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Peter Wolf became famous in the 1970s and '80s as the stage prowling, rhyming front-man for the Boston-based J. Geils Band.
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Kim Janey marked her historic elevation as the first woman and Black resident to serve as mayor of Boston with a ceremonial swearing-in event.WBUR: Acting…
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The book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 is an in-depth look at some famous and-not-so-famous figures that all seemed to converge in and around…
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Someone has been using Lego blocks to repair the corner of a crumbling brick building in Boston. Reporter Tovia Smith set out to investigate who this person is and what else he has been up to.
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While a slew of controversial election laws in recent years have prompted concerns over voter disenfranchisement... Little attention has been paid to what…
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Think Civil Rights era, and you think the south...home to Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, and peaceful marchers set upon by police dogs. Selma, Birmingham,…
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A new book by UNH historian Jason Sokol describes what he calls the region’s 'conflicted soul’ when it comes to race. Sokol explores the discrepancies…
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With every internet search come the annoying ads…popping up to obscure your view, streaming sound, or moving around distractingly in the corner. But can…
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There’s been celebration but also consternation among Bostonians, since their city was chosen as the U.S. candidate to host the twenty-twenty-fours summer…
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Long-serving former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has died. He was 71.