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Ellie Anbinder Photo/Janine Twomey By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Framingham/Boston – Breast cancer survivor Ellie Anbinder of Framingham is determined to help find what causes the disease. She co-founded and serves as executive director of Find the Cause Breast Cancer Foundation, formerly known as Art beCAUSE. While its name changed last year, the Framingham-based nonprofit organization continues to fund scientific...

By Alain Valles, CRMP, MBA, CSA, Managing Director Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc. The real estate market in Massachusetts is red hot. Housing prices have climbed sharply after bottoming out during the Great Recession. In just the past year, the median Massachusetts home value has risen 5.8 percent to $386,500. If you have owned your home for more than 20 years,...

Worcester - Dodge Park Rest Home’s resident center programs, which incorporate a warm, welcoming environment, trained staff and innovative techniques, have earned the facility industry kudos – a Caring Super Start Award. The Caring Star, as well as the Caring Super Star Award (which was created in 2012), is bestowed on the best senior living communities and home care agencies...

Artists’ Row participant Sibel Alpaslan of Ceramics by Sibel photo/submitted By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Salem – Artists’ Row in Salem continues to evolve in its 14th year. While its season formerly opened in late-May, this year it began April 1 and will run through Saturday, Nov. 3, at 24 New Derby St., across from the Old Town Hall and Derby...

By Marianne Delorey “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.”  – J.K. Rowling Tension between the generations is natural. Even young toddlers need to push off from their mothers’ arms and learn to walk without help. This sets the precedent for many many things to come. It is most obvious when those beautiful babies become temperamental teenagers and nothing...

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts  When it comes to aging-related concerns, older LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) adults worry most about having adequate family and other social support to rely on as they age, discrimination in long-term care (LTC) facilities, and access to LGBT-sensitive services for seniors, according to a new AARP survey. Black and Latino LGBT...

Visit the past. Its safer. For this column, I delve into the past. I need a vacation from the present, which I find a bit scary, given current events and politics and all. The past seems a safe place to visit, at least for a while. The most restful part about visiting the past is that we know how things...

Barry Scott with David Cassidy during his 1997 book-signing appearance for “Could It Be Forever? My Story” at downtown Boston’s Barnes & Noble By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Boston – Radio deejay Barry Scott is committed to keeping more of the notable 1970s and ‘80s recording artists’ songs heard during an era of tight playlists. He coined the phrase “The Lost...

Dr. Jerry Gurwitz photo/Jane Keller Gordon By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Geriatrician Dr. Jerry Gurwitz’s challenge is to help his older patients maximize their quality of life. Longevity is not the ultimate goal. “Successful aging is not defined by how long you live,” explained Gurwitz, 61. “It’s maintaining a functional and healthy lifespan that’s most important. A lot of people would trade...

Volunteers show off some of the produce they harvested from a local farm. photo/submitted By Valerie Franchi, Contributing Writer Most of us don’t think about what happens to surplus crops that are unharvested, but a Massachusetts nonprofit organization has made it its mission to ensure they are not wasted. Boston Area Gleaners, founded in 2004, coordinates with local farms to harvest and...