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Many couples who marry later in life or get remarried have different goals for passing on their estates. Photo/Pexels.com

Estate planning is especially important for later in life marriages

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By Jennifer Flanagan and Kathryn Calo REGION - Finding love later in life comes with many advantages, including blending families with adult children or grandchildren...
Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director

New Year, New Job: AARP Helps 50-plus Workers in Massachusetts

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By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director As the new year begins to unfold, many people may be considering a fresh start in their careers....
Alice Brock, who inspired folk musician Arlo Guthrie’s signature 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant,” died in November at age 83.

Legacy of Alice Brock and ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ lives on

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer GREAT BARRINGTON – Folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s timeless Thanksgiving anthem “Alice’s Restaurant” will forever have an even more special meaning. The...
Natick artist Karin Stanley combines her passions for both sculpture and garden design. Photo/Deborah Burke Henderson

Natick sculptor and garden designer finds inspiration in nature

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By Deborah Burke Henderson Contributing Writer NATICK - On a recent visit to Carrara, Italy, artist Karin Stanley acquired new carving techniques from master sculptor Boutros...
In the mid-19th century, the large deaf population of the town of Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard had its own sign language.

Martha’s Vineyard once had its own sign language

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CHILMARK - By the mid-1800s, one in 25 people living in the quaint Martha’s Vineyard village of Chilmark was born deaf....
Worcester Memorial Auditorium opened in 1933 in honor of the city’s World War I casualties.

Worcester Memorial Auditorium has a storied history

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer WORCESTER - After the end of World War I in November 1918, the city of Worcester decided to build a...
This ad in Billboard magazine was part of the marketing hype to establish the ultimately ill-fated “Bosstown Sound.”

The Bosstown Sound was a short-lived attempt to market local psychedelic rock

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Music aficionados can easily recognize the Motown Sound, the Sound of Philadelphia, Memphis Soul and so on and so...
Deborah Sampson of Plympton joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War disguised as a man, and fought in numerous battles for nearly two years.

Plympton’s Deborah Sampson fought as a man in the Revolutionary War

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing writer PLYMPTON - Today’s enlisted members of the armed forces consist of every race, sex, sexual orientation and religion there is. The...
Moxie, the oldest continuously produced soft drink in the United States and now owned by Coca-Cola, was invented in Massachusetts.

Moxie, the oldest soft drink in the country, got its start in Massachusetts

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - At least “what this country needs is plenty of Moxie” is how the company felt during World War II,...
Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D.

Caring for the Caregiver

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By Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D. “Sometimes asking for help is the most meaningful example of self-reliance.” – Cory Booker, U.S. Senator. The other day, we had...
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