Glenn Cort’s book “Letters to Mikey: Messages of Hope and Optimism for Young Americans” has gone on to touch thousands of people of all ages and has also inspired many people to share their own gems of wisdom.

Former lawyer Glenn Cort spreads hope and optimism for the next generation

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer  REGION - As his son prepared to head off to college, Glenn Cort decided to write him a letter to share...
The completely restored World War II Italian fighter plane at the National Museum of the USAF in Ohio.

Princeton fighter plane has had a long journey over the decades

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer PRINCETON - In the early 1960s, a family trip to the Princeton Antique Automobile Museum in Princeton, proved to be...
After being out of production for nearly 40 years, Cohasset Punch was revived in 2024 in Illinois.

‘Cohasset Punch’ was once a cocktail sensation

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer COHASSET - Somewhere around the late 1890s, stage actor and Leicester native William H. Crane invited Lewis Williams, co-owner of Chicago’s...
Legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday played a week-long engagement at the Flamingo Lounge in Lowell just a few weeks before her death in 1959. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/William Gottlieb

One of Billie Holiday’s last performances was in Lowell

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer LOWELL - Despite discrepancies as to where jazz great Billie Holiday last performed, New York or at Storyville in Boston, it’s...
Massachusetts residents are among the best prepared in the United States, but the high cost of living still presents a challenge for many people. Photo/Pexels/Cristian Rojas

Massachusetts residents have it better than some in saving for retirement

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By Nance Ebert Contributing Writer REGION - Living in Massachusetts is expensive and many aging residents struggle to make ends meet while still working, let alone...
Big Brother Bob Emery hosted a popular children’s television show in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s.

Big Brother Bob Emery was a beloved Boston children’s TV show host

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer BOSTON - Way back in the 1950s, Boston’s WBZ-TV featured a program on channel 4 – the “Big Brother Bob...
Staying at a Boston hotel in spring after a nice dinner out, and brunch the next morning is a close to home indulgence to chase away the winter blues. Photo/Pixabay

Luxury staycations to chase away the winter blues

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By Sandi Barrett Contributing Writer REGION - Snow, snow, and more snow along with freezing temps and power outages – this past winter was one for...
Bonnie and Paul Thiesing of Westborough were married in 1983.

One-time Westborough High ‘class couple’ has been married for 42 years

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By Leighah Beausoleil Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH — In 1979, Bonnie (Walker) and Paul Thiesing were named Westborough High School’s Class Couple less than a year into...
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If the shoe fits

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"The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.” – Mahatma Gandhi “You can have brilliant ideas,...
Dogtown on Cape Ann, set between Gloucester and Rockport, was abandoned nearly 200 years ago.

Abandoned ‘ghost towns’ are scattered across Massachusetts

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - There are a handful of once-thriving communities now considered as ghost towns dotted throughout the Commonwealth. Contrary to popular...
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