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After 72 Years, Family-Owned 140-Acre Golf Course Announces It Will Close Permanently
The Stone-E-Lea Golf Course in Attleboro, Mass., has been run by the same family since it opened in the 1950s
harlemworldmagazine.com
Harlem-Born News Anchor Jim Boyd, Who Became A Boston Broadcasting Legend, Dies At 84
Jim Boyd, a Harlem native who built a celebrated broadcasting career in Boston and became a trusted face in New England television news, has died at 84. Boyd died Oct. 27, following health issues, according to the Boston Globe. His official cause of death has not been disclosed. The longtime...
classical-scene.com
Lights Out at the Gardner
Alarm Will Sound, one of New York’s premiere new music chamber orchestras, performed in the Thursday Night Music series at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Calderwood Hall, October 29th, 2026. Rather than presenting a concert of multiple works, conductor Alan Pierson lead AWS through Georg Friedrich Haas’s towering 2000 work in vain, one of the most talked-about pieces of the Spectralist catalogue. Heavily inspired by the work of Tristan Murail, the concert-filling 70-minute work also famously requires changes in the hall lighting to reflect its programmatic material, plunging the hall into darkness, even sans stand lights for performers and conductor, forcing musicians to memorize the music and play in the dark.
connectcre.com
Attleboro Golf Course Poised for Sale as Redevelopment Opportunity
After more than seven decades as a fixture in the Attleboro, MA community, Stone-E-Lea Golf Course is preparing to close at the end of 2026. Attention now turns to the future of the approximately 140-acre, family-owned site at 1411 County St. and the opportunities it presents for redevelopment. To oversee...
miltonscene.com
The Milton Public Library announces adult programs for November 2026
The Milton Public Library is presenting the following programs for adults and families in November. Please visit miltonlibrary.org/events/upcoming-events for more information and registration. Programs are kindly sponsored by The Friends of the Milton Public Library. MPL Adult Lit Kit. Registration required. Pick up a “The Eleventh Hour”-themed book kit starting...
hot969boston.com
Boston Singles Turn to ‘Stoop Dating,’ In-Person Meet-Cute Events Instead of Dating Apps
As the current Netflix series Love Is Blind shines its spotlight on Boston singles, many in the city are ditching dating apps and turning to unconventional ways to find love. Julz Radly, founder of Stoop Dating, is promoting a Boston blind-date concept based on stoops. On the social media dating show, Radly matches up singles for blind dates.
dightonlibrary.org
Friends of the Dighton Public Library Gift Card Fundraiser
The Friends of the Dighton Public Library are pleased to announce that their annual gift card fundraiser is back! Place your order with the Friends between November 2nd and November 28th with payment attached. Friends of the Dighton Public Library. PO Box 695. Dighton, MA 02715. Hard copies of the...
takemetotn.com
You Might Fall In Love With Contemporary Art At This Massachusetts Museum
Imagine walking along Boston Harbor and looking up to see part of a museum hanging right over the water. I’d probably stop for a second just to figure out how that works. It’s certainly not the kind of building you walk past without noticing. And the inside sounds...
hoodline.com
Woonsocket Museum Unveils 1970s Exhibit, Then the Ribbon-Cutting Scissors Jam
Guests rolled up to the Museum of Work & Culture in bell bottoms and polyester, stepping past vintage cars parked out front for a party that turned back the clock to 1976. The occasion was the grand opening of Welcome to the Neighborhood, a new permanent interactive exhibit exploring the diverse people and cultures who settled in Woonsocket during the 1970s. Even the ribbon-cutting ceremony got into the retro spirit when the scissors jammed mid-snip.
Boston
Who is Boston’s Rat Queen — and how did she build an army of followers?
Sariah Wertman's giant paper mache rat has attracted millions of TikTok views and thousands of fans. But her biggest surprise has been the community that's grown around the character. 2 minutes to read. Walking through the streets of Boston, you may have crossed paths with the Rat Queen. Or perhaps...
brookline.news
At Brookline library, a one-woman play remembers the first woman in Massachusetts to win freedom by suing her enslaver
Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman once overheard the words “all men were created free and equal” in the Sheffield household where she was enslaved. Freeman would become the first woman in the state to win her freedom by suing her enslaver. “I didn’t know just yet what I...
Dianna Carney
Plymouth Public Library Announces Free Program on Alzheimer’s and Dementia
The Plymouth Public Library in Plymouth, Massachusetts, will partner with the Alzheimer’s Association to offer a free, in-person educational program on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. According to the library’s website, the program will open its Purple Month activities and provide information about the diseases’ impact, current research and available resources.
The Swellesley Report
Getting a jump on Trick or Treating at Wellesley Hills Holiday Stroll
Big and little kids donned their spectacular costumes and paraded up and down Washington Street and over to Clocktower Park in Wellesley Hills on Saturday morning/early afternoon for the annual Halloween Stroll supported by Wellesley Recreation and local merchants and organizations, such as Stepping Stone Studios and the Rotary Club of Wellesley.