Features
Resolutions: Getting Fit and Healthy
By Nancy Arsenault
One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to become more healthy and physically fit. That resolution is the reason that fitness clubs, exercise classes and sellers of home exercise equipment see January as their busiest time of year.
Cliff-side Financial Resolutions
By Nancy Arsenault
While lawmakers were able to make a last minute save from a free fall off the so-called fiscal cliff, there are still changes to the tax laws that will affect most people’s pocketbooks now, with potentially more to come. Making and sticking to financial resolutions can make any future financial challenges less painful.
Erasing a Home’s Silent Enemy
By Ann Needle
Selling the home of a departed parent is never easy — and tougher still when surprises arise. Margie Lynch found herself in that situation when she was selling her late mother Jean’s house on West Acton Road in Stow. Now, Lynch wants to help other homeowners avoid the same peril.
Past Tense: Boston Post Cane in Stow
Boston Post Cane in Stow by Lew Halprin A feature article in a recent issue of The Stow Independent honored Donald Brown as he celebrated his 104th birthday on Nov 26, 2012. At the 2007 COA Senior Picnic, he was presented with the Boston Post Cane. For those of you who don’t know what…
“Annie” for a Special Audience
Ann Needle
It will be a traditional production of the famed musical “Annie,” with colorful characters, lots of children, and a heart-warming story. But the Open Door Theater’s show on January 19 will feature a few changes that will mark this as a performance crafted for an non-traditional audience.
Icing on the Rink (Hopefully)
By Ellen Oliver
Last years’ mild weather might have been a blessing for some people, but for Recreation Commission member Tim Allaire, it inspired creative thinking. “For the amount of work it took to put up the rink and then to only get 16 days of use from it, I felt like putting goldfish in there,” he said.
Past Tense…Turkeys of Stow
No, there is no town of Stow in the country of Turkey, and no, this is not a reflection on any personality in our town. It is simply a review of some left over Turkey facts that might go well with the last of the leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. Sometime in Stow’s agricultural history, between…
Hill-Man’s Foundation Brings Relief
By Ann Needle Driving to work, the news on the radio can be a wake-up call, with stories of accidents and loss that are often too close to home. As someone who has dealt with dozens of these stories on his morning radio show, Stow resident Greg Hill decided to do something to help the…