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The King Dodo’s Palace “fun house” was a popular attraction at White City amusement park in Shrewsbury.

White City amusement park in Shrewsbury thrilled thousands for over half a century

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 16, 2024 0

By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY - In 1905, Worcester businessman Horace Holly Bigelow decided to open what would today be called a “cutting edge”...

A Boston TV station initially refused to air the show “Welcome Back, Kotter” in the mid-1970s for fear it would inflame tensions over the city’s forced busing crisis.

When Boston refused to air the TV show “Welcome Back, Kotter”

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 15, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - “Welcome Back, Kotter” might have been a successful sitcom right out the gate in most cities in 1975, but...

Staples, the largest office supply company in the world, was founded in Boston in 1986.

Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 14, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Staples sparked the office supply revolution, fittingly, because of Independence Day. One of its founders, Thomas G. Stemberg was...

Thomas Keegan of Shrewsbury spent decades photographing others. Now, he’s retiring from photography after 70 years. (Photo/Evan Walsh)

After 70 years of capturing moments, Shrewsbury man puts down the camera

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 13, 2024 0

By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – Thomas Keegan spent decades photographing others. Now, it’s his career that’s coming into focus. After 70 years of taking pictures,...

The Wursthaus was a popular two-story German restaurant in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge for nearly 80 years.

The Wursthaus was a Harvard Square institution

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 12, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE – The Wursthaus, a cavernous two-story German restaurant in the heart of Harvard Square, known for its heaping platters of...

The Norwegian Gem is one of the many cruise ships that depart from the Flynn Cruiseport Boston. Photo/Courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line

Take the cruise of your dreams from Boston

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 11, 2024 0

By Sandi Barrett Contributing Writer BOSTON - Imagine exploring the world without ever having to drive further than Boston Harbor. The Flynn Cruiseport Boston, formerly...

Steve Sweeney, who surged to fame in the 1980s Boston comedy scene, is known for his pugnacious style and use of Boston accents and dialects to poke fun at his native city.

Boston’s comedy scene boomed in the 1980s

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 9, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - It is true that local stand-up comedians were tickling funny bones before the 1980s. Former “The Tonight Show" host...

Massachusetts native Jack Welch’s tenure as General Electric’s CEO was very successful but also very controversial.

Massachusetts native Jack Welch was a successful but controversial business leader

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 8, 2024 0

By Nance Ebert Contributing Writer PITTSFIELD - Businessman Jack Welch rose to fame as the controversial CEO of General Electric, but his roots in Massachusetts were...

Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director

Supporting family caregivers in the Bay State

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 7, 2024 0

By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director November is National Family Caregivers month. More than 48 million family caregivers—1 in 5 voters—help older parents, spouses,...

Thousands of disappointed Led Zeppelin fans allowed into the lobby of the Boston Garden to wait for ticket sales to begin in January of 1975 rampaged after the concert sold out immediately, causing an estimated $50,000 to $70,000 worth of damage and the show to be canceled.

The riot that got Led Zeppelin banned from Boston

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - November 6, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – Perhaps the most infamous Led Zeppelin concert in Boston was the one that never happened. In the 1960s and 1970s,...

White City amusement park in Shrewsbury thrilled thousands for over half a century

When Boston refused to air the TV show “Welcome Back, Kotter”

Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores

After 70 years of capturing moments, Shrewsbury man puts down the camera

The Wursthaus was a Harvard Square institution

Take the cruise of your dreams from Boston

Boston’s comedy scene boomed in the 1980s

Massachusetts native Jack Welch was a successful but controversial business leader

Supporting family caregivers in the Bay State

The riot that got Led Zeppelin banned from Boston

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