This Month's Features

Massachusetts offers an extensive snowmobile trail system, mostly on state land, for winter fun when the snow flies.

Massachusetts snowmobile trail system stretches across the state

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

By Sandi Barrett, Contributing Writer REGION - Sunkissed snowflakes sparkle like winter diamonds across a wide field of fresh white powder. As you cut the...

Boston’s iconic steaming kettle, now 150 years old, graces the façade of a Starbucks coffee shop in Government Center.

Boston’s steaming kettle is 150 years old

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

By Michael Perna Jr., Contributing Writer BOSTON - December of 2023 was the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Last year also marked the...

President Donald J. Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bob Cousy in 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Worcester’s Bob Cousy: one of basketball’s all-time greats

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

By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer WORCESTER – Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy got his start on the path to basketball fame in Worcester more than...

Crispus Attucks, a former enslaved man from Framingham, was the first to die in the Boston Massacre in 1770, and is often considered the first patriot to die in the American Revolution, which began five years later.

Crispus Attucks of Framingham became an icon of the American Revolution

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - February 1, 2024 0

By Henry Stimpson, Contributing Writer FRAMINGHAM - Let’s journey back to Framingham in 1750. You’d travel on dirt roads across fields and forests in a...

The water tower of the Necco factory in Cambridge was painted to resemble a package of Necco Wafers. Photo/Jill Robidoux-Wikimedia Commons

Necco’s sweet journey into creating classic candies began in Boston

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - January 29, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Penny candies were the norm dating as far back as the Great Depression and the mere mention of...

A longtime champion of Irish music and culture in Boston through his WGBH radio show, Brian O’Donovan died of cancer in October. Photo/Meredith Nierman courtesy of WGBH

Irish music fans mourn the loss of radio host Brian O’Donovan

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

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor A longtime champion of Irish music and culture in Boston through his WGBH radio show, Brian O’Donovan died of...

The iconic clock at Filene’s flagship store at Boston’s Downtown Crossing was a popular rendezvous point for generations of Massachusetts residents.

Filene’s was a pioneer in discount department store history

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - January 23, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Long before there were suburban shopping centers or malls, consumers took to the downtown areas of major cities...

Peter Maybay, left, and Jeanne Wickson, relatives of Michael Blanchette, listen to presentations made during the second annual Medal of Liberty/Medal of Fidelity ceremony on Nov. 9 at the Marlborough Senior Center. Michael Blanchette was killed in Vietnam in 1970; his portrait is on the table.

Marlborough honors fallen veterans with Medal of Liberty

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - January 17, 2024 0

By Maureen Sullivan, Contributing Writer MARLBOROUGH – Jeanne Wickson remembers babysitting Michael Blanchette. “He had such a sense of humor,” she said. Blanchette’s cousin, Peter Maybay, recalled...

After closing six years ago, Boston’s legendary Jacob Wirth restaurant will be reopening soon after extensive renovations are completed.

Boston’s Jacob Wirth restaurant set to let the good times roll again

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

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Over the years, Boston-area residents have mourned the loss of their favorite dining establishments time and time again,...

Malden native Norman Greenbaum, who in 1969 released “Spirit in the Sky,” one of the most enduring hits of classic rock radio, is still performing. Photo/Shutterstock

Malden native Norman Greenbaum is still singing about that ‘Spirit in the Sky’

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

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor MALDEN - In late 1969, singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum’s record company released his song “Spirit in the Sky.” More than half...

Massachusetts snowmobile trail system stretches across the state

Boston’s steaming kettle is 150 years old

Worcester’s Bob Cousy: one of basketball’s all-time greats

Crispus Attucks of Framingham became an icon of the American Revolution

Necco’s sweet journey into creating classic candies began in Boston

Irish music fans mourn the loss of radio host Brian O’Donovan

Filene’s was a pioneer in discount department store history

Marlborough honors fallen veterans with Medal of Liberty

Boston’s Jacob Wirth restaurant set to let the good times roll again

Malden native Norman Greenbaum is still singing about that ‘Spirit in the Sky’

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