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...
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...
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
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...
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.”
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...