Description: The websites of Laurel O'Donnell, focusing upon the counties of western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire, Franklin) as well as Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York City.
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It is with immeasurable sadness I must report that Laurel O'Donnell passed away suddenly on May 28, 2023.
Laurel was my wife, my love, my spirit and a kind and gentle soul. This website is just one example of her many talents, creativity, intelligence, and wit. When I met her in the 1990s, she was raising her son and teaching at Magnet Middle School for the Arts in Holyoke, Massachusetts, introducing countless students (and teachers) to computer technology in her Mac lab. She started developing for the Web at that time, creating, besides a charming vanity site, voluminous websites dedicated to the history and c
I have resurrected from the 1990s her vanity site "Laurel's Grot World" which documented a variety of esoteric items she had collected, with an engaging story behind each -- including her account of our first meeting .
Franklin County History
Berkshire County History
Hampden County History
Western Mass History & Genealogy
Hampshire County Massachusetts History
My Life In Brooklyn
La Belle Vie Closed