Dynamic Harvard duo offers advice on finding happiness and purpose

By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - In their book “The Two Most Important Days: How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Happier, Healthier Life,” Dr....

Former NHL player passing on love of game to kids in need

By Matt Dunn, Contributing Writer Region - Local Massachusetts resident and former NHL player Jeff Serowik has transitioned from his role as top-scoring defenseman to...

Shrewsbury volunteer continues family legacy as food pantry coordinator

By Lori Berkey, Contributing Writer Shrewsbury – Back in the mid-1990s, Shrewsbury resident Maria Kassos took to heart the values instilled by her parents by...
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Scituate cookbook author serves over 60 recipes with a creative flair

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Scituate – Michelle M. McGrath of Scituate integrates artistic and marketing skills in her work. The most recent result...
Tupperware home parties were the main sales channel for the popular kitchen storage product during the 1950s and 1960s.

How Earl Tupper turned one product into a household name

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer LEOMINSTER - Born in New Hampshire in 1907, Earl Tupper grew up in Central Massachusetts. During the Depression, he struggled...
Harry Crosby was awarded seven medals, survived 32 bombing missions over Europe in World War II, and left military service as a lieutenant colonel.

Newton’s Harry Crosby was a true ‘master of the air’

By Brett Peruzzi Managing Editor NEWTON – Long-time Newton resident Harry H. Crosby was a noted Boston University professor of rhetoric who authored six textbooks,...

Rekindling a passion for singing a cappella music

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Region – After taking a two-decade hiatus from singing a cappella music, Michael Radner of Marlborough is once again crooning...

Edna Pruce – Breaking barriors while advocating for others

By Serena Howlett, Contributing Writer Quincy - In the spring of 1956 a new member of the US Air Force Nurse Corps was ordered to...

Local Men form Worcester County Senior Golfers traveling club

By Brett Peruzzi, Contributing Writer Region - For decades golf has been a popular pastime for seniors, but Dick Lisi of Sturbridge and Joe Condelli of Auburn see it...
Crispus Attucks, a former enslaved man from Framingham, was the first to die in the Boston Massacre in 1770, and is often considered the first patriot to die in the American Revolution, which began five years later.

Crispus Attucks of Framingham became an icon of the American Revolution

By Henry Stimpson, Contributing Writer FRAMINGHAM - Let’s journey back to Framingham in 1750. You’d travel on dirt roads across fields and forests in a...