WORCESTER — A promising type of cancer care that’s largely been available only in Boston is coming to central Massachusetts. The state Public Health Council on Wednesday unanimously approved UMass Memorial Health Care’s application to buy a proton beam, and expand UMass Memorial’s Cancer Center at Marlborough Hospital in order to offer proton therapy services. […]
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Oh deer! Massachusetts expands deer hunting as populations surge, Sunday hunting could be coming
Oh deer! Massachusetts expands deer hunting as populations surge, Sunday hunting could be coming
Origami ornaments fundraiser for church sanctuary restoration
LANCASTER — Looking for a unique gift for the history buff in your life or yourself? A church in town has just the thing — limited edition origami peace crane ornaments made from hymnals that serve as a sanctuary restoration project fundraiser. First Church of Lancaster Minister Wil Darcangelo crafted the cranes using pages from […]
Eye on Art: A hodge podge of events keep you busy during holiday season
It’s the most wonderful time of year, a few short weeks to entertain, shop and see lots of favorite shows. The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, 256 Market Street, Lowell, hosts its annual Soup and Shop tomorrow, Dec.12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sip homemade soup and shop the popular Holiday Marketplace for homemade gifts and art. On Saturday, December 13, 2-4 p.m., it’s the reception for the Annual Members Exhibition, which also includes works from the New England Sculptors Association. It is open through Dec. 24. Don’t forget the second Holiday Open Studio at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell […]
Students recognized for their patriotism in VFW Essay Competition
TOWNSEND — Townsend VFW Post No. 6538 and Pepperell VFW Post No. 3291 — along with their Auxiliaries — are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Voice of Democracy Patriotic Audio Essay Competition for students in grades 9 through 12. This year’s theme was “How Are You Showing Patriotism and Support for Our […]
Stages: ‘A Christmas Carol,’ is a holiday tradition that never gets old
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — a time that we eat and drink to abandon, shop ‘til we drop, and do time honored traditions that we’ve done countless times before. For many of us, it isn’t Christmas without the yearly retelling of “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ great story of rebirth and redemption on Christmas Eve. North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly opened its musical ghost story last week and it runs through December 21. Starring David Coffee as miserly Scrooge , the initial setting is London in the early 1860s, roughly 20 years after Dickens wrote […]
