The Florence Cook Brigham Award, named for the Fall River Historical Society’s third curator and noted local historian, will soon be awarded to two more recipients.

This year’s award recipients are state Rep. Carole Fiola and Douglas Hill Borden Jr., who will be honored at a ceremony at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.

The Historical Society has given out the awards since 2016; other recipients include the late Al Lima, historian and city planner for whom the Quequechan River Rail Trail is named; Philip T. Silvia Jr., a Fall River historian and professor emeritus of history at Bridgewater State University; and museum benefactor and philanthropist Tom Cottrell.

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