Laurel Wolff of Boston’s all female rock band JADED 3LDP: Laurel, you are seasoned musician, you play bass and you sing. What or who was your inspiration for playing music in general? Laurel Wolff: Thank you Music has always been around me. My father is a classically trained pianist and I remember listening to him [...]
Asian longhorned beetles, a much-feared invasive pest with the potential to devastate New England’s forests, have been discovered in Boston, across the street from the country’s oldest public arboretum. Six infested red maples bordering a parking lot at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain were cut down early yesterday morning. Teams of tree climbers and spotters, [...]
I want to get a Human Sushi Platter for my birthday. Sure it’ll be fun to eat and take pictures of but who can say they had one at their own party. It’s also called Nyotaimori or body sushi party. Whatever it’s fun and I like to be original. I went to this party a [...]
If, around August 12th, you go outside between midnight and dawn and look up for a minute or so, you’ll most likely spot a meteor streaking through the sky. The August Perseid meteors were the first that astronomers associated with a particular comet. In the mid 1860s, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed that Perseids followed [...]
As the United States Postal Service, weighed down by a crippling multibillion-dollar deficit, shrinks its operations, post offices across the country are on the chopping block. Each year, hundreds of postal operations shutter, but this coming fall could be the single biggest consolidation in Postal Service history. Over the next three months, more than 3,200 [...]
Jellyfish attack Boston area beaches! Poisonous Portuguese men-of-war, in an unusually large invasion, stung at least 14 people in Massachusetts during the last week, prompting periodic swimming bans on Cape and Islands beaches during one of the summer’s busiest holiday weeks. Local and state officials say the intermittent beach closings may continue through Thursday, as [...]
Finally, the “Irish” Micky Ward movie The Fighter is a reality and it’s filming right here in Lowell. Yesterday afternoon, actor Mark Wahlberg, who will play Lowell boxer Ward, met with scouts for the movie in the lobby of the Lowell DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Lowell to discuss possible locations to film scenes for the [...]
Do you know someone that has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and you did not dare ask what it is exactly? Are you aware that a lot of people are unaware of being affected by this sleep disorder? Could you or someone close to you be suffering from this disorder? Let’s find out! What is [...]
No news conference this year, just a short press release announcing the 11th anniversary of the disappearance of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. Federal and state law enforcement officials on Wednesday said they’re still hunting for the fugitive, an alleged killer who ran drug and gambling rings. In 2005, leads and look-a-likes were investigated [...]
As international travelers help swine flu hopscotch across the globe, the potential pandemic sharpens a paranoia familiar to even the most casual flier. Isn’t sitting on a plane for hours, squished next to strangers and breathing the same air, a surefire recipe for getting sick later? That common belief was underscored late last week by [...]
Tammy Duckworth lost her legs when the helicopter she was piloting was shot down over Iraq. But, she didn’t lose an ounce of her courage or her commitment to serve. She knows that it’s time for veterans to speak up for a stronger America. That’s why Tammy is running for Congress – and her election [...]
Dear Friend, In 3 months, voters across the Commonwealth will head to the polls for the critically important 2006 election. It has been 20 years — far too long — since we elected a Democratic governor here at home. Massachusetts, like so much of the country, is ready for a change. That’s why the Democratic [...]
I got this from the Harpoon Brewery today: We are less than a month away from Harpoon Helps Spread Holiday Cheer . On Saturday, December 1st, we will be again be sending Harpoon Helpers to 25 different locations in Boston to decorate and spread good tidings to those who need it the most. We are [...]
Couple Beers No Beers The Toucher and Rich show does drunken Red Sox recaps after most Sox home games and just interview the drunkest people they see about the game they saw the night before. At first they interviewed this guy and they thought he was a drunk guy at the game but a few [...]
Mayor Menino was the only non-athlete with the exception of the narrator, Dorchester native Donnie Wahlberg appearing in a 30-second advertisement for local footwear maker Reebok. The company lined up star power endorsers including David Ortiz, Bruin great Bobby Orr, former Boston College and Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie, and Patriots running back Laurence Maroney. The [...]
Justin Timberlake is coming to Boston to the TD Banknorth Garden (formerly Fleetcenter), Boston, MA on February 6, 2007 at 07:30 PM. I’m thinking there’s going to be a few of my girl friends that will want to go. The problem is that I need to find someone in the Justin Timberlake fanclub to get [...]
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Last Letter Home” Listen to Last Letter Home (Album Version) Hello there my dearest love Today I write to you about our sons The boys start school today They’re the spitting image of you in every way Hey son it’s Dad I hope this letter finds you well out of harm’s way [...]
Five years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, families of some of the nearly 3,000 victims gathered Monday at Ground Zero for a solemn ceremony. The commemoration included four moments of silence. Two for the times that hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center towers (which Dracut’s own John Ogonowski piloted flight 11) [...]
On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man, wearing a New York Yankee jersey, was struggling frantically to free himself from the [...]
10 schools in Massachusetts will be paid by the state with state funds to lengthen their days, a pilot program dubbed “Expanded Learning Time” that people believe will improve test scores and opponents say is too costly. The $25.2 billion state budget Gov. Mitt Romney signed Saturday included a $6.5 million item for the program [...]
