Janice Lindsay

Still life with crows

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By Janice Lindsay Contributing Writer My friendship with my remarkable crow neighbors began with mice. Specifically, with deceased mice. I don’t like being the cause-of-demise of any...
Chris Wrenn recently released his book “Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball’s Greatest Rivalry,” where he tells his improbable tale.

Red Sox–Yankees rivalry helped build a record label

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By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer  BOSTON - Boston hardcore punk fan Chris Wrenn has made a career out of hating on the Yankees. Last February, the...
The Old Farmer’s Almanac, founded in 1792 in Shrewsbury, is still being published. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has its roots in Shrewsbury

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY - The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Most people have probably looked through an issue at one time or another through...
Ora Nichols, a Springfield native, ran the sound effects department at CBS Radio during the 1930s.

Ora Nichols was a sound effects pioneer who took on Orson Welles

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer SPRINGFIELD - Born Aurore Dolores Daigle in 1893 in Springfield, Ora Nichols was the first and only female to head a...
While “cat ladies” like the one pictured here are sometimes stereotyped as loners with mental health issues, by several accounts Lowell’s Shirley Martin is described as a kind widow who was friendly with some people but mostly kept to herself.

Lowell’s “cat lady” had an illustrious background

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer LOWELL - Shirley Martin came from money, traveled extensively with her politically influential family and once lived in a 149-year-old Italianate...
William “Willie” House, a former chauffeur, opened The Chicken Box restaurant on Nantucket in 1949 to serve his famous fried chicken and other southern comfort food and host blues and jazz bands.

The famed Chicken Box nightclub on Nantucket started as a fried chicken restaurant

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer NANTUCKET - Two very different men from Kentucky had one thing in common – finger-licking good chicken. Colonel Harland Sanders, creator...
The Dugout Café in Boston had a storied past, from the 1950 Brink’s armored car robbery allegedly planned there to serving as a refuge for stranded sports fans during the Blizzard of ’78.

The Dugout Café was a legendary Boston dive bar

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - There are thousands of small dive bars scattered throughout the U.S. that are notorious for not only good times...
Preparing for what happens to your digital assets is an essential part of modern-day estate planning.  Photo/Pixabay

Four essential steps in planning your digital estate

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By Anthony Dragga Contributing Writer REGION - So many aspects of our lives are stored behind a screen. Online banking, digital currency, and cloud-based storage are just...
Dale and Lui Passetto being interviewed in 1981 by WRGB-CBS-6 Albany outside of their Lee home that reputedly had supernatural visitations and required an exorcism.

The Berkshire County family who lived their own ‘Amityville Horror’

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer LEE - Although there were no books written or movies made to give a chilling account of their alleged harrowing experience,...
By the end of the nineteenth century, Lake Boon had become a popular tourist attraction, with visitors coming from all over the area, including Boston, by way of two railroad lines.

Lake Boon was once a major tourist destination

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer REGION - Located in the towns of Stow and Hudson, Lake Boon has a long and interesting history, dating back...
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