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After 286 days in space, Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams is back on Earth. Photo/Courtesy of NASA

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Splashdown: Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams returns to Earth

Community Advocate Staff - May 1, 2025 0

By Brett Peruzzi Managing Editor NEEDHAM – After 286 days in space, Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams is back on Earth. Williams, 59, splashed down...

Bette Arnold’s yellow Rolls Royce, parked outside her restaurant in downtown Boston every day in the 1970s, gave the eatery its name and attracted countless walk-in patrons. Photo/Digital Commonwealth/Warren Favor

Bette’s Rolls Royce was a celebrated Boston nightspot in the seventies

April 29, 2025

Former FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder related to his relationship with the late Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger.

FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey...

April 28, 2025

Actress Kim Basinger, along with her mother, former model Ann Basinger, were featured in a Breck shampoo ad in 1972. Photo/Wikipedia

‘Breck Girls’ shampoo ads set the standard for beauty

April 25, 2025

Among the famous TV fictional characters with Massachusetts backgrounds are Captain “Trapper” John McIntyre of “M*A*S*H,” played by Wayne Rogers, pictured with his sidekick Captain “Hawkeye” Pierce, played by Alan Alda. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Some of TV’s favorite fictional characters had a Massachusetts background

April 23, 2025

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Some of TV’s favorite fictional characters had a Massachusetts background

The supposedly suggestive lyrics of the Everly Brothers’ hit single “Wake Up Little Susie” got the song banned in Boston in 1957 due to pressure from the Catholic Church. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

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Archdiocese of Boston demanded Everly Brothers’ song be banned

Somerville native and actor Alex Rocco as mobster Moe Greene in the film “The Godfather.” Photo/courtesy of Paramount Pictures

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From Somerville to “The Godfather,” actor Alex Rocco was the real...

Max Hobart spent 27 years as a performer and conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Photo/courtesy of the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra

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Violinist Max Hobart has enjoyed a long career in music

Cambridge native Jane Curtin is one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy TV show “Saturday Night Live.” Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Anders Krusberg

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Meet the former ‘SNL’ cast members from Massachusetts

Actor Fred Gwynne, front row, center, the lovable father on the 1960s TV series “The Munsters,” got his start in acting while a student at Harvard University in Cambridge. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

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Actor Fred Gwynne of “The Munsters” got his start in Cambridge

This 1980s ad for the Boston nightclub Spit is emblematic of its punk attitude.

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Spit was a Boston nightclub with an attitude

Long-time DJ Cha-Chi Loprete, right, and magician John Logan have teamed up to bring a multimedia experience to Beatles fans.

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DJ and magician team up to bring Fab Four magic to...

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Splashdown: Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams returns to Earth

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FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey...

Nelson Ball, a 93-year-old Westborough resident, stays active by working part-time, playing trombone in a local band, and playing pickleball.

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A passion for community and pickleball has helped Nelson Ball reach...

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It was always ‘time to make the doughnuts’ for Fred the...

Frederick W. Clark Jr., the president of Bridgewater State University, is a member of the university's class of 1983 and has been involved with the university for virtually all of his adult life.

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From student to president: Frederick W. Clark Jr. of Bridgewater State...

Karen McKenzie of Shrewsbury has recorded over 400 episodes of her two television shows focused on fitness for seniors.

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Shrewsbury woman helps seniors stay ‘fit for life’

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This Month’s Features

Splashdown: Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams returns to Earth

Bette’s Rolls Royce was a celebrated Boston nightspot in the seventies

FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey...

‘Breck Girls’ shampoo ads set the standard for beauty

Some of TV’s favorite fictional characters had a Massachusetts background

Arts and Entertainment

Some of TV’s favorite fictional characters had a Massachusetts background

Archdiocese of Boston demanded Everly Brothers’ song be banned

From Somerville to “The Godfather,” actor Alex Rocco was the real...

Violinist Max Hobart has enjoyed a long career in music

Meet the former ‘SNL’ cast members from Massachusetts

Actor Fred Gwynne of “The Munsters” got his start in Cambridge

Spit was a Boston nightclub with an attitude

DJ and magician team up to bring Fab Four magic to...

Notable People

Splashdown: Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams returns to Earth

FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey...

A passion for community and pickleball has helped Nelson Ball reach...

It was always ‘time to make the doughnuts’ for Fred the...

From student to president: Frederick W. Clark Jr. of Bridgewater State...

Shrewsbury woman helps seniors stay ‘fit for life’

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The cost of the cuts

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