Visit Old Sturbridge Village for a step back in time
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
STURBRIDGE - Whenever one feels the urge to unplug from the busyness of modern times, a trip to Old Sturbridge Village...
Of mice and me
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
A couple of Decembers ago, when men at the service station opened the hood of my car to check the air...
Boston’s Anthony Martignetti was immortalized in a spaghetti commercial
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Fifty-five years ago, 12-year-old Anthony Martignetti of Boston's North End became the unlikely star of a television commercial that...
Award-winning journalist Carmen Fields shares her most personal story
By Matt Robinson
Contributing Writer
BOSTON – As a long-time journalist, Carmen Fields has told the story of many people’s lives. But the most personal story...
‘The Perfect Couple’ revives the Cape and Islands as top filming destination
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
NANTUCKET - Netflix’s newest murder mystery “The Perfect Couple” stars 57-year-old Nicole Kidman as a wealthy Nantucket novelist whose family is...
Shrewsbury resident honored by JW Marriott on 90th birthday
By Evan Walsh
Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – Bert Barton and his twin sister, Joan Hargrave, are considered by many to be the youngest guests to ever...
Boston’s Paul Posti went from war hero to chef to celebrities
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Paul Posti may not be a household name but his decorated career as a war hero and then later...
Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus
By Maureen Sullivan
Contributing Writer
WESTBOROUGH – For one summer’s afternoon, in a backyard near Hopkinton Center, the Old Vienna Kaffeehaus came back to life.
Three decades...
Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth has made headlines again as the subject of the Apple TV+ seven-episode conspiracy thriller...
What do you expect?
By Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D.
According to demographers, the American population is older now than it has ever been. The whole of society is adapting...
