Marcia Cross recalls her Marlborough childhood
Actress now advocates for cancer prevention and research
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Marlborough - Before Marcia Cross — now 58 — performed Shakespeare...
A melted candy bar brought the world the microwave oven
By Brett Peruzzi, Contributing Writer
Waltham - Like many inventions, the technology that would lead to the microwave oven was discovered by accident, in a...
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Anita Diamant, bestselling author, continues to advocate for women
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Newton - When COVID-19 hit last winter, Massachusetts-based author Anita Diamant...
Susan Rioff – Urban planner turned wood craftswoman
By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer
Cambridge - Life takes us all kinds of surprising places. Who could’ve predicted that Susan Rioff, 74, once an urban...
Dating coach helps women find mates online
By Elizabeth Rose, Contributing Writer
Acton - The global spread of the 2020 pandemic stimulated an explosion of online dating activity never before witnessed. A...
Daniel Hondor, coach for the ‘sport of kings’
By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer
Cambridge - What do you think of when you imagine people fencing? A scene from a play by Shakespeare? Aristocrats...
Tina Olton – Many ways to live a life
By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer
Cambridge – Tina Olton, 77, of Cambridge has traveled the world. Along her American travels she earned a degree in...
Library program discusses challenges of an older job seeker
By Liz Nolan, Contributing Writer
Northborough - The Northborough Library has been offering its free Job Seekers Program since July. The program offers a networking...
Retired ballet dancer promotes diversity as artistic director
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Jamaica Plain – Longtime dance educator Tony Williams draws on his two decades of experience performing internationally with major ballet...
From biotech lawyer to published children’s book author
By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor
Some stories start with a blink of an eye. For Cheryl Malone’s award-winning picture book “Dario and the Whale,”...
