This Month's Features

Artists’ Row participant Sibel Alpaslan of Ceramics by Sibel photo/submitted By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Salem – Artists’ Row in Salem continues to evolve in its...

The town lies in a fertile valley nestled among rolling, tree-clad hills and some of the highest mountains in Maine. Small lakes, ponds and meandering rivers, dot the landscape. The stretch of the Androscoggin that runs past Bethel offers good angling for brown and rainbow trout.

After her son moved away and a kitchen radiator accident reminded her how easily a lifetime of photos could have been lost, Barbara Despres of Hardwick wanted to ensure her family artifacts were preserved.

“Blessid” poster (right) By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer Shrewsbury – Bob Heske of Shrewsbury credits his late mother for inspiring him to pursue his dream...

Visitors may enjoy a carriage ride in the historic district. Photo/submitted By Victor Block In 1607, a small band of settlers founded the first permanent English...

While the family-run businesses that give New England much of its identity have become less the norm, those that remain have preserved a way of life where everyone knows your name — or face.

State and local officials gathered last year at the Hudson Senior Center to officially launch Senior SAFE, a grant program to local fire departments statewide that supports fire safety education for older adults. The program is modeled after the school-based Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) for children under 18, which reduced the fire-related deaths within that age group by about 70 percent since its inception 20 years ago.

Bobby Spirio and Dr. Karen M. Patti of Marlboro Animal Hospital with a “client”. Photo/Submitted By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer Marlborough - Bobby Spirio’s love for...

As guests pass through the grand arches into the landscape of the New Fantasyland they are surrounded by a delightful world of fanciful architecture, waterfalls, grottoes, arched bridges, forests and a massive circus big top.

By Alice Bonner, Ph.D, RN, FAAN Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs Boston – One of the top questions I get in my travels around...