Swampscott native Piper Kerman wrote the memoir “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison” after spending a year in federal prison after being convicted of money laundering. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Swampscott native Piper Kerman: From ‘Orange Is the New Black’ to a pursuit for...

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By Brett Peruzzi Managing Editor SWAMPSCOTT - Piper Kerman had a privileged upbringing in this affluent North Shore town. But it didn’t stop her from ending...
Musician Jimmy Buffet’s song “Boat Drinks” came from a madcap February night in Boston that involved a stolen cab.

Jimmy Buffett’s “Boat Drinks” song is based on a true Boston story

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Not everyone can take the frigid temps or thigh-high snow drifts common to Massachusetts, yet plenty are still drawn...
Horror writer H. P. Lovecraft set many of his stories in "Lovecraft Country," his fictionalized area of northeastern Massachusetts.

Horror writer H. P. Lovecraft set many of his tales in Massachusetts

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Howard Phillips “H.P.” Lovecraft may have been from Providence, Rhode Island but the famous writer of weird, horror, fantasy,...
Legendary Boston police officer Robert “The Bear” Fawcett escorting Mafia hit man and informant Joseph “The Animal” Barboza to court during the mid-1960s. Photo/Courtesy of Boston Police History

Robert “The Bear” Fawcett was a Boston police legend

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - He may not have worn a trilby hat or walked around with a lollipop in his mouth like television’s...
Evelyn Grenier of Northborough, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, survived everything from scarlet fever to COVID-19, a near-drowning, and being scheduled to fly on one of the hijacked 9/11 planes.

Northborough resident has seen it all in her 100 years

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By Evan Walsh Contributing Writer NORTHBOROUGH - Evelyn Grenier, who has lived in the town of Northborough for 68 years, celebrated her 100th birthday recently.  Raised in...
Cape Cod native Victor “Moulty” Moulton lost his left hand to an accident as a teenager, but went on to play drums for the Barbarians, an acclaimed 60s garage band, and was later name-checked in a song by the Ramones.

Provincetown’s ‘Moulty’ was the one-handed rock drummer who never missed a beat

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - Victor “Moulty” Moulton, Cape Cod native and legendary drummer for the 1960s garage band the Barbarians, lost his left...
Barber Ken Jordan, a longtime fixture in Shrewsbury’s Edgemere neighborhood, is hanging up his clippers after 64 years.

After 64 years, Ken’s Barbershop closes — but owner’s legacy lives on

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By Laney Halsey Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY — Every Saturday, the chairs at Ken’s Barbershop in Shrewsbury's Edgemere neighborhood were full. Jazz music hummed in the background...
Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant impresses legions of fans with her performing talent and unique sense of style.

String theory: Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer  ARLINGTON - Usually, when interviewing a musician or artist, the first question is something along the lines of “When and how...
After being laid off from his manufacturing job at age 52, Hudson pianist Richard Hughes has made playing the music of the silent film era and educating audiences his life passion for over 20 years.

Hudson pianist entertains audiences with the music of the silent film era

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By Janet Stoica Contributing Writer HUDSON – Richard Hughes remembers having great fun playing on the jungle gym and thoroughly enjoying himself when he was about...
Award-winning actor Sam Waterston, a Cambridge native, has had family in Massachusetts going back to the Mayflower landing in Plymouth in 1620. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Actor Sam Waterston has deep roots in Massachusetts

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By Nance Ebert Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE – He was born in Cambridge in 1940 and grew up in North Andover, but actor Sam Waterston’s Massachusetts family...
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