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Close Me! Week 29: Iron Man

When Bruce Wasson, 63, attends a body building competition, you could say he’s alone at the top. That’s because he’s almost always the oldest to enter his division. And because there are usually no competitors in his age category, he …

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Week 29: Iron Man

October 26, 2009

Close Me! Week 29: Iron Man

When Bruce Wasson, 63, attends a body building competition, you could say he’s alone at the top. That’s because he’s almost always the oldest to enter his division. And because there are usually no competitors in his age category, he …

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Former Benson’s elephant draws fans at Mass. zoo

October 25, 2009

Close Me! Former Benson’s elephant draws fans at Mass. zoo

Elephants never forget anything – including where to find your wallet. Those who work at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Mass., know to keep an eye on their pockets when they’re around Ruth, a 7,200-pound Asian elephant that has …

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Benson’s new life as a park starts this weekend

October 22, 2009

Close Me! Benson’s new life as a park starts this weekend

HUDSON – Benson’s Wild Animal Farm has been dormant for more than 20 years, but not to Cindy Provencher. She can still hear music drifting from the intercoms. She can still hear kids, laughing and shrieking. …

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Students grill Nashua school board candidates

October 21, 2009

Close Me! Students grill Nashua school board candidates

NASHUA – Interesting and diverse questions produced answers that ranged from touting Winston Churchill and Bertrand Russell as childhood heroes to blaming the Education Department’s financial woes on the Board of Aldermen and mayor for not giving schools enough money …

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Senior Class - Week 28. Behind Bars

October 12, 2009

Close Me! Senior Class - Week 28. Behind Bars

Constance Boldini, 77, entered the prison system on May 14, 2009, and is eligible for parole March 14, 2013. She is the oldest female inmate currently in the state. Until then, her new home is made of cinderblock, metal and …

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Senior Class - Week 27. “Taxi, Taxi!”

October 5, 2009

Close Me! Senior Class - Week 27. “Taxi, Taxi!”

She wanted to spend her retirement years traveling but didn’t imagine it in this form. In the late 1970s, Dorothy “Dottie” Welch, of Nashua, lost her husband Raymond, 56, a taxi driver, to a heart attack. “I was expecting it,” …

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Week 25: Staying Alive

September 21, 2009

Close Me! Week 25: Staying Alive

There are no dues in this club. To join is to live, and have lived. And yes, Tom Marsh, 100, of Milford, did just that. …

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Week 24: Simple Philosophy

September 14, 2009

Close Me! Week 24: Simple Philosophy

It’s not a bucket list. Nor is it something to prove. However, according to Norm Babineau, 81, of Fitchburg, Mass. …

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Week 22: Third Oldest

August 24, 2009

Close Me! Week 22: Third Oldest

At 114 years old, Mary Ray, of Westmoreland, is the third-oldest person alive. When she was born, Grover Cleveland was president. The automobile was uncommon and world wars were years away. …

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Week 21: Citizen Cane

August 17, 2009

Close Me! Week 21: Citizen Cane

If you’re old enough to remember reading the Boston Post, you’re probably old enough to remember their biggest publicity stunt in 1909. According to history, the now defunct publication, which folded in 1956, wanted to recognize the senior-most person in …

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