FPA April 2022 – Eastern
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‘Leave things better for others’ says former governor Deval Patrick
By Sharon Longo, Contributing Writer
REGION - When Deval Patrick became governor of Massachusetts in 2007, he spoke of hope and change, leading with the...
Black Heritage Trail highlights how Boston became an abolition hotbed
By David Wilkening
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Sure sounds like a movie: Starting out, an enslaved couple, Lewis and Harriet Hayden escape from Kentucky. They turn...
Retiring to raise grandchildren is a growing phenomenon
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
REGION - Former Massachusetts state legislator John B. Lepper’s youngest daughter had addiction problems: Both drugs and alcohol. Not a...
Worcester County sheriff thanks seniors with picnic
By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – Seniors from across Worcester County gathered at Shrewsbury’s SAC Park for Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis’s annual senior...
Medford woman was victim of the ‘Black Dahlia’ unsolved murder
By Brett Peruzzi
Managing Editor
MEDFORD – In January of 1947, a 22-year-old woman who had moved from this Boston-area city with the hope of becoming...
Worcester’s Bob Cousy: one of basketball’s all-time greats
By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer
WORCESTER – Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy got his start on the path to basketball fame in Worcester more than...
Strawberries Records & Tapes was the perfect pick for sweet music
By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer
REGION - Streaming a song or two can be done quickly and easily. But for some hardcore music fans, nothing...
