Mr. Bartley’s Founder Was ‘Mayor of Harvard Square’

Mr. Bartley’s Founder Was ‘Mayor of Harvard Square’

Harvard Square has steadily lost non-chain businesses in recent years, but Mr. Bartley's Gourmet Burgers on Massachusetts Avenue still often has a line out the door.

Joseph C. Bartley, who founded the restaurant in 1960, died earlier this month at age 87.

Sisters Married on the Same Day Die on the Same Day
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Sisters Married on the Same Day Die on the Same Day

Matthew McDonald

Rose and Rita Pelletier married brothers named Morissette on July 3, 1948 in a double ceremony at St. George's Church in Westport, Massachusetts.

Rose, 92, and Rita, 89, both died last week, on March 15.

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