One of Billie Holiday’s last performances was in Lowell
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
LOWELL - Despite discrepancies as to where jazz great Billie Holiday last performed, New York or at Storyville in Boston, it’s...
Massachusetts residents have it better than some in saving for retirement
By Nance Ebert
Contributing Writer
REGION - Living in Massachusetts is expensive and many aging residents struggle to make ends meet while still working, let alone...
Big Brother Bob Emery was a beloved Boston children’s TV show host
By Michael Perna Jr.
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Way back in the 1950s, Boston’s WBZ-TV featured a program on channel 4 – the “Big Brother Bob...
Luxury staycations to chase away the winter blues
By Sandi Barrett
Contributing Writer
REGION - Snow, snow, and more snow along with freezing temps and power outages – this past winter was one for...
One-time Westborough High ‘class couple’ has been married for 42 years
By Leighah Beausoleil
Contributing Writer
WESTBOROUGH — In 1979, Bonnie (Walker) and Paul Thiesing were named Westborough High School’s Class Couple less than a year into...
If the shoe fits
"The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“You can have brilliant ideas,...
Abandoned ‘ghost towns’ are scattered across Massachusetts
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
REGION - There are a handful of once-thriving communities now considered as ghost towns dotted throughout the Commonwealth. Contrary to popular...
My Covid companion
By Janice Lindsay
Contributing Writer
As I write this, I am recovering – too slowly, in my opinion -- from a bout with Covid.
Except for a...
No one reported inclement weather like WBZ-TV’s Shelby Scott
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Former WBZ reporter Shelby Scott is known for being one half of the nation's first all-female anchor team (with...
You’ve got email thanks to Ray Tomlinson
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
CAMBRIDGE - One of the most valuable facets of computer technology is networking. Namely, communications. Thanks to Cambridge engineer Ray Tomlinson’s...
