Tewksbury, Wilmington Railroad History Subject Of Presentation

TEWKSBURY, MA — The Tewksbury Public Library and Tewksbury Historical Society have announced they are hosting an in-person presentation early next month titled "The History of Railroads in Tewksbury and Wilmington."

The presentation, which will be led by author Ronald Dale Karr, will take place on Saturday, June 3, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Tewksbury Public Library, located at 300 Chandler St.

The event is free, though registration is recommended for planning purposes and can be done by calling the library at 978-640-4490, ext. 5, emailing rhayes@tewksburypl.org or visiting the calendar on the library website.

Karr is the author of "The Rail Lines of Southern New England" and "Lost Railroads of New England," a historian who has taught at several universities, and a retired reference librarian at UMass Lowell.

"Tewksbury and Wilmington once featured a dense network of rail lines," said event organizers in a statement. "Today, some of these lines remain in service, while others have vanished, leaving only their rights-of-way behind. This presentation will explore why these railroads were built in the first place, and why some have survived and others are only fading memories."

Next week, the Tewksbury Public Library has a limited schedule of events for adults, teens and children due to the Memorial Day holiday. Some events are in person and others are virtual. Registration is recommended for events marked with an asterisk.

Here are the events:

For Adults:

• Virtual: A Trip to Greece (Macedonia) with the Traveling Librarian, 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday*
• Virtual: Lyndon Johnson —Teacher, Politician, President with the LBJ Presidential Library, 2 p.m. on Tuesday*
• Virtual: The Black Great Migration in New England, 7 p.m. on Tuesday*
• In person: The Page-Turners Fiction Book Group, "The Maidens" by Alex Michaelides, 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
• Virtual: Romance Author Panel — The Rise of Monsters in Romance, featuring Ann Aguirre, CM Nacosta, Lillian Lark and Kathryn Moon, 7 p.m. on Wednesday*
• Virtual: Momfluenced —Inside the maddening, picture-perfect world of mommy influencer culture, 7 p.m. on Wednesday*
• Virtual: Revolutionary Design — Modern Architecture in New England, 10:30 a.m. on Thursday*
• Virtual: Native Americans of New England: History, Colonial Legacies and Survival, 7 p.m. on Thursday*
• In person: Colonial Cooking with Stacy Booth, 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3.*

Teen Event

• In person: Teen Paint Night, 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday*

Children's Events

• In person: Girls Who Code, Grades 3-5, 6 p.m. on Tuesday*
• In person: Children's Fiction Book Club, "Matilda," by Roald Dahl, ages 8-11, 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday*
• In person, Nursery Rhyme Baby Time, 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.