Janice Lindsay

This is so American

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By Janice Lindsay Contributing Writer Speaking of immigrants – as we often are these days – here’s a story of one immigrant who gave us a...
A contemporary vista of Green Hill Park in Worcester shows a landscape that has changed little from nearly a century ago.

Green Hill Park is the ‘crown jewel’ of Worcester

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer WORCESTER - Aaron Adams of the Massachusetts Bay Colony obtained thirteen acres of land in 1713 located in what is...
Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director

Protecting your financial future as you age

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By Jennifer Benson, AARP Massachusetts State Director For many Massachusetts residents, the years around retirement are full of big financial decisions. High living costs can...
Walter Dyer Is Leather, which began in Lynn, had retail outlets in Harvard Square, Rockport, Charles Street in Boston and a retail store and leather workshop in Framingham.

Walter Dyer was leather, and a very unconventional businessman

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Massachusetts has seen its fair share of colorful and most memorable characters over time, and leather craftsman Walter Dyer...
Swampscott native Piper Kerman wrote the memoir “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison” after spending a year in federal prison after being convicted of money laundering. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Swampscott native Piper Kerman: From ‘Orange Is the New Black’ to a pursuit for...

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By Brett Peruzzi Managing Editor SWAMPSCOTT - Piper Kerman had a privileged upbringing in this affluent North Shore town. But it didn’t stop her from ending...
Boston native Richard Pavlick, plotted to kill president-elect John F. Kennedy in 1960 with his dynamite-filled automobile. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Boston native Richard Pavlick was JFK’s first would-be assassin

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer HYANNIS - Unlike Lee Harvey Oswald, Richard Paul Pavlick is hardly a household name. Oswald, of course, is known for assassinating...
Musician Jimmy Buffet’s song “Boat Drinks” came from a madcap February night in Boston that involved a stolen cab.

Jimmy Buffett’s “Boat Drinks” song is based on a true Boston story

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Not everyone can take the frigid temps or thigh-high snow drifts common to Massachusetts, yet plenty are still drawn...
Women from Massachusetts colleges, like this WAVE decoding unit in Washington, DC in 1945, served as code breakers during World War II.

Women from Massachusetts colleges served as code breakers during World War II

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Fans of the British drama series “The Bletchley Circle” are already familiar with the wartime code breaking women of...
The WGBH Channel Two-Mobile, built for promotional and fundraising purposes, was sure to draw attention when it was spotted around Boston during the 1970s.

The WGBH Channel Two-Mobile was quite the sight on local roadways

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - The average person of a certain age can remember Oscar Meyer’s Wienermobile commercials. However, there is one special advertising...
The Palace nightclub complex in Saugus, one of the largest in the United States, had up to 15 clubs under one roof and was open from 1982 until 2006.

The Palace nightclub in Saugus offered something for everyone

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By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer  SAUGUS - To those who once experienced it either as patrons or staff, the Palace nightclub in Saugus belongs in the...
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