Register To ParticipateAndrew Wyeth dies at 91
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Deb Filcman
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Realist painter Andrew Wyeth, best known for “Christina’s World,” (pictured) died this morning at the age of 91. While he spent most of his life in Chadds Ford, Pa., Wyeth spent childhood summers in Needham, where his father, famous illustrator N.C. Wyeth, grew up.
Wicked Local Needham takes a look at Wyeth’s career and connection to Needham.
Wedding in an elementary school
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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Really. They had cake, too.
Water main break on Route 1 — again!
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Remember that massive backup of traffic you were stuck in this morning on Route 1 in Saugus? You know, that period where you were banging your fists on the steering wheel and swearing? Well, here’s what happened. And Saugus Department of Public Works Director Joseph Attubato doesn’t like it any better than you do.
“Something has to be done, we can’t keep going out there every night,” Attubato said. “This is starting to get ridiculous.”
Cold enough for you?
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Kat Powers
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Fabulous intern Erin Baldassari found Gale Halland bundled up in Somerville today.
Local businesses capitalize on the inaugural
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Sarah Corbitt
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GateHouse Media business blogger Jon Chesto blogs about local businesses that are capitalizing on the inauguration:
He was going to get the fire dept. there one way or another
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Joseph Richard Ferrante Jr., 55, of Ipswich really must have really wanted to see the annual Christmas tree bonfire in Salem. We mean really, REALLY wanted to see it. Because after it was canceled twice due to high winds, he allegedly took matters into his own hands, reports Wicked Local Salem:
According to police, a local woman drove down to the beach that evening to see the bonfire … “She observed the male party running from the trees with a canister in his hands and observed that the trees were now on fire,” according to police.
Ferrante was soon picked up, and when they searched his van, police allegedly found six books of matches that were mostly empty and used up, as well as an empty 32-ounce can of acetone and a three-quarters full container of lacquer thinner, which are both highly flammable. But in his defense, he may have just been smoking a lot of cigarettes while thinning lacquer that day.
Family night out
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Scott Smith
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Going skiing isn’t just for skiing anymore. And a night out can be just that - out. Or in. Take your pick at Cranapalooza. Old Colony Memorial reporter Rich Harbert took his family for a night at Cranmore Mountain, a birthplace of American skiing as well as the family fun that seems to be the next generation of slapping on the boards. That’s his son, Clay, climbing the rock wall. But you really should see Rich’s video of the experience, inside.
Out of this world
Posted on January 15, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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Need a break from the economy or bad news about the economy? Take a trip to Mars.
Who dares to question the Heart Study?
Posted on January 15, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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The groundbreaking Framingham Heart Study is revered in both medical communities and the town itself where volunteers helped shape medical practices. Now, someone’s poking holes in this venerable institution.
A ‘global’ teen makes a difference …
Posted on January 15, 2009 by aschinella
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Boy, how impressive is this: “Teen strives to make a difference in Africa”.
It’s wild out there
Posted on January 15, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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The colder it gets, the harder it becomes for our friends in the wild to find food. No, not college students, although it’s hard for them too — I mean wild animals.
In the last week alone, we had a fox walking down the middle of a residential street in Swampscott, and in Topsfield, a resident reported spotting a bear — a bear! — in his driveway. Although in that latter case he did not get a picture of the bear, so we haven’t ruled out the idea that it might have been a man in a bear suit.
So what’s roaming around your neighborhood?
49 years at the DPW?
Posted on January 15, 2009 by aschinella
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Now that’s a long time!: “Who is Arlington’s longest-working town employee?”.
MLK at 80 …
Posted on January 15, 2009 by aschinella
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Had he not been assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 80 today. Most communities have their events on Monday. However, it is worth taking a few minutes to delve into some of the words of MLK.
Here is a PDF of a GateHouse Media page that appeared in many of our newspapers today:
PDF: Great moments from a great speaker
A little slice of Scranton in Marshfield
Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dan Medeiros
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It’s not an office, but they probably do sell paper of some sort — and Michael Scott is now the boss.
Steve Carell, manager from hell on NBC’s hit sitcom ”The Office,” has bought the Marshfield Hills General Store. Concord native Carell and wife Nancy “Carol the real estate agent from Season 2″ Walls, a Cohasset native, also have a summer home in Marshfield. The store has been the center of activity each morning in the north end of town for decades, and Carell is reportedly committed to keeping its small-town atmosphere.
There’s no telling if Carell will embarass and annoy his new employees at the general store the way Michael irritates the staff of Dunder-Mifflin paper company, but I’ll say this: if the job’s open, I’d love to be assistant regional general store manager assistant to the regional general store manager.
A lifetime of dance
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jesse Floyd
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Former Concord resident Marie Paquet-Nesson reads from her book, “Ballet to the Corps” at The School of Ballet Arts, 51 Walden St., Concord, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2 to 4 p.m.
In writing and publishing her book, Paquet-Nesson, who performed primarily as a corps member and demi, or secondary, solo dancer, said she hopes to take readers inside the day-to-day life of working dancers. Her career included a memorable turn at the Kennedy White House.
Dude, where’d you leave your house?
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Kat Powers
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Because I’m resourceful and stuff, I’d totally picture me trying to break into my own house, were I locked out.
I just don’t happen to carry around a 9 inch knife while doing it. And I wouldn’t be drunk. And for sure, I’d make sure it was my own house first.
Final curtain for North Shore Music Theatre?
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Well, “High School Musical 2″ — the show that may be ignominiously remembered as the one that finally brought down North Shore Music Theatre (damn you, Disney!) — had its last performance at the embattled Beverly institution Sunday. And as promised, management concluded the season immediately afterwards by laying off 57 full-time employees.
So things look pretty bleak. But Jon Kimbell, artistic director for the theater for 25 years until he retired a year ago, thinks the doors can be kept open — with a new plan and lots of help from patrons of the arts. (This means you.) Meanwhile, young thespians are lamenting the loss of programs sponsored by the theater, scores of which have already been canceled. North Shore Sunday has the latest.
Beer gets all fancy-schmancy
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Rob Haneisen
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How many chic restaurants have a beer list that rivals - or even exceeds - its wine list?
This Southborough eatery appreciates a good brew with quality food in a refreshing change of pace. Our resident beer nut breaks it down.
Innovation firm comes up with unexpected trash
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Kat Powers
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Maybe I should expect this sort of thing out of the folks who re-imagined the coffeemaker. But I was still surprised to find the folks at Altitude had stored all their trash under their desks to measure how much trash they create in a year, even when they compost and recycle.
I suppose once they did that, the composite photo of what they thought a year of trash looks like would follow. (Full photo when you link to Wicked Local Somerville. I think this is just March-July.)
More images from the year gone by
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Peter Chianca
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Can’t let go of 2008? Neither can we, which is probably why we enjoyed this audio slideshow from Wicked Local’s North of Boston photographers, spotlighting their best images from the year just past. Check it out. And don’t forget to visit the North of Boston Photo Blog.
