Fresh Start Furniture Bank leaders retire early – sort of…

By Jane Keller Gordon, Contributing Writer Hudson - Retirement came early for Sue Waudby, and Geoff Schultz - except that most of the year, they...
Roberto Mighty of Holden is producer and host of the new public television series “getting dot OLDER”. Photo/Celestial Media LLC

Holden producer/host documents ‘getting older’ on public television

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor HOLDEN – Roberto Mighty of Holden hadn’t given much thought to aging until he turned 50. That’s when eye...

Lynn Margherio & Cradles to Crayons – Sharing the spirit of giving throughout the...

By Christine Galeone, Contributing Writer Boston – When Lynn Margherio, the founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons, was growing up, she and her siblings...

Feeding hungry folks is a lifelong mission for Catherine D’Amato

By Kelley Walker Perry, Contributing Writer BOSTON – Hunger sometimes keeps Catherine D'Amato awake at night, but the suffering is not her own. Empathy – and...

House passes Westborough Representatives legislation

Kane, Dykema and Gregoire bill creates a Women’s Rights History Trail in the commonwealth Boston - Meeting in a full formal session recently, the House of Representatives...
Actor Leonard Nimoy, famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," grew up the son of immigrants in a tenement in Boston’s West End neighborhood.

Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS Enterprise

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Famously known for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," the world’s...
Shrewsbury resident Melanie Petrucci was named a member of the 2024 class of Commonwealth Heroines. (Photo/Evan Walsh)

‘I just do it out of love’: Shrewsbury’s Petrucci named Commonwealth Heroine

By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY – What started as a normal email clean-out session quickly became cause for celebration.  As Melanie Petrucci sorted through her inbox,...

On This Day: Medicare Proposed by President Kennedy

REGION - On February 9, 1961, Massachusetts native son President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to approve a health insurance program for Americans 65...
President Donald J. Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bob Cousy in 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Worcester’s Bob Cousy: one of basketball’s all-time greats

By Evan Walsh, Contributing Writer WORCESTER – Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy got his start on the path to basketball fame in Worcester more than...
Deval Patrick served as governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015, the first African-American to hold this position in the state, as well as the first Democrat since Michael Dukakis. Photo: Eric Haynes / Governor's Office

‘Leave things better for others’ says former governor Deval Patrick

By Sharon Longo, Contributing Writer REGION - When Deval Patrick became governor of Massachusetts in 2007, he spoke of hope and change, leading with the...