This Month's Features

Region – This June, hundreds of athletes ages 40 and older will converge upon Springfield College to participate in the Massachusetts Senior Games (MASG). There, they will compete in sports such as track and field, swimming, basketball, tennis, racquetball, table tennis and volleyball. Some participants have been lifelong athletes while others may be taking up a sport after a hiatus. And still others may be trying an entirely new sport for the first time.

Ray Caisse (l) and Dave Crocker By Jane Keller Gordon, Contributing Writer Westford/Ayer - Dave Crocker, 71, and Ray Caisse, 77, have a lot in common....

By Peg Lopata, Contributing writer CAMBRIDGE - Liz Aguilo, 55, likes to help others. After she obtained a master’s degree from Simmons College School of...

By Deborah Burke Henderson, Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH – If you want to know the scoop about ice cream, ask 50-year-old Westborough resident Amy Dwyer. Dwyer was...

By Peg Lopata, Contributing writer NEEDHAM - If there's one person who may have the secret to a super long and healthy life, it could...

If mention of Austria conjures up images of tiny villages of flower-bedecked chalets, cows and sheep grazing on hillsides so steep you wonder how they can stand, and people who cling proudly to their colorful traditions, you’re probably picturing the Tyrol.

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Writer Shrewsbury – Community-minded couple Joanne and George Smith of Shrewsbury are focused on finding ways to foster the town’s...

Using food to ‘repair the world’ By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer NEWTON - Growing up in the South in the middle of the 20th century, Jeanie...

By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Newton - Five years ago, Nick Kaufman’s life changed in a moment, when he suffered a significant stroke.  Afterwards,...

Roberta Witts, president of the Chelmsford Art Society Photos/submitted By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Chelmsford – After the Chelmsford Art Society (CAS) was founded in...