Dynamic Harvard duo offers advice on finding happiness and purpose

By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - In their book “The Two Most Important Days: How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Happier, Healthier Life,” Dr....

How to steps can make things easier

Barbara and Arthur Roberts have always had a sense of wanderlust. One day, after their kids had gone off to college, Barbara turned to her husband and said, “You know, they’re never coming back. Let’s sail around the world.”

Bringing history to life

Collings Foundation opens new interactive American Heritage Museum  By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Since 1979 the Collings Foundation, under the directorship of Bob Collings and his...
Irma Aronson smiles for a photo at the picnic tables in front of Westborough High School. Photo/Caroline Gordon

Former Westborough resident remembers the 1953 tornado

By Caroline Gordon, Contributing Writer  Irma Aronson smiles for a photo at the picnic tables in front of WestboroughHigh School.Photo/Caroline Gordon WESTBOROUGH - Irma Aronson...
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Rocking out with Dan McGrath

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor As a young man, Dan McGrath loved music, playing guitar as well as singing and writing songs. But as he got older and...

Martha’s Vineyard: A Way of Life

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It took scant minutes after arriving on Martha’s Vineyard to get a fix on what the island is all about.

‘We must push mandates’ to end the COVID-19 pandemic

By Jane Keller Gordon, Contributing Writer Renowned medical ethicist and prolific author Dr. Arthur Caplan told Fifty Plus Advocate, “I don’t trust masks. Vaccination is...
Nearly 60 million adults in the US suffer from arthritis, a number that is expected to rise as the country’s population ages.

Seven ways to manage your arthritis symptoms

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor REGION - There is unfortunately no cure for arthritis, but it can be successfully treated, and the symptoms managed. The...

Southborough artist masters the ancient art of encaustic painting

Southborough - Southborough artist Catherine Weber is a fascinated by encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, in which pigments are added to heated beeswax and painted on a surface. “There’s every sense — the smell of the wax is wonderful, the luminosity, the flexibility - all of these things make encaustic wonderfully flexible,” she said. “This art is several thousands of years old. It’s been found on Egyptian [sarcophagi], and on the hulls of Greek ships.”
Two large frames memorialize Marlborough’s World War I veterans and were found in the attic of the American Legion.

World War I artifacts discovered in American Legion attic

By Cindy Zomar, Contributing Writer MARLBOROUGH - Nearly everyone can identify with the feeling of finding long-forgotten items stored in the attic. But, when the...