Descended from not just one – from nine Mayflower passengers
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Region - Blanca Bruso hit a dead end when researching her own Puerto Rican roots using Ancestry.com. But she...
Ruth Pointer calls Massachusetts home
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Hopedale - Ruth Pointer’s life has been split in two halves: before and after. In many ways, after has...
‘Downton Abbey: The Exhibition’ now open in Boston for limited engagement
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Boston – When news broke that there will be a “Downton Abbey” movie out this summer, fans of the wildly...
Opioid crisis – a mother’s journey to ‘Learn to Cope’
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Taunton - In 2004, three years into her son’s opioid addiction, Joanne Peterson decided to let the world know...
Retired news anchor Randy Price cherishes community service
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Television viewers got to know Randy Price throughout four decades as a news anchor on three Boston stations. Along...
Charismatic bakers, the Brass sisters, delight Massachusetts’ residents
Massachusetts has always been home to Marilynn (74) and Sheila (78) Brass, accomplished bakers, cookbook authors, and raconteurs. This dynamic duo, who grew up in Winthrop and now live together in Cambridge, have launched a international book tour for their most recent, and third cookbook, “Baking with the Brass Sisters.”
Former social worker succeeds as stand-up comedian and actor
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Boston – Stand-up comedian and actor Tony Viveiros of Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood redirected his career path from social worker...
‘I love being alive,’ says singer-actor, COVID-19 survivor Bob DiCicco
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Westwood – Beginning April 12, singer and actor Bob DiCicco of Westwood battled the coronavirus while hospitalized for 43...
Performing musicals from Boston to Broadway and beyond
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Brighton/Weymouth – Musical theater actress and cabaret entertainer Mary Callanan covers a lot of ground. A Brighton native, she...
WBZ NewsRadio host Dan Rea reflects on four decades in Boston news
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Medford - Talk radio, especially in this day and age, can bring to mind the image of the typical “shock...