David Weber is a former staff writer for the Boston Herald and Associated Press and currently lives in Regent Square.
Charlie’s Village Turns 100
It all started after Charles Bowdish returned to his hometown of Brookville, Jefferson County, after a stint in the U.S. Army during World War I. Exposed to mustard gas during the war and left with respiratory illness, he commenced building a miniature railroad and village so finely detailed that it was an instant hit when …