Composed of 200 sets and props from the Harry Potter films on loan from Warner Bros., "Harry Potter: The Exhibition" is fantasy, but it can make you think about science.
A tour of the House of the Seven Gables connects you with Salem's impressive shipping and literary history.
Three weeks after taking over the Discovery Museums, Neil H. Gordon is already thinking about building a treehouse for young visitors and their parents.
Discover hiking, bird watching and beauty just an hour away in Princeton, Mass.
With our population aging rapidly, and the motor vehicle as a longtime symbol and tool of independence, the issue of senior citizens behind the wheel remains a significant and growing national public health concern.
Q: My mother has Alzheimer's disease. Over the past few years the disease has progressed, but in the last three months I have seen a decline in my mother's ability to dress herself, care for herself and even feed herself. I find that my mother needs reminders to eat. She also has incontinence. Can Alzheimer's disease progress that rapidly?
Stay overnight on the USS Massachusetts and learn about World War II.
For years my granddaughter has been negotiating with her parents to allow her to have her ears pierced, just like the majority of her girlfriends.
There are many ways you can make your home safer and healthier for you and your family.
During the summer months, parents often search for ways to reinforce skills and lessons their children learn in the classroom. If you are a parent of a child with autism, you understand how important, yet challenging, it can be to find fun ways for your child to practice their skills, including those that teach social interaction and independent living.
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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.”
Dedham was given a 2009 Leading by Example Award today at the State House, a recognition of its environmental efforts on many fronts, from energy efficiency to green schools to the coming rollout of single-stream recycling.
After taking a few “breath holds,” a middle-age mom of three gets help putting steel shackles around her ankles and wrists and wrapping multiple chains around her body. Counting a 15-pound lead belt and nine padlocks, she straps on 55 pounds of weight in all.