Winchester Star: Lifestyle
- Show us how you party on Star Wars Day
Monday - 05/04/2020 - 06:20 AMDig out your Darth Vader mask and grab your light sabers folks. It's Star Wars Day and it’s time to show us how you celebrate the best film franchise in the galaxy!Whether you’re wearing your Obi-wan Kenobi robe this weekend, or doing your "do" in double ear buns Princess-Leia-style, snap some photos and send them our way.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What’s Up Doc? Take the coronavirus experts' advice: Test, trace and isolate
Tuesday - 04/28/2020 - 04:25 AMBy any objective measure, the U.S. has not been very successful in addressing the novel coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. population is about 331 million, a tad over 4% of the world’s 7.8 billion souls.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: May 4-10
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 02:21 AMHoroscope for May 4-10Pluto recently stationed retrograde and due to its slow outer orbit will remain in Capricorn until early October. Starting at 24 degrees Capricorn, Pluto will retrograde back to 22 degrees Capricorn by Oct.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Reader Photos of the Day, 4-30-20
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 03:21 PMCheck out Bird Watching and other great photos by following gannett_ne_behind_the_lens on Instagram. To be featured, email pictures with captions to readerpix@wickedlocal.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Pearl Jam's 'Gigaton' is more pointed than ever
Wednesday - 04/15/2020 - 03:27 PMPearl Jam's new "Gigaton" is the album you didn't know you needed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nominees for Elliot Norton theater awards announced
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 01:17 PMThe Boston Theater Critics will announce the winners of the 38th annual Elliot Norton Awards in an online ceremony May 11.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Minuteman Senior Services continuing operations
Friday - 04/17/2020 - 01:05 PMMinuteman Senior Services has released an update about the services it is continuing to offer during the COVID-19 pandemic.The nonprofit organization serves the communities of Acton, Arlington, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Harvard, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn.Minuteman Senior Services is considered an essential service during this pandemic, and although nearly every aspect of agency operations has been [...]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BEHIND THE LENS: With Wicked Local Staff Photographer David Sokol
Tuesday - 04/21/2020 - 04:35 PMIn Behind the Lens, Gannett New England photographers share some of their favorite images, tell the story behind them and explain their process in capturing the photos you see in your community's newspapers and news websites.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jenks Center offering online resources, programs
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 02:21 AMPlease check the Jenks website for the latest update on our closure: http://jenkscenter.org.AnnouncementsOnline resources: Our goal is to promote public safety, as the COVID-19 impacts everyone. We have established a resource page on our website (go to NEWS tab on home page, click COVID-19 in drop-down box) containing helpful information and things to do while sheltering-in-place.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'They die without family:’ Maine doctor shares journal from COVID-19 front lines at Miami VA hospital
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 01:30 PMPeople have different views on death and how they want to spend the end of their days, but I don’t think anyone’s ever said, ‘I want to be isolated in a negative pressure hospital quarantined from all friends and family.’ That’s a unique COVID cruelty.It was back in the annals of ancient COVID-19 history, about four weeks ago, when Dr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What we know about coronavirus keeps changing. Here's all the things you may have missed.
Monday - 04/27/2020 - 02:36 PMCoronavirus has radically altered life in the United States at mind-bending speed in the past three months and our understanding of the virus is changing just as quickly.More than 2.5 million cases have been confirmed worldwide, and the U.S. has reported more than any other nation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- WHAT'S UP DOC? Is butterfly rash a sign of lupus?
