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Bostonian Charles Ponzi was the infamous originator of the investment scam that would later bear his name. Photo/Wikimedia Commons
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Charles Ponzi went from being a Boston bank teller to an...

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While many believe the Boston vs. New York City rivalry was instigated by the 1919 trade of Red Sox superstar Babe Ruth to the Yankees, the rift between the two cities goes back to colonial America. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress
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Centuries-old Boston vs. New York City rivalry was not just about...

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During the July 1911 heat wave, more than 5,000 men, women and children slept on the Boston Common, which then became known as the “biggest boardinghouse in New England.”
History

1911 heat wave took over one thousand lives in Massachusetts

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A bronze carving of the Liberty Tree adorns a building at the corner of Washington and Essex Streets in downtown Boston.
History

The Liberty Tree: a rallying point in America’s fight for independence

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Formed in 1981, Boston band The Dogmatics released two albums in the mid-1980s on New York-based Homestead Records before the death of founding member Paul O’Halloran in 1986.
Arts and Entertainment

Boston band The Dogmatics refuse to slow down decades after their...

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Miss Jean (Jean Durkee) was the host of the Boston version of the children's TV show “Romper Room” in the 1960s and 1970s.
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‘Romper Room’ was a television favorite for young children for over...

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The Fung Wah bus that ran between Boston and New York City from 1996 to 2015 was a dirt-cheap, if sometimes hair-raising option to travel between the two cities.
History

All aboard for the misadventures of a Fung Wah bus ride

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The Dugout Café in Boston had a storied past, from the 1950 Brink’s armored car robbery allegedly planned there to serving as a refuge for stranded sports fans during the Blizzard of ’78.
History

The Dugout Café was a legendary Boston dive bar

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As part of an experiment to connect young and old people, a biotech company temporarily placed a phone booth near the Boston University campus that directly connects to a senior housing facility in Reno, Nevada. Photo/Courtesy of Matter Neuroscience
Lifestyle

Boomer phone bridges the gap between generations

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Legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday played a week-long engagement at the Flamingo Lounge in Lowell just a few weeks before her death in 1959. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/William Gottlieb
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One of Billie Holiday’s last performances was in Lowell

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