Rob Haneisen's the guy you go to when you want to know if it's going to rain this weekend or how much snow to expect this winter. Our resident weather geek wants to talk precipitation with you. If you're fascinated by humidity or want to know what a microburst is, talk to Rob. Click on the blue headline below to visit the blog.
Check out Press Pass, a blog about and by the media. Daily News editors and reporters will discuss issues related to newspapers, broadcast news and multimedia, near and far. We hope you join in the conversation. Click on the blue headline below to visit the blog.
Talk about everything food - cooking, baking, eating out, watching cooking shows, trying out the newest (and oldest) kitchen gadgets - at Food for Thought. Click the blue headline below to visit the blog.
This is not a Mr. T fan blog, nor is it a pairing of star pupils. No, the A Team is the collaboration of two 20-something television fans. And this is their story. Click on the blue headline below to visit the blog.
Lori Gwyr is a big fan of all things dog. She doesn't hide it well. She's been training her two Labradors for six years and competed with them hundreds of times in agility. In The Dog Dish, she will focus on local dogs, events, businesses, and stories. She'll share some of her own dog tales and hopes you'll share yours. Click on the blue headline below to visit the blog.
Do you believe - or are at least curious about - the supernatural? Blogger Joyce Kelly has always been interested in psychic phenomena, miracles, dreams, mystics, Native American medicine, shape-shifting, UFOs and angels. Joyce will explore local connections to the supernatural and wants to hear your stories on her blog, the Modern Mystic. Click on the blue headline below to visit the blog.
Brenda Glover, a South Shore resident and avid book reader, will keep you updated on her latest reads and reviews on her blog, Brenda's Book Blog. Check it out, bookmark it and join in the conversation.
Meredith O'Brien takes a peek behind the picket fences of modern day parenting on blog, Picket Fence Post. With humor and candor, it's her take on real parenting in the real world. The mom of three, University of Massachusetts journalism lecturer and blogger wants to bring you behind the fence, too.
Click here to join in the conversation on Meredith O'Brien's Picket Fence Post blog.
Westwood resident Dave Atkins created a blog last fall offering his own comments on town politics and events, a place for forum discussions, residents' comments, and links to local media and other blogs. It also features a frequently updated community calendar.
Local resident Jonathan Glover posts a photo a day, mostly from eastern Massachusetts,
on the Beeps and Chirps Photoblog.
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Special Town Meeting gave the Avery School and Dedham High School athletic complex projects key votes of support, upped Dedham’s meals and hotel taxes and voted to move the town’s adult zoning to Legacy Place this week.
At an otherwise smooth mini-Town Meeting, two Finance Committee members renewed their disagreement about possible hike to hotel and meals taxes, with Derek Moulton questioning how the money would be used if devoted to a major capital facilities stabilization fund.
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With rakes in hand a team of Lowe’s volunteers, from stores in Dedham, Saugus, Weymouth and Woburn, was at Anna Marshall's Claybourne Street home Friday, Oct. 30 to remedy that situation. Using a $10,000 grant from Lowe’s, the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Boston arranged for various improvements to be made inside the home, including in the bathroom, where mold will be removed, the ceiling replastered and a new fan installed.
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Shopping with her mom at Spirit Halloween at the Dedham Mall, 8-year-old Emma Weiss had a certain costume in mind: a “candy corn witch” outfit that includes a layered dress, long black coat, black boots and “an up-do wig.”