Wednesday - 04/29/2020 - 02:58 PMQ: My son has been getting a butterfly shaped rash under his eyes and across the bridge of his nose when he is out in the sun. His doctor thinks this might be skin lupus.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Over the Counter: Prevention options to supplement shingles vaccine
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 11:20 AMUnless you are a roofer, hearing the word “shingles” is enough to send shivers down your spine. Or perhaps prompt an itching sensation over your torso.Shingles, also known by its even more disturbing description, herpes zoster, is an infection sparked by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- BEHIND THE LENS: With MetroWest Daily News photographer Art Illman
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 07:05 PMIn Behind the Lens, Gannett New England photographers share some of their favorite images, tell the story behind them and explain their process in capturing the photos you see in your community's newspapers and news websites.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Movie review: 'Corpus Christi' will renew your faith
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 07:54 AMThe Oscar-nominated Polish film "Corpus Christi" is the perfect elixir for our hard COVID-19 reality.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Movies: It's a tale of two Selahs in 'Spades' and 'Other Lamb'
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 03:25 PMAdolescent awakening and revolt are themes of new movies ‘Selah and the Spades’ and ‘The Other Lamb’ - both featuring protagonists with the unique name Selah.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What are 'COVID toes'? Doctors discover symptom of coronavirus mostly seen in kids
Tuesday - 04/21/2020 - 03:30 PMDoctors identified a new symptom of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, informally dubbed “COVID toes.” The presence of purple or blue lesions on a patient’s feet and toes puzzles infectious disease experts. “They’re typically painful to touch and could have a hot burning sensation,” said Dr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Reader photos of the day, 4-22-20
Wednesday - 04/22/2020 - 05:32 PMCheck out Said in Stone and other great photos by following gannett_ne_behind_the_lens on Instagram. To be featured, email pictures with captions to readerpix@wickedlocal.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BEHIND THE LENS: With Wicked Local Staff Photographer Robin Chan
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 09:53 PMIn Behind the Lens, Gannett New England photographers share some of their favorite images, tell the story behind them and explain their process in capturing the photos you see in your community's newspapers and news websites.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Coronavirus has changed the way Muslims are celebrating Ramadan
Friday - 04/24/2020 - 03:51 PMHajjar Ahmed's lofty goals this Ramadan include reading the Qur'an multiple times, joining virtual Iftar meals to break the fast, and engaging in online discussions with people from around the world. She also will volunteer with the Department of Family Services in her county. At a time of uncertainty and when many are sheltered in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ahmed, a project manager who lives in Northern Virginia, is choosing to be [...]
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- How to disinfect your car during the coronavirus pandemic
Saturday - 04/25/2020 - 07:57 AMKeep your vehicle clean with these guidelines from the CDC.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Share signs of spring shots
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 06:20 PMIt’s taken a while, but our fickle New England spring is finally settling in. Buds on the trees are starting to bloom and everything is greening up; proof that despite this pandemic, the promise of a season of sunshine and rebirth has been kept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jenks Center offering online resources, programs
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 02:21 AMPlease check the Jenks website for the latest update on our closure: http://jenkscenter.org.AnnouncementsONLINE RESOURCES: Our goal is to promote public safety, as the COVID-19 impacts everyone. We have established a resource page on our website (go to NEWS tab on home page, click COVID-19 in drop-down box) containing helpful information and things to do while sheltering-in-place.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Book Smart: 3 novels to distance yourself from reality
Wednesday - 04/15/2020 - 02:00 PMEven though life feels hard right now the novels below are engaging stories that will take you to a different time and place and maybe help you forget your worries for a little while.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reader Photos of the Day, 4-15-20
Wednesday - 04/15/2020 - 04:21 PMCheck out Hope Springs Eternal and other great photos by following gannett_ne_behind_the_lens on Instagram. To be featured, email pictures with captions to readerpix@wickedlocal.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BEHIND THE LENS: With MetroWest Daily News photographer Ken McGagh
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 06:50 PMIn Behind the Lens, Gannett New England photographers share some of their favorite images, tell the story behind them and explain their process in capturing the photos you see in your community's newspapers and news websites.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Tired of boring Zoom meetings? Rent this donkey. Or alligator. Or camel.
Tuesday - 04/21/2020 - 02:20 PMCall it a Zoom zoo. It'll put your old, boring video calls out to pasture.As the coronavirus pandemic keeps people home, some farms and animal sanctuaries have crafted a clever way to lighten the mood and raise money by allowing people to "rent" their animals via video call."I think it would get some laughs," Francie Dunlap told the Charlotte Observer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Share signs of spring shots
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 05:20 AMIt’s taken a while, but our fickle New England spring is finally settling in. Buds on the trees are starting to bloom and everything is greening up; proof that despite this pandemic, the promise of a season of sunshine and rebirth has been kept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Reader Photos of the Day, 4-23-20
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 03:56 PMCheck out Sunrise, Sunset and other great photos by following gannett_ne_behind_the_lens on Instagram. To be featured, email pictures with captions to readerpix@wickedlocal.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boston Pops cancels its spring season
Wednesday - 04/08/2020 - 04:14 PMThe Boston Pops spring season has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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