Spring into the great outdoors this season

Although it’s tempting on the first nice day to go out and play 18 holes of golf, jog several miles or tackle your entire yard clean up, experts advise starting on the slow side, even if you have been working out inside all winter long.
Bob Kays is shown with Coach Bob Brennan celebrating a Marlborough Shamrocks national championship in 1998. (photo/Eric Baur)

Bob Kays: A legend in Marlborough

'He is owed so much by our community' By Jim Ash, Contributing Writer MARLBOROUGH – There was no fanfare when the Prospector East Saloon on Lincoln...

Brave new world: Will home technology make seniors safer?

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A series of products allows family members and caretakers to remotely check up on the well being of their loved ones and charges.
Getting cast as a movie extra, being featured in a short film or landing a role in a commercial can not only be fun, it could be the beginning of the next chapter in your life.

Casting calls can start a new chapter for aspiring older actors

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - As visions of retirement life grow sharper in focus and plans for what is next in that chapter...

Driving trips around the world offer amazing views

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Some drivers follow a route along one of the highest roads in the world. Others steer their car through a much lower setting which hugs an ocean coastline at sea level. Then there are journeys that take people through some of Mother Nature’s most magnificent handiwork.
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, president of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation in Chicago, says that Kirtan Kriya, a type of singing meditation, has a demonstrable effect on the brains of seniors with and without memory loss. Photo/Submitted

Improve your brain health with meditation

By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer REGION - It’s projected that up to 152 million people worldwide will be living with Alzheimer's disease by 2050. That’s...

Investing in fire safety education for seniors statewide

State and local officials gathered last year at the Hudson Senior Center to officially launch Senior SAFE, a grant program to local fire departments statewide that supports fire safety education for older adults. The program is modeled after the school-based Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) for children under 18, which reduced the fire-related deaths within that age group by about 70 percent since its inception 20 years ago.

Newton at Home is building a community within a community

By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Newton - Five years ago, Nick Kaufman’s life changed in a moment, when he suffered a significant stroke.  Afterwards,...
Building homes from shipping containers is a growing trend due to their lower cost as well as durability.

Shipping container homes becoming a lower-cost housing option

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer REGION - An abode is described as a place of residence, a house or home. The type of structure for...
Now streaming on Netflix, the movie “Maestro” focuses on composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein’s complex relationship with his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.

With ‘Maestro’ Massachusetts native Leonard Bernstein is back in the public eye

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor Acclaimed composer, conductor and Massachusetts native Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, and also later lived in Boston and...