Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill, better known as Brother Blue, was a storyteller on the streets of Cambridge and Boston for decades. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Brother Blue was Cambridge’s beloved storyteller, street poet and philosopher

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Harvard Square area has been home for a lot of “local celebrities” over the years. They may not be...
DJ John Garabedian hosted the nationwide “Open House Party” radio show for 30 years.

DJ John Garabedian invited the entire country to his ‘Open House Party’

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Radio personality John Garabedian has been a fixture in the Massachusetts radio and television scene for more than 50...
Boston television station WGBH sponsored a series of dance contests during the height of the disco era in the 1970s.

WGBH’s ‘Dancing Disco’ contests featured all the right moves

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Time to pull out the platform shoes, bell bottoms, dust off the mirrored ball and hustle on down to...
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, the so-called Godfather of Heavy Metal, died last July just a few weeks after his final performance with the band that initially brought him to fame, Black Sabbath. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Boarding the ‘crazy train’ with Ozzy Osbourne one last time

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - News of the passing of 76-year-old Ozzy Osbourne on July 22, 2025, sent fans and the rock and roll...
Wellfleet Drive-In on Cape Cod has defied the odds and remains open to welcome carloads of movie fans. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Drive-in theaters, once an entertainment staple, have survived into the digital age

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Massachusetts has the distinct honor of having opened one of America’s first five drive-in theaters, the Weymouth Drive-In, which...
Tom and Ray Magliozzi of Cambridge made “Car Talk” the most popular show in National Public Radio history. Photo/Richard Howard courtesy of cartalk.com

The Magliozzi brothers of Cambridge made ‘Car Talk’ a nationwide radio show hit

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - It is hard to make the subject of car troubles and adventures fun, but somehow Tom and Ray Magliozzi...
Framingham native Dave Amato was lead guitarist for 1980s arena rock titan REO Speedwagon for 35 years. Photo/Wikipedia Commons

REO Speedwagon guitarist Dave Amato grew up in Framingham

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By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer FRAMINGHAM – He cut his teeth playing in high school bands, but Framingham native Dave Amato would later soar to worldwide...
Elizabeth Montgomery played fictional witch Samantha Stevens on the fantasy TV sitcom “Bewitched” from 1964 to 1972. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

How Salem got ‘Bewitched’

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer SALEM - Salem’s grim history of witch trials and myths about burnings at the stake is legendary. Executions did occur and...
Boston garage rock band the Remains appeared before millions of TV viewers on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and opened for the Beatles during their 1966 U.S. tour. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

The Remains: ‘America’s Lost Band’ from Boston

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - When the Remains singer-guitarist Barry Tashian visited the U.K. in 1963, he cited various British bands as his impetus...
Lexington native Rachel Dratch and Jimmy Fallon played “The Boston Teens” on NBC’s television show “Saturday Night Live.” Photo/NBC

Saturday Night Live’s ‘The Boston Teens’ are now old enough for senior discounts

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) has a large cache of fictional characters that will forever leave an indelible mark for...
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