The holidays are the perfect time to teach kids about giving by example.
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.
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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.”