Award-winning actor Sam Waterston, a Cambridge native, has had family in Massachusetts going back to the Mayflower landing in Plymouth in 1620. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Actor Sam Waterston has deep roots in Massachusetts

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By Nance Ebert Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE – He was born in Cambridge in 1940 and grew up in North Andover, but actor Sam Waterston’s Massachusetts family...
WBZ-TV Channel 4 in Boston’s Bob Lobel, Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Joyce Kulhawik, and Bruce Schwoegler were known as The Dream Team during the heyday of network television news from the 1970s into the 1990s.

WBZ’s Dream Team represented a golden era of television news

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - There once was a time when news anchors were such household names that they bordered on celebrity status. National...
“I didn’t really feel like I fit in with my family growing up,” says Brett Peruzzi, author of “Quincy Boy: A City of Presidents Memoir.”

Writing a memoir about his hometown of Quincy turned into a search for his...

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By David Bagdon, Publisher QUINCY - What began as a nostalgic tribute to growing up in Quincy during the 1960s and 1970s became a deeply...
The new documentary film “Life on the Other Planet” is a tribute to many of the lesser-known bands from Boston’s rock scene during the mid-70s to mid-80s.

‘Life on the Other Planet’ film takes Boston rock music fans back in time

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Waltham filmmaker Vincent Straggas’ new film “Life on the Other Planet” is not your typical rockumentary. Although Boston is...
“There was a great passion you could see within her that wasn’t self-centered,” says author Linda LeSage, about Jean V. Beddow-Arnth, the Hudson woman she profiled in her book “A Cuppa Tea with Miss Jean.”

Hudson author remembers iconic community member

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By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer HUDSON – Linda LeSage laid nine pieces of paper across her dining room table, using Scotch tape to secure them in...
Self-described “jazz obsessive” saxophonist Russ Gershon started the Either/Orchestra in Cambridge in 1985.

Either/Orchestra jazz band founder Russ Gershon celebrates 40 years

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - When self-described “jazz obsessive” saxophonist Russ Gershon started the Either/Orchestra in Cambridge in 1985, Ronald Reagan was president and...
The Sugar Shack was the hottest club for soul and other forms of Black music in Boston during the 1960s and 1970s.

There was something magical about the Sugar Shack’s live soul music

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Boston’s Sugar Shack music nightclub opened as one of the “chitlin circuit” outlets where African American artists could perform,...
Producer and on-air host Ken Meyer was one of Boston's most respected broadcasters and the first blind radio personality in the city’s history.

Radio personality Ken Meyer’s disability never got in the way of his success

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Former WBZ-AM radio talk show producer Ken Meyer passed away on August 23, 2025. He was 79 years old....

B-52s’ Kate Pierson found her ‘love shack’ on Cape Cod

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer TRURO - Distinctly known for her bright, ruby-red mane and as a member of the Athens, Georgia-based new wave party music...
Jazz singer Ron Murphy has been writing, singing and performing for more than 60 years.

A lifetime in music: jazz singer Ron Murphy

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer FRAMINGHAM - While bands like the Rolling Stones and The Who (or what is sadly left of them) continue to bang...
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