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Entire Massachusetts Farms Were Cleared Out To Make Way For This Military Base
In 1917, the Army bought land from 112 different owners in just a short stretch of time. That added up to 230 parcels and roughly 5,000 acres, including fine farmland along the Nashua River. Then came the hammers. Crews built an average of 10.4 new buildings every single day, which...
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Women Made History At This Massachusetts Factory Long Before They Could Vote
More than 80 historic power looms fill one museum floor, and when even a handful start running, the noise is enough to make earplugs feel necessary. Now imagine standing beside that clatter for twelve hours or more every day. Many of the people who did exactly that were young women...
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Veterans Day events around the Lakes Region
The Lakes Region is ready to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with observances throughout the area. The city's Veterans Day Commemoration will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Veterans Square on North Main Street. The ceremony includes a presentation of colors, speakers, and a rifle volley by members of the Wilkins-Smith American Legion Post 1.
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Something’s cooking on the Scenic Theatre stage this fall
PITTSFIELD — Say what you want. Say what you will. There’s something cooking on stage at Pittsfield’s Scenic Theatre this November, as the Pittsfield Players present James Valcq and Fred Alley’s musical adaptation of “The Spitfire Grill.”. Based on the acclaimed 1996 film of the...
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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...
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At 9, He Was Banned From Delta for Pulling a Prank. Now He’s the Voice of Boston’s Logan Airport
Somewhere over the Eastern Seaboard in the early 1990s, a 9-year-old boy flying alone discovered the flight attendant call button. He pressed it. A flight attendant appeared. He switched the light off. He pressed it again. “I did it probably like 15 times,” Chris Donisi tells TODAY.com. When the plane...