This Month's Features

In Chester, England, guests at a medieval inn often claim they see the ghost of a woman looking for her lover who was killed during a 17th-century battle.

By Sharon Longo, Contributing Writer ROCKPORT – In 1922, Elis F. Stenman decided to build a summer home in Rockport, just minutes from the Atlantic...

Maureen Sullivan, Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH – The distance between a young man’s introduction to love, and where he sat on a cloudy Saturday afternoon, was...

By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Born into a wealthy family in Peking (Beijing) China in 1917, Joyce Chen grew up in a household...

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer REGION - On your next visit to your family doctor, would you be surprised if the hand-written prescription was this...

Vineyards and groves of olive trees blanket rolling hillsides and spill down into deep valleys. Many hills are topped by an ancient stone villa, its entrance road lined by parallel rows of tall, straight cypress trees. Vast fields provide a patchwork of colors ranging from the green of crops to golden wheat to the reddish-brown of freshly turned earth.

By Peg Lopata, Contributing writer Medway - Jürgen Lobert is a night and day man, a man of two lives. His daytime occupation is as...

The hiking trail winds through a lush rain forest. Only a trickle of sunlight makes its way through the thick tree canopy above, from which a chorus of birds entertains with a symphony of song.

A teapot memory lamp from Reflections By Valerie Franchi For decades, flowers have been considered the best way to show sympathy for a family member or...

Massachusetts has always been home to Marilynn (74) and Sheila (78) Brass, accomplished bakers, cookbook authors, and raconteurs. This dynamic duo, who grew up in Winthrop and now live together in Cambridge, have launched a international book tour for their most recent, and third cookbook, “Baking with the Brass Sisters.”