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By Kristen Alberino, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist, Boston We are constantly expanding our online services to give you freedom and control when doing business...
Marilynne Roach

A Salem witch trial mystery remains

Who was the hangman? By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Marilynne Roach might know more about the Salem witch trials than anyone else. After 27...
(l to r) Anita Polich, Sue Novia, Jake Colbert, Marilyn Hickey and Mary Ann Judson

Filling plates and hearts: Locals volunteer at ministry in Baja

By Kate Tobiasson Contributing Writer Shrewsbury/Westborough - There is a saying on one of the walls of the ministry that reads, “You will never be the...

Six-time cancer survivor rides the Pan Mass Challenge 20 times…and counting

By Jane Keller Gordon Assistant Editor Hudson - Howie Davidson’s numbers are great. He has survived six bouts of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; biked the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC)...
Micha Shalev, MHA CDP CDCM

Senior care expert honored for community service

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Worcester – Micha Shalev, co-owner of Dodge Park Rest Home and Oasis at Dodge Park, has been announced as this...
Pamela Hines

Prolific pianist now hosts ‘Jazz Matinee’ on WICN 90.5 FM

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Holliston – Pianist, composer and broadcaster Pamela Hines of Holliston continues exploring ways to share her love for music....
U.S. Rep. James McGovern presents the Congressional Gold Medal to Edward Daly.

Daly awarded Congressional Gold Medal

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Worcester native is honored for services during World War II Shrewsbury – At the height of World War II, in 1943,...
Ron Burton Sr football

Changing lives at the Ron Burton Training Village

By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Hubbardston - In 1960, for the first time up until that point, the New England Patriots scored a first-round...
The hives in action

Local beekeeper brings ‘nectah’ to Westborough

By Kate Tobiasson, Contributing Writer One Westborough resident has been quietly promoting female empowerment for years through a unique field: bees. Gerry Gross first found...
Fort Delaware reeneactor

Wilmington – history, art, and culture

By Victor Block, Travel Writer The contrast between members of the du Pont family who settled in Wilmington, Delaware and the surrounding Brandywine Valley at...