Phoning Mother Nature
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
At first I thought I was speaking with Mother Nature herself. I had phoned Mother Nature’s Florist and a woman answered....
Boston Harbor’s islands have overcome their dark past
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Martin Scorsese’s 2010 thriller “Shutter Island,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, and Mark Ruffalo, was centered around an asylum...
‘I just do it out of love’: Shrewsbury’s Petrucci named Commonwealth Heroine
By Evan Walsh
Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – What started as a normal email clean-out session quickly became cause for celebration.
As Melanie Petrucci sorted through her inbox,...
Sacco and Vanzetti case continues to resonate nearly a century later
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BRAINTREE - When fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti and shoemaker Nicola Sacco immigrated from their native Italy to the United States in...
DEI initiatives in senior housing
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“We are greater than, and greater for, the sum of us.” –Heather McGhee
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have stirred up a fair...
‘Summerthing’ concerts kept Boston cool during hot summers in the sixties and seventies
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - America’s inner cities were rife with civil unrest during the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, it was one of...
St. Matthew’s Rev. Flynn celebrates 60th anniversary
By Thomas Grillo
Contributing Writer
SOUTHBOROUGH – For the Rev. James Flynn, there wasn’t a moment when he decided to join the priesthood.
The 85-year-old pastor of...
Many ‘Wizard of Oz’ cast members had Massachusetts connections
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
REGION - Every living generation is familiar with the 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz” and how Dorothy and her...
Last call: Westborough resident David Wong retires after nearly 50 years of bartending
By Maureen Sullivan
Contributing Writer
WESTBOROUGH – David Wong thumbed his way through his phone.
Hundreds of photos – decades worth of family, friends and places.
After a...
After more than a century, Casey’s Diner in Natick is still a dining landmark
By Michael Perna Jr.
Contributing Writer
NATICK - Local landmark Casey’s Diner started off as a horse-drawn lunch cart type affair owned by the Brooks family,...
