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Snow Plowed Into Lake Quannapowitt Raises Environmental Concerns

20Jan08

Snow from Comverse parking lots at Beal property dumped into Lake As Wakefield, Massachusetts resident Bob McLaughlin pulled off the Route 128 exit ramp on to North Avenue one day last December, he decided to take a slight detour en route to his Water Street home. The region had just been hit with the second […]

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My 15 Minutes of Microfame

19Jan08

Clive Thompson recently wrote a piece for Wired.com called The Age of Microcelebrity: Why Everyone’s a Little Brad Pitt. “Microcelebrity,” Thompson explains, “is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions but to a small group — a thousand people, or maybe only a few dozen. As DIY media reach ever deeper into […]

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WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF MySpace?

11Jan08

Now that the New Hampshire Primary is over, we in Massachusetts may get a very short break from the barrage of “approved messages” on Boston TV and radio stations that have been aimed primarily at voters in the Granite State. Any respite will be short lived, however, with the Massachusetts primary less than a month […]

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YOU’RE SO VAIN

22Dec07

I like vanity license plates in the same way as I like weddings and children. They’re lots of fun as long as they’re not my own. I would never have a vanity license plate on my car. It’s not just that I’m too cheap, although that’s part of it. And it’s not because of an […]

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NO ‘MIRACLE’ TRIP FOR WINCHESTER STUDENTS

07Dec07

The whole silly story broke in the middle of November. A middle school in Winchester planned a December 19 field trip to Stoneham Theatre where 7th graders would be treated to a professional theatrical performance of the Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street. But then the principal abruptly cancelled the school trip after receiving complaints […]

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Then and now…

06Nov07

I have several boxes of old family photos, from both sides of the family. A few date to the late 19th century, but most of the photos that interest me now are from the first half of the 20th century. In a sense, we all think that the world began around the time when we […]

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Tags: 1930s, 1937, Chestnut Street, Daily Item, Italian-Americans, Italians, Joe Laurino, Steve Sardella, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Massachusetts, Wakefield news, Wakefield newspaper, Wakefield newspapers

VETERANS DESERVE BIG TURNOUT ON NOV. 11

01Nov07

November 11 is Veterans’ Day, an opportunity for Americans who support our troops, past and present, to gather together and champion the men and women in uniform who serve and defend the United States. Wakefield’s 2007 Veterans’ Day ceremonies will take place on Sunday, November 11 at 11 a.m. in the Galvin Middle School Auditorium. […]

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MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE COMING TO STONEHAM

27Oct07

East Coast premier stars Sunny Thompson “Who would want to be compared to Marilyn Monroe?” That was actress Sunny Thompson’s initial reaction when her husband, Greg Thompson, asked her to read for the one-woman show he had written about one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. “Marilyn: Forever Blonde” is set to make its East Coast […]

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QUANNAPOWITT CASINO REVISITED

02Oct07

I am nothing if not ahead of my time. On April 1, 1999, I wrote a column about filling in the Lake and building the “Quannapowitt Casino.” In spite of the date on the newspaper, some people in town actually thought it was a serious proposal. Back then, the state’s economy was booming, cities and […]

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EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES IN STONEHAM THEATRE’S GYPSY

21Sep07

Starring Wakefield’s Leigh Barrett & Emily Sheeran There are plenty of good reasons to see the current production of Gypsy at Stoneham Theatre, especially if you’re from Wakefield. First, Gypsy is the quintessential American musical, an instant classic from the day the original production starring Ethel Merman opened on Broadway in 1959. Second, in an […]

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Tags: Emily Sheeran, Gypsy, Leigh Barrett, musical theater, Stoneham Theatre

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Archive for the ‘Columns & Essays’ Category

Snow Plowed Into Lake Quannapowitt Raises Environmental Concerns

My 15 Minutes of Microfame

WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF MySpace?

YOU’RE SO VAIN

NO ‘MIRACLE’ TRIP FOR WINCHESTER STUDENTS

Then and now…

VETERANS DESERVE BIG TURNOUT ON NOV. 11

MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE COMING TO STONEHAM

QUANNAPOWITT CASINO REVISITED

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES IN STONEHAM THEATRE’S GYPSY

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