All posts tagged "television"
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6.9K4Business and LaborBrownie Schrumpf, The First Foodie of Maine
Brownie Schrumpf was only 4’11” but she had a monumental impact on the way Mainers eat. Over a 70-year career she was...
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7.6K9Arts and LeisureRudy Vallee, A ‘Maine Yankee with a Streak of French Hedonism’
“You must remember this. A kiss is still a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh…” Most people know those lyrics from...
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34.2K15ConnecticutHelen Keller, Not Quite the Nice Lady Who Campaigned for Peace
Helen Keller in the winter of 1913 sent $87 to help immigrant textile workers on strike in Little Falls, N.Y. She was...
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10.9K7Arts and LeisureRock ‘N Roll Banned in Boston After Alan Freed Causes ‘Riot’
Rock ‘n roll was banned in Boston and five other Northeast cities in 1958 after an alleged riot broke out following Chuck...
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10.0K11Arts and Leisure‘Havlicek Stole the Ball!’: The Greatest Broadcast Moment in Basketball History
To the New England sports fan, the phrase ‘Havlicek stole the ball!’ is as profound and as personal as ‘Ask not what...
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11.8K4Arts and LeisureThe Night James Brown Saved Boston
James Brown, the hardest working man in show biz, worked extra hard on April 5, 1968 to keep Boston calm in the...
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