100-year-old Isabelle Chang of Shrewsbury’s love of reading led her into her career as a librarian and author. Photo/Evan Walsh

100-year-old Isabelle Chang’s secret to a happy life? Read. Read. Read.

By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – Sitting at her kitchen table, Isabelle Chang hears the back door swing open. It’s her neighbor delivering a...
A recent cost figure for a standard funeral home service was set at $7,000 to $12,000.

Pre-planning instead of pre-paying for your funeral

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer BOSTON - The Boston-based Funeral Consumers Alliance of Eastern Massachusetts ― which has a lot of credibility because it is...

Miniature horse ‘Rosie’ brings joy to all ages

When Barbara Shaer would go to visit her mother, Ida Baker, who was living in a nursing home, another regular visitor there was a therapy dog. Since Shaer had recently retired from a career in health care, her brother Stephen Shear suggested that she consider doing pet therapy as well – but with a twist.
As Harvard University’s 2023 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, actress Jennifer Coolidge led a parade through Harvard Square in Cambridge on February 4. Photo/Jon Chase/Harvard University

It’s been a long road to ‘The White Lotus’ for Jennifer Coolidge

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor NORWELL – One of Jennifer Coolidge’s first acting roles was as Auntie Em, with a total of two lines, in...

Ruth Pointer calls Massachusetts home

By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Hopedale - Ruth Pointer’s life has been split in two halves: before and after. In many ways, after has...
David Long (Photo/Courtesy)

Shrewsbury’s David Long travels the world to capture landscapes

By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer GRAFTON – Grafton’s Small Stones Festival of the Arts features a collection of local photography, and in 2021, the festival...

Self-proclaimed ‘dull men’ celebrate the ordinary at senior centers

Gathered at the Dull Men’s Club barbecue this summer at the Southborough Senior Center are chapter leaders (l to r) Bernie Gillon of Northborough,...
Tech support scammers are trying to get you to pay them to fix a problem that does not exist.

Don’t fall for tech support scams

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer REGION - There are many innocent victims of tech support scams, especially during the hectic holiday season when people are...

Autobiographical writing is good therapy

As people get older they’re dealing with a number of losses or new problems, illnesses, new ways of living … by writing about those things, people could express it.

Reinforcing Boston Center for the Arts longtime mission

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Boston – As president and CEO of the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) since August 2016, Gregory Ruffer...