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Max Hobart spent 27 years as a performer and conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Photo/courtesy of the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra

Violinist Max Hobart has enjoyed a long career in music

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By Sandi Barrett Contributing Writer WELLESLEY – Max Hobart’s musical journey has taken him places he never could have imagined. Currently the music director and conductor...
Cambridge native Jane Curtin is one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy TV show “Saturday Night Live.” Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Anders Krusberg

Meet the former ‘SNL’ cast members from Massachusetts

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Cast members of the sketch comedy TV show “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) have been tickling audiences’ funny bones for...
Actor Fred Gwynne, front row, center, the lovable father on the 1960s TV series “The Munsters,” got his start in acting while a student at Harvard University in Cambridge. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Actor Fred Gwynne of “The Munsters” got his start in Cambridge

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Fans of the 1960s ghoulish sitcom “The Munsters” will likely remember Herman Munster, played by Fred Gwynne, the patriarch...
This 1980s ad for the Boston nightclub Spit is emblematic of its punk attitude.

Spit was a Boston nightclub with an attitude

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By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer  BOSTON – Spit was a 1980s Boston nightclub with an attitude as in-your-face as its name. It opened in 1979 and...
Gorton’s Seafood of Gloucester pivoted to the new technique of freezing fish to preserve it because of an unpaid bill of $1 million for a shipment of salt cod to Italy in 1923.

Mussolini’s nonpayment was catalyst for Gorton’s and Birdseye frozen food success

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer GLOUCESTER - It is probably safe to say few people would have Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as the reason behind Gorton...
Long-time DJ Cha-Chi Loprete, right, and magician John Logan have teamed up to bring a multimedia experience to Beatles fans.

DJ and magician team up to bring Fab Four magic to Beatles fans

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer BOSTON - Though it has been over 60 years since the Beatles first came to Boston, the band’s legacy has remained...
The real Grizzly Adams was a shoemaker from Medway who led a life that was somewhat less sanitized than its portrayal by actor Dan Haggerty on the 1970s TV show. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

The dark history of Medway’s John “Grizzly” Adams

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer MEDWAY - Many can recall the 1970s classic television series “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.” Fans tuned in each...
Soul singer James Brown’s historic April 1968 concert at Boston Garden was broadcast live on local TV station WGBH, and credited with helping keep the city calm in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

‘Godfather of Soul’ James Brown once helped quell racial tensions in Boston

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Although it may sound cliché to say, “music has charms to soothe the savage beast,” there is some truthfulness...
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A billionaire’s life?

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By Janice Lindsay Contributing Writer At a recent family party, we played a game where a game card asked a provocative question and each player gave...
The 1973 horror film “The Exorcist” drew public attention to the phenomenon of demonic possession and exorcism. Photo/Wikipedia

Exorcism room at College of the Holy Cross continues to intrigue

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer WORCESTER - One of the most critically acclaimed horror films in cinematic history is undoubtedly 1973’s “The Exorcist.” In fact, it...
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