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,...
Legacy of Alice Brock and ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ lives on
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
GREAT BARRINGTON – Folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s timeless Thanksgiving anthem “Alice’s Restaurant” will forever have an even more special meaning. The...
Natick sculptor and garden designer finds inspiration in nature
By Deborah Burke Henderson
Contributing Writer
NATICK - On a recent visit to Carrara, Italy, artist Karin Stanley acquired new carving techniques from master sculptor Boutros...
Plympton’s Deborah Sampson fought as a man in the Revolutionary War
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing writer
PLYMPTON - Today’s enlisted members of the armed forces consist of every race, sex, sexual orientation and religion there is. The...
Needham author helps inspire and promote other writers
By Nance Ebert
Contributing Writer
NEEDHAM – Writer Matt Robinson knows more trivia about Ivy League universities than many of their students and graduates. An Ivy...
Public safety through the lens of public health: Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian
By Deborah Burke Henderson
Contributing Writer
BILLERICA – During his interview with then Governor Deval Patrick for the position of Middlesex County Sheriff, Peter J. Koutoujian...
