This Month's Features

The pre-trip information promised visits to medieval villages, walled cities and castles and an immersion in the history and culture of a region unfamiliar to even many French people.

Longtime Secretary of the Commonwealth manages everything from elections to census counts By Deborah Burke Henderson, Contributing Writer BOSTON – Born and raised in the Boston...

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer REGION - While New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg has published almost forty books, she admits to having a...

By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer BOSTON - In this era when reality is often too scary to face, the attraction of illusion and artifice can...

When the Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (CSGRG) of Massachusetts hosted its fourth annual conference this year, over 100 attendees were asked to identify what they thought should be the top-five priorities. Among the responses was to hire a commission director – an idea that is now closer to becoming a reality. An appropriation was approved for the CSGRG in the state’s budget, noted John Lepper of Attleboro, who has served as commission chair since its inception in 2009.

Region – This June, hundreds of athletes ages 40 and older will converge upon Springfield College to participate in the Massachusetts Senior Games (MASG). There, they will compete in sports such as track and field, swimming, basketball, tennis, racquetball, table tennis and volleyball. Some participants have been lifelong athletes while others may be taking up a sport after a hiatus. And still others may be trying an entirely new sport for the first time.

In living his dream, Ron Rosenstock has no ordinary retirement. This former Clark University professor travels the world, leading photographic tours to exotic locations like Morocco, Bhutan, and New Zealand. In addition he teaches small groups in his Holden studio. He has exhibited his work in more than 100 shows worldwide and is featured in numerous permanent exhibitions, including the Fogg Art Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the International Center of Photography. He has written and published a half dozen books about photography.

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor A longtime champion of Irish music and culture in Boston through his WGBH radio show, Brian O’Donovan died of...

Building community and strengthening skills among refugee and immigrant farmers By Deborah Burke Henderson, Contributing Writer An Azorean immigrant herself, Maria Moreira, co-founder and executive director...

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Westwood – Beginning April 12, singer and actor Bob DiCicco of Westwood battled the coronavirus while hospitalized for 43...