Rare Thomas Jefferson election artifact from 1800 was found by boys in Pittsfield

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer PITTSFIELD - As time goes by and decades pass, American elections get more and more contentious. Politics can be brutal, a...
A Knox automobile, which were made in Springfield between 1900 and 1914, was also on display at the recent Bay State Motor Festival in Framingham. Photo/Brett Peruzzi

America’s auto industry got a significant start in Massachusetts

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Detroit may be known as the “Motor City,” but the state of Massachusetts played a key role in the...
Joseph “The Animal” Barboza went from being a Mafia hitman to the first person in the witness protection program, but his former associates eventually tracked him down and killed him.

Witness protection program didn’t save Joseph ‘The Animal’ Barboza

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION – New England’s long and sordid history of organized crime is well documented and with its most notorious figure arguably...
One myth surrounding the origin of the slang term “wicked” centers around former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley.

‘Wicked’ has long been a favorite piece of Boston slang

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Oftentimes, people say things without ever knowing why or how it all started. The slang term “wicked,” for example,...
Former FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder related to his relationship with the late Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger.

FBI agent John Connolly crossed the line with mob boss Whitey Bulger

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Boston born and disgraced FBI agent John Joseph Connolly Jr. crossed the line in his relationship with the late...
Maurice the Pants Man was an iconic clothes shopping destination for generations of Worcester-area residents. Photo/Courtesy of Worcester Historical Museum

Come on down and see Maurice the Pants Man

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer WORCESTER - Back in the day, there was only one place to go in Worcester for your back-to-school clothes shopping—Maurice the...
Now a global brand with over a thousand department stores, Marshalls began as a supermarket in Beverly. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Marshalls department store empire grew from a Beverly supermarket

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BEVERLY - The off-price retail chain Marshalls is well known for offering apparel and homewares at low prices. But founder Alfred...
Numerous people were employed as ice cutters in the winter months to harvest the product from the region’s frozen lakes and ponds.

When ice was king in Boston

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Nowadays, there are many things being taken for granted because they are easy to obtain. Ice is one of them....
The chow mein sandwich is a beloved Fall River culinary invention, going back to its origins as a cheap, filling lunch for the city’s factory and mill workers.

The chow mein sandwich is a Fall River original

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer FALL RIVER - As strange as it may sound to anyone outside the southeastern region of Massachusetts or parts of Rhode...
Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant on Boston’s waterfront was open for 60 years and hosted scores of celebrities over the decades. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Dale Cruse

Reputation of Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant remains anchored

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - During its first 20 years of existence, Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant attracted out-of-town celebrities and locals, including politicians and...
1...789Page 8 of 9