This Month's Features

Boston radio and TV personality Dave Maynard hosted the local television talent show “Community Auditions” from 1965 to 1987.

‘Community Auditions’ was the local granddaddy of talent shows

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - February 22, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer BOSTON - Decades before “American Idol,” or “America’s Got Talent” made their debut on the small screen, some New Englanders...

After being diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis more than a decade ago, Glenda Thomas of Framingham joined a support group and later became the New England support group leader for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. Photo/Submitted

Framingham woman became a patient, then an advocate, for rare disease

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - February 20, 2024 0

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer After being diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis more than a decade ago, Glenda Thomas of Framingham joined a support group...

Musician Linda S. Viens outside legendary Boston music club The Rat in 1984. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Wayne Valdez

Boston’s legendary rock club ‘The Rat’ is still remembered fondly

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

By Colin McCandless, Contributing Writer BOSTON - The area is gentrified now. But a legendary live music club once stood in Kenmore Square that many...

Rachel Silber Devlin, daughter of former Boston University president John Silber, has written a memoir about her famous father. Photo/Allan Dines

Daughter pays tribute to former BU president John Silber’s legacy

This Month's Features Community Advocate Staff - February 16, 2024 0

By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer Rachel Silber Devlin, daughter of former Boston University president John Silber, has written a memoir about her famous father.Photo/Allan...

Are you looking to give back and volunteer your time? Family Services of Central Massachusetts has plenty of options. Photo/Submitted

‘Make giving back your second act’: join the AmeriCorps Seniors program

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

More volunteering opportunities available through Family Services of Central Massachusetts Are you looking to give back and volunteer your time? Family Services of Central...

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...

‘Community Auditions’ was the local granddaddy of talent shows

Framingham woman became a patient, then an advocate, for rare disease

Boston’s legendary rock club ‘The Rat’ is still remembered fondly

Daughter pays tribute to former BU president John Silber’s legacy

‘Make giving back your second act’: join the AmeriCorps Seniors program

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

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