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...
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.
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...
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,...
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...