Founding producer preparing 20th Boston Comedy Festival
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Boston – A native of West Hartford, Conn., Jim McCue decided in the late-1980s to pursue a stand-up comedy...
Emmy Award-winning composer lives in Westborough
By Jane Keller Gordon
Westborough - Surrounded by nine computer screens in his antique Westborough home, Emmy Award winner Tom Phillips composes theme songs and...
Ice sculptor shares experience and talent as part of Boston’s holiday tradition
Looking at a perfectly clear, pristine block of ice, sculptor Don Chapelle, 59, can envision a 3D shape inside. He uses an assortment of tools—sometimes a chainsaw but more often a chisel—to create a figure, a colorized corporate logo, or almost anything else that he can imagine.
Balance exercises can prevent falls and improve quality of life
By Deborah Burke Henderson, Contributing Writer
Ashland physical therapist Elaine Hays conducts an initial foot flexibility assessment to determine a patient's range of motion.Photo/Submitted
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Small New York City museums offer glimpses of the past
Standing on a half-acre of bog land which encircles a dilapidated 19th-century stone cottage, my mind wandered back to a recent visit to Ireland. The little structure, vegetation and even the rocks scattered about the site were identical to those I recalled seeing on the Emerald Isle. Then the view of skyscrapers surrounding the setting, and sound of honking automobile horns rather than bleating of sheep, startled me back to reality.
Preparing for the challenge of moving as an older adult
By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer
REGION - Trying to clean out an entire home to prepare for a move in your fifties, sixties and beyond...
Bestselling novelist relishes the years she spent living in Massachusetts
By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer
REGION - While New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg has published almost forty books, she admits to having a...
Senior Songsters take show on the road for love of music
(l to r) Evans Cheeseman, Bill Harrington, Jack Gracey and Ford Sanborn sing “Home on the Range.”
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
As the founders,...
Five misconceptions about Medicare coverage
By R. R. Fletcher, Contributing Writer
Have you started thinking about Medicare? If you are close to your 65th birthday, probably. And, on the surface,...
ADHD in older adults may resemble early onset dementia
By Colin McCandless, Contributing Writer
If a person did not have ADHD symptoms before age 50 and they did not have evidence of dementia...
