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Articles, profiles, and feature stories about community life, fitness, parenting, philanthropists,
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"'Remember that time when there was nowhere else we needed to be?'" - Boston Globe, March 12, 2023
"The keys to success" - Boston Globe, January 29, 2023
"Carlisle brightens the night in memory of one child while helping others" - Boston Globe, December 18, 2022
​"Double your pleasure: For some couples, a bicycle built for two is the ultimate relationship-builder" - Boston Globe, November 13, 2022
"Back to (home)school" - Boston Globe, October 9, 2022
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‘I can picture the people who eat the food I grow’: Amid worldwide supply threats, local farmers keep feeding Greater Boston" - Boston Globe, May 22, 2022
"‘Very familiar and yet so different.’ Easter brings hope as congregations gather in person again" - Boston Globe, April 10, 2022
"For budding (and enthusiastically middle-aged) actor Liz Bishop, the third act may be best of all" - Boston Globe, March 13, 2022
"Even during the pandemic, these Greater Boston authors kept writing" - Boston Globe, March 6, 2022
"What to do in this bleak midwinter: How about visiting a museum?" - Boston Globe, January 22, 2022
"In Carlisle, still Girl Scouts after all these years" - Boston Globe, January 9, 2022
"‘The Nutcracker’ makes a joyful return to stages across Greater Boston" - Boston Globe, November 28, 2021
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With $16 million museum renovation, Concord’s history is retold for the 21st-century" - Boston Globe, September 5, 2021
"Answering the call: A record number of women graduated from the state’s fire academy in June" - Boston Globe, August 15, 2021
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In Concord, a museum preserves signs of the times" - Boston Globe, June 20, 2021
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Returning to live theater is a midsummer night’s dream" - Boston Globe, June 13, 2021
"From socially distanced proms to fire pits, senior traditions look different this year" - Boston Globe, May 23, 2021
"Helping shelter dogs get to their forever homes" - Boston Globe, May 2, 2021
"Lexington confronts history of slavery in liberty’s birthplace" - Boston Globe, April 18, 2021
"‘Green thumbs are grown, not born’" - Boston Globe, April 11, 2021
"Art reflecting our world: Peabody Essex Museum launches exhibits that portray today’s concerns" - Boston Globe, March 28, 2021
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As more seniors age at home during pandemic, health care aides are in growing demand" - Boston Globe, February 14, 2021
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From drive-through Nativity scenes to virtual pageants, churches find new ways to tell the Christmas story" - Boston Globe, December 20, 2020
"Despite pandemic, many find ways to keep giving during this season of thanks" - Boston Globe, November 15, 2020
"Bellingham author helps walking enthusiasts find their footing" - Boston Globe, November 8, 2020
"Trick-or-treating may be out, but fun is still in this Halloween" - Boston Globe, October 18, 2020
"From painting a shoe to owning a shoe store" - Boston Globe, October 4, 2020
"Apple picking time seems sweeter than ever" - Boston Globe, September 20, 2020
"For readers young and old, bookstores prove they’re an essential business, too" - Boston Globe, August 23, 2020
"It’s what’s outside that counts: At many house museums, gardens are the draw this summer​" - Boston Globe, August 2, 2020 
"‘It felt cool to be back.' Kids give reopened Discovery Museum a thumbs-up" - Boston Globe, July 26, 2020
"With podcast, Acton 12-year-old finds ‘lights in the tunnel’ of the pandemic" - Boston Globe, June 21, 2020
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A Concord therapist contemplates how to age well during a pandemic" - Boston Globe, June 14, 2020
"With drive-throughs, yard signs, and photo ops, seniors forge ahead with nontraditional graduations" - Boston Globe, May 31, 2020
"For Boxborough eighth-grader, becoming an author is a metamorphosis" - Boston Globe, May 17, 2020
"Small farms step up to provide food amid a pandemic" - Boston Globe, April 5, 2020
"In photos of abandoned bunkers, winds of war from long ago" - Boston Globe, March 22, 2020
"How to survive coronavirus boredom? After visiting China, a Brookline woman offers tips" - Boston Globe, March 22, 2020
"Welcome Home finds new homes for household donations" - Boston Globe, March 15, 2020
"‘Children are as good readers as ever,’ says acclaimed author Susan Cooper" - Boston Globe, March 15, 2020
"Humor writing wins Tracy McArdle Brady a hotel room of her own" - Boston Globe, February 23, 2020
"In Kim McLarin’s essays on ‘tough’ subjects, readers see themselves" - Boston Globe, February 23, 2020
"Musician and mother, Monica Duncan is now a novelist, too" - Boston Globe, February 23, 2020
"Students strive to make tech available to all" - Boston Globe, December 22, 2019
"Farming out the Thanksgiving feast" - Boston Globe, November 24, 2019
​"A Brockton museum tackles the agony of opioid addiction" - Boston Globe, October 20, 2019
"A new name for Longfellow’s Wayside Inn" - Boston Globe, October 6, 2019
"Russo’s celebrates a century of growth — and more kinds of produce than you can imagine" - Boston Globe, October 6, 2019
"Peabody Essex ready to spread its wings" - Boston Globe, September 15, 2019
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Natick shopkeepers rise from ashes of devastating fire" - Boston Globe, September 8, 2019
"On garden tours, local flowers get their moment in the sun" - Boston Globe, June 2, 2019
"As memories fade, their stories are remembered" - Boston Globe, May 12, 2019
"In Marblehead, classroom welcomes a furry friend​" - Boston Globe, February 17, 2019
"When it comes to flirting, she knows all the moves" - Boston Globe, February 3, 2019
"At 96, this advocate still fights on seniors’ behalf" - Boston Globe, November 11, 2018
"Need a cake pan? Try the 'Library of Things'" - Boston Globe, October 28, 2018
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‘Little Women’ is turning 150. Here’s where the story began" - Boston Globe, September 30, 2018
"Lexington recalls the other shots heard ‘round the world’" - Boston Globe, September 2, 2018
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Local, Chinese boys share the language of baseball" - Boston Globe, August 26, 2018
"Need your lawn mowed? Bring on the goats" - Boston Globe, July 1, 2018
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Students check their devices at the cellphone hotel" - Boston Globe, June 3, 2018
"On the road to health, leaving the hospital is only the start" - Boston Globe, May 13, 2018
"Competition yoga? No, it’s not an oxymoron" - Boston Globe, May 6, 2018
"Creating a community isn't as easy as running a store" - Boston Globe, April 29, 2018
"Writing a ‘trigger-free love story’ dicey in the age of #metoo" - Boston Globe, April 22, 2018
"Even the naughtiest cat listens to this whisperer" - Boston Globe, March 25, 2018
"Do all guys wear the same black tux to prom?" - Boston Globe, March 25, 2018
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Philanthropist Bill Cummings adds a new title to his portfolio: author" - Boston Globe, March 25, 2018
"With native plants, you can 'grow local'" - Boston Globe, March 4, 2018
"But for some, a clean car is romantic" - Boston Globe, February 11, 2018

