This Month's Features

Balderdash Cellars winery in Richmond offers a scenic spot to sip local wines and enjoy live music and food trucks on many weekends. Photo/Sandi Barrett

Berkshires offer a lot of attractions for a quick getaway trip

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - July 13, 2023 0

By Sandi Barrett Contributing Writer REGION - The Berkshires is an enclave for art appreciation, eclectic music, and fine food. Combined with stunning scenery, a laid-back...

A statue of Mercy Otis Warren stands outside the Barnstable County courthouse.

Cape Cod’s Mercy Otis Warren is the country’s almost-forgotten ‘first lady’

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - July 8, 2023 0

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer BARNSTABLE - Everyone’s heard of George Washington, known to most as ”The Father of his Country.” But who knows his...

Mobile phone apps can help you with common tasks ranging from when to take your medications to where you parked your car.

Mobile phone apps that can help you with everyday tasks

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - July 5, 2023 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - These days, practically everyone is enjoying the use of a mobile phone app or two. Whether it’s to...

Rolando Amorim has been turning heads on his eFoil electric surfboard on Boston’s waterways for several years.

‘I feel like I am flying’ says eFoil enthusiast Rolando Amorim

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - July 1, 2023 0

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Strolling around Castle Island in South Boston can be good for the soul. You are outside surrounded by...

Building homes from shipping containers is a growing trend due to their lower cost as well as durability.

Shipping container homes becoming a lower-cost housing option

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 30, 2023 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - An abode is described as a place of residence, a house or home. The type of structure for...

Andrea Driscoll, president of the Sterling Arts Collaborative, at right in blue blouse, with some of her acrylic painting students. Photo/Submitted

Sterling artist gives back to the community through arts collaborative

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 28, 2023 0

By Sharon Longo Contributing Writer STERLING - As a little girl, Andrea Driscoll developed a love of the arts. Today, as president of the Sterling Arts...

If you are juggling work, raising children or grandchildren and taking care of parents, then you are a part of the Sandwich Generation―people sandwiched between two sets of dependents.

‘Sandwich Generation’ of caregivers is caught in the middle

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 27, 2023 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Z and so on and so forth are all defined by age groups....

Sundown syndrome is characterized by agitation and confusion which peaks during late afternoons and evenings.

Sundown syndrome affects majority of adults with dementia

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 21, 2023 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - Before people became familiar with Alzheimer's or dementia due to a loved one being stricken with either disease,...

GrubStreet, a Boston-based nonprofit creative writing center, offers hundreds of writing classes throughout the year from intro to advanced levels, including multiple courses on memoir writing. Photo/Courtesy of grubstreet.org

Write a memoir to bring your life story to the printed page

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 19, 2023 0

By Colin McCandless, Contributing Writer GrubStreet, a Boston-based nonprofit creative writing center, offers hundreds of writing classes throughout the year from intro to advanced...

Planting some unique fruits and vegetables can bring a new dimension to your garden and may help you increase your intake of healthy foods as well.

Liven up your garden with unique fruits and veggies

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - June 14, 2023 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - Eat your spinach. Who did not hear that command as a child growing up? Unfortunately, some people carry...

Berkshires offer a lot of attractions for a quick getaway trip

Cape Cod’s Mercy Otis Warren is the country’s almost-forgotten ‘first lady’

Mobile phone apps that can help you with everyday tasks

‘I feel like I am flying’ says eFoil enthusiast Rolando Amorim

Shipping container homes becoming a lower-cost housing option

Sterling artist gives back to the community through arts collaborative

‘Sandwich Generation’ of caregivers is caught in the middle

Sundown syndrome affects majority of adults with dementia

Write a memoir to bring your life story to the printed page

Liven up your garden with unique fruits and veggies

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