Shrewsbury woman helps seniors stay ‘fit for life’
By Evan Walsh
Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – “If we’re going to live longer, why not be happier and healthier?”
That question is posed by a Shrewsbury woman...
Waltham man has been a competitive track and field athlete for over 50 years
By Nance Ebert
Contributing Writer
WALTHAM – Jon Berit started running as a kid and hasn’t slowed down yet. A competitive track and field athlete since...
Grafton resident provides meals that matter
By Kristen Remillard
Contributing Writer
GRAFTON – Long-time Grafton resident Lori Houlden-Girard recognized a need in her community and wanted to help. It inspired her to...
From Somerville to “The Godfather,” actor Alex Rocco was the real deal
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
SOMERVILLE - Somerville native and gangster turned actor Alex Rocco had lived a life one could easily surmise that it could...
Oil man: Tony Basile, CEO of Catania Oils
By Nance Ebert
Contributing Writer
AYER – Anthony (Tony) Basile’s family has been in the oil business for well over a century. Just not the type...
Meet the former ‘SNL’ cast members from Massachusetts
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
REGION - Cast members of the sketch comedy TV show “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) have been tickling audiences’ funny bones for...
The dark history of Medway’s John “Grizzly” Adams
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
MEDWAY - Many can recall the 1970s classic television series “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.” Fans tuned in each...
Ring leader: Theater and wrestling impresario turned novelist Sheldon Goldberg
By Matt Robinson
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Shakespeare has often been quoted as opining that, “All the world’s a stage,” and that, during his lifetime, a...
A veteran and former television repairman, Northborough’s Frank Brown is also an artist
By Evan Walsh
Contributing Writer
NORTHBOROUGH – Frank Brown grew up in a small town in Vermont 10 miles from Montpelier. The son of a wood-chopper,...
Art Dobson: Korean War veteran, supermarket aficionado, and Rotary Club mainstay
By Evan Walsh
Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – Ask Arthur “Art” Dobson about himself and he’ll go back to the very beginning.
In 1934 when he was 2,...
