

 

When some of the St. Joe people heard what we were planning with THS they asked if they could join too because planning a reunion with such a small group was not working very well for them. And now we only do joint reunions and have a blast. 

 

Anyways, thanks again and take care,

Patty

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Pittsfield High School class of 1971

PHS - Class of: 1971 - At: 6 P.M.
This is correct. Saturday November 25, 2006 - Thanksgiving Weekend. Ignore the November 26 posting.

Class of 1971 along with Taconic and St. Joseph's will be having their 35th reunion at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield.

Cost if $30.00 person - buffet. Cocktails at 6, dinner at 7 and dancing at 9.

Further info Contact Lynn Katz Danzig at Lynnsphoto@gmail.com 

Invitations to follow. Please write! We are looking for some lost classmates.

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Pittsfield High School class of 1977

A classmate found your website. He made our PHS 1977 site.

https://www.phs77ma.com/class_index.cfm

 

Here is the video Tim Nixon made for our 35th reunion that you may like:

https://youtu.be/i1xNog8pHe4

 

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Pittsfield High School class of 1990

15th Class reunion, November 26, 2005

Skyline Country Club

7PM - ?

Cost $20 per person – Appetizers and cash bar

Contact Sandy Graves at fire455@nycap.rr.com or 518-371-0807

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Pittsfield High School class of 1995

Jason M. Panetti
3560 VeraCruz Ct.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910
719-597-7119
jason.panetti@schriever.af.mil (does not work ?)

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This website courtesy of Clark W. Nicholls, PHS 1968 CWNicholls@aol.com

cwn

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http://www.phs1968.com/2006Pittsfield/images/img_8681.jpg

Remember Mr. Caprio’s Physics class on the 3rd floor?

His daughter has a business on Union Street!

Mary’s Carrot Cake

21 Union Street

464-2127

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