Social Security warns of caller-ID ‘spoofing’ scheme

Region - The Acting Inspector General of Social Security, Gale Stallworth Stone, is warning citizens about an ongoing caller-ID “spoofing” scheme misusing the Social...

Report confirms – there are benefits to having seniors in the workplace

Region - The oldest segments of the population are also the fastest growing segments of the American labor force, according to the Bureau of...

Aging creatively with music on the South Shore

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor South Shore – South Shore Conservatory (SSC) states on its website: “Aging creatively through the arts allows us to...
The cover for Arlo Guthrie’s album, “Alice’s Restaurant”

‘You can get anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant’

Guthrie Center continues to support community  By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Great Barrington- For those who came of age in the 1960s, Arlo Guthrie’s long,...

Be the first to know: online COLA notices

By Kristen Alberino, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist, Boston We are constantly expanding our online services to give you freedom and control when doing business...
Marilynne Roach

A Salem witch trial mystery remains

Who was the hangman? By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Marilynne Roach might know more about the Salem witch trials than anyone else. After 27...
(l to r) Anita Polich, Sue Novia, Jake Colbert, Marilyn Hickey and Mary Ann Judson

Filling plates and hearts: Locals volunteer at ministry in Baja

By Kate Tobiasson Contributing Writer Shrewsbury/Westborough - There is a saying on one of the walls of the ministry that reads, “You will never be the...

Six-time cancer survivor rides the Pan Mass Challenge 20 times…and counting

By Jane Keller Gordon Assistant Editor Hudson - Howie Davidson’s numbers are great. He has survived six bouts of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; biked the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC)...
Micha Shalev, MHA CDP CDCM

Senior care expert honored for community service

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Worcester – Micha Shalev, co-owner of Dodge Park Rest Home and Oasis at Dodge Park, has been announced as this...
Pamela Hines

Prolific pianist now hosts ‘Jazz Matinee’ on WICN 90.5 FM

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Holliston – Pianist, composer and broadcaster Pamela Hines of Holliston continues exploring ways to share her love for music....