Dorchester’s Chez Vous roller-skating rink is still going strong after more than 90 years.

Take a spin back in time at these memorable roller-skating rinks

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Childhood activities such as bike riding and roller-skating are often carried into adulthood and the world can thank Medfield...
Lookout Farm Brewing & Cider Company in South Natick offers a variety of its own beers and hard ciders at one of the oldest continuously operated farms in the United States.

Central Massachusetts breweries offer unique drinking and dining experiences

By Sandi Barrett Contributing Writer REGION - The craft beer explosion is taking over the bar scene across the country. Warehouse breweries, summer beer gardens, and...
Michael Perna Jr. stands with his new book beside a picture of Anthony “Spag” Borgatti located at the Shrewsbury Public Library. (Photo/Evan Walsh)

Historian publishes new book about founder of legendary ‘Spag’s’ store in Shrewsbury

By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – A local historian is sharing stories about Shrewsbury legend Anthony “Spag” Borgatti. In his new 84-page book, “Spag - His...
Actor Leonard Nimoy, famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," grew up the son of immigrants in a tenement in Boston’s West End neighborhood.

Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS Enterprise

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Famously known for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," the world’s...
Now in her third term, State Treasurer Deb Goldberg is the first Jewish woman elected to statewide office in Massachusetts.

State Treasurer Deb Goldberg: A family tradition in public service

By Deborah Burke Henderson Contributing Writer BOSTON – Some people call State Treasurer Deb Goldberg “The Godmother” for her uncanny knack of knowing a lot about...
Columnist Janice Lindsay

Phoning Mother Nature

By Janice Lindsay Contributing Writer At first I thought I was speaking with Mother Nature herself. I had phoned Mother Nature’s Florist and a woman answered....
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, once a quarantine hospital, is now a 114-acre recreational area with a beach, hiking trails, and a visitors’ center with a café and a marina.

Boston Harbor’s islands have overcome their dark past

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Martin Scorsese’s 2010 thriller “Shutter Island,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, and Mark Ruffalo, was centered around an asylum...
Shrewsbury resident Melanie Petrucci was named a member of the 2024 class of Commonwealth Heroines. (Photo/Evan Walsh)

‘I just do it out of love’: Shrewsbury’s Petrucci named Commonwealth Heroine

By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – What started as a normal email clean-out session quickly became cause for celebration.  As Melanie Petrucci sorted through her inbox,...
Italian immigrants Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left) and Nicola Sacco (right) were executed in August 1927 for two murders committed during a 1920 armed robbery of a shoe company in Braintree. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Sacco and Vanzetti case continues to resonate nearly a century later

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BRAINTREE - When fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti and shoemaker Nicola Sacco immigrated from their native Italy to the United States in...
Marianne Delorey, PhD.

DEI initiatives in senior housing

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “We are greater than, and greater for, the sum of us.” –Heather McGhee  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have stirred up a fair...