This Month's Features

“Volunteering is such a joyful and welcoming gift,” said Maureen Dickey, who was recognized for her role in improving community health.

Framingham recognizes its ‘senior heroes’

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 18, 2024 0

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer FRAMINGHAM – In every community, there are unsung heroes. Framingham is ensuring some of its seniors get the recognition they...

Spectacular sunsets are just one of the many charms of Block Island. Photo/Sandi Barrett

Block Island is a beautiful and convenient island getaway destination

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

By Sandi Barrett, Contributing Writer NEW SHOREHAM, RI – It’s the smallest town in the smallest state. New Shoreham doesn’t have perhaps the name recognition...

100-year-old Isabelle Chang of Shrewsbury’s love of reading led her into her career as a librarian and author. Photo/Evan Walsh

100-year-old Isabelle Chang’s secret to a happy life? Read. Read. Read.

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

By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – Sitting at her kitchen table, Isabelle Chang hears the back door swing open. It’s her neighbor delivering a...

Boston baked beans, with a side of brown bread, have been a signature Massachusetts dish for four hundred years.

Boston baked beans have stood the test of time

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

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Imagine living through the 1775 Siege of Boston, fully aware of the historical accounts of food scarcity. In...

The Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France is the final resting place of nearly 9,400 fallen American service members. Photo/Sandi Barrett

80th anniversary of D-Day invasion is a somber World War II reminder

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 5, 2024 0

By Sandi Barrett, Contributing Writer REGION - June 6, 2024, is the 80th anniversary of Operation Neptune, the naval component of World War II’s Operation...

“We musicians have the power to unlock the spirit that all human beings are born with that gets suppressed in most cases,” says conductor Benjamin Zander. Photo/Hilary Scott

Maestro Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 4, 2024 0

Keeping Scores By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer BOSTON - For nearly all of his 85 years, Benjamin Zander, the musical director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra...

The Flyer Comet wooden roller coaster was one of Whalom Park’s best-known rides.

Whalom Park in Lunenburg promised “a whale of a time”

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - May 31, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer LUNENBURG - It may not have grown into a theme park empire like Disney or branched into 27 parks across...

ADA Coordinator Carl Richardson with Joe Kolb, who works as a certified orientation and mobility specialist for the Carroll Center for the Blind, at the Massachusetts State House. Kolb was honored by Gov. Maura Healey for his 40 years of service to the center. (Photo/Courtesy of Greg Turner of the Ball Consulting Group, LLC.)

Hudson resident honored for work with Carroll Center for the Blind

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - May 30, 2024 0

By Sarah Freedman, Contributing Writer HUDSON — For 40 years, Hudson resident Joe Kolb has worked as a certified orientation and mobility specialist at the...

Rocker turned criminal Myles Connor, shown here in a 2012 mug shot, is the subject of a new documentary.

Rocker and art thief Myles Connor’s wild past immortalized in film

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - May 27, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - The story of Boston rocker turned convicted criminal Myles Connor joins the ranks of notorious figures who have...

The Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport, R.I. is a unique place to stay for the adventurous traveler.

A coastal gem awaits visitors to Newport, Rhode Island

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - May 24, 2024 0

By Sandi Barrett, Contributing Writer NEWPORT, R.I. - Sweeping, ornate lawns cut by graceful driveways leading to architecturally impressive porticos attached to massive mansions. Welcome...

Framingham recognizes its ‘senior heroes’

Block Island is a beautiful and convenient island getaway destination

100-year-old Isabelle Chang’s secret to a happy life? Read. Read. Read.

Boston baked beans have stood the test of time

80th anniversary of D-Day invasion is a somber World War II reminder

Maestro Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Whalom Park in Lunenburg promised “a whale of a time”

Hudson resident honored for work with Carroll Center for the Blind

Rocker and art thief Myles Connor’s wild past immortalized in film

A coastal gem awaits visitors to Newport, Rhode Island

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