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The original essentials for runners - a pair of sneakers and a digital watch - have been left in the dust by recent technology.
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Hundreds of people descended upon Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord yesterday morning to witness the events that unfolded here 234 years ago, when, on April 19, 1775, militia companies from Concord, Acton, Bedford, Lincoln, Westford, Stow and Groton turned back the British regulars and chased them all the way to Boston in an 18-mile firefight now known as Battle Road.
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Scott Sweatt had hoped to play many roles as an actor. Pablo Picasso wasn't one that readily came to mind. Even more far-fetched was playing Picasso in a play written by Steve Martin. Yeah, THAT Steve Martin, the funny guy in the movies.
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Cindy Mapes and several fellow singers from the First Unitarian Society in Newton are forming JourneySongs, an innovative choir that will use music to console people near the end of their lives.
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A sour economy is the perfect time to follow that old lemonade adage and make the most of life's lemons. Especially if you're looking for something sweet, refreshing and inexpensive to serve this summer.
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Warm weather and a serious caffeine habit can make it hard to resist those fancy iced java jolts from the coffee shop.
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Scott Sweatt had hoped to play many roles as an actor. Pablo Picasso wasn't one that readily came to mind. Even more far-fetched was playing Picasso in a play written by Steve Martin. Yeah, THAT Steve Martin, the funny guy in the movies.
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Q: These photos are of a painting or print that was originally given to my husband by his grandfather. On the back there is a label that reads, "Reofect Painting The Thanhardt-Burger Corp. La Porte, Ind." The artist is "Kaulbach." Any information would be appreciated because the picture is so dear to us. J. and J.D., Marco Island, Fla.
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Already into college but not yet out of high school. That is the burden of more than a few twelfth graders struggling to reconcile the increasingly incongruous tasks of finishing childhood and starting adulthood - perhaps making senior spring feel to them like, well, the duration of childhood all over again.
As many teachers of history and journalism do, I show my students "The Battle of Algiers," not because it is one of the great films, which it is, but because it is a good way to begin talking about the cultural clash between Islam and the West.
I am a Vietnam era veteran, my Dad was in WWII and my uncle was a Marine at Iwo Jima, and none us volunteered to have the Constitution's guarantee against torture ignored by what has clearly been shown to be illegal and immoral acts authorized by our previous administration.
Tuesday morning, when I was working in my kitchen, the phone rang. I answered it and a young man's voice said Grandma. It sounded like my grandson (I am 87 and my hearing is diminishing.)
He said that he had been in an accident while he was driving a friend's car. He was in Canada and he was in jail!
After two years of talk, Town Meeting is poised to vote on a proposal that would allow residents, businesses and the town itself to harness wind power.
In a twist on the traditional real estate open house, a tour of JFK Middle School Thursday evening was designed to encourage visitors to spend their money elsewhere.
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SAFETY MATTERS: Open House in Framingham
Police News for Sunday, April 19, 2009
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For the second year Lexington’s company of re-enactors portrayed the events of Parker’s Revenge today.
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Shortly before a student assembly serenaded his athletes with song, Peter Angwenyi stepped into Tom Keane's third-grade classroom and recognized a few objects from his hometown, several thousand miles away.
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Roxy, a black Labrador retriever, waits anxiously for her owners to hurl a tennis ball across an open field. When they do, she scampers across the grass, scoops up the ball and returns with it in her mouth.
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The House released its initial state budget yesterday, cutting local aid slightly more than Gov. Deval Patrick but taking no action on proposed tax increases that some area towns had counted on.
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Video: JourneySong sings 
PDF: House Ways&Means proposed aid, by community 