"Stand up straight! (And put that phone away)" - Boston Globe, February 4, 2018
"These family favorites are all lit up for the holidays" - Boston Globe, December 24, 2017
"Food pantry gets a boost from high-tech retirees" - Boston Globe, December 3, 2017
"Changes afoot in historic Concord Center" - Boston Globe, October 8, 2017
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With upgrades and food, suburban malls take on e-retailers" - Boston Globe, August 20, 2017
"For sale: Cottage with a bit of romance" - Boston Globe, August 6, 2017
"A surprise 200th birthday gift for Thoreau’s bicentennial" - Boston Globe, July 9, 2017
"Mothers and daughters share the love" - Boston Globe, May 7, 2017
"Walking in Thoreau's steps, and then some" - Boston Globe, April 23, 2017
"Did you hear about Abigail Adams's scandalous brother?" - Boston Globe, April 16, 2017
"From fashion to ax throwing, cable show expands women’s networks" - Boston Globe, March 26, 2017
"Two suburban music fans share their passion in a podcast" - Boston Globe, March 5, 2017
"Suburban museums face challenges, but see opportunities" - Boston Globe, March 5, 2017
"Auto repair students gear up for high-tech cars" - Boston Globe, February 26, 2017
"Rare find 'changes the story' in Concord" - Boston Globe, February 5, 2017
"Concord boy cooks his way to reality TV" - Boston Globe, January 29, 2017
"His do-it-yourself plane is no flight of fancy" - Boston Globe, November 2, 2016
"Radio days wind down for Carlise collector" - Boston Globe, August 5, 2016
"About to celebrate its 70th year, Talbots finds its groove" - Boston Globe, July 8, 2016
"And what about Concord's women?" - Boston Globe, July 1, 2016
​"House tours a rite of spring" - Boston Globe, May 14, 2016
"With help, those with disabilites are learning to bike" - Boston Globe, April 29, 2016
"'Men of Concord' together at last" - Boston Globe, April 1, 2016
"Stagers combine design sense with diplomacy to help sell houses" - Boston Globe, March 11, 2016
"In Concord, dance therapist takes on Parkinson’s Disease" - Boston Globe, September 18, 2014
"Brookline woman pushes to make playgrounds accessible" - Boston Globe, August 31, 2014
"Concord boy keeps long-distance friendship rolling" - Boston Globe, July 10, 2014
"Ditch the guidebook and embrace Concord's ambience" - Boston Globe, June 15, 2014
"Ponzi house tour offers a walk on the wild side" - Boston Globe, May 29, 2014

"‘Death café’ opens door, minds to discussing taboo topic" - Boston Globe, May 8, 2014
"Rising stars aim for their dreams" - Boston Globe, February 23, 2014
"Self-published writers, and proud of it" - Boston Globe, February 9, 2014
"She keeps running and running and running" - Boston Globe, May 30, 2013
"Visiting hockey players find warm welcomes in Concord" - Boston Globe, November 21, 2013
"A cash mob effort for West Concord’s 5 & 10" - Boston Globe, February 28, 2013
"Groton musician and outreach worker honors memory of a son lost to drugs" - Boston Globe, April 10, 2011
"Age no bar to new endeavors, Carlisle couple find" - Boston Globe, May 16, 2010



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