Power of Place

Mary, age 95, a former opera singer and world traveler, currently a resident of Golden Living Center in Gloucester, enters the Cape Ann Museum (CAM) on a summer Tuesday morning. Along with Annie, Richie, two staff from Golden Living, and three museum program...
For Parking or Posterity?

For Parking or Posterity?

In the late 19th century, Herbert Marshall Farr and his brother-in-law, Joseph Metcalf, built together a highly successful business in the city of Holyoke: the Farr Alpaca Company, which manufactured woven fabric. Along with the business, the two men also built...
News Briefs

News Briefs

Wealthy Noho Activist Gives It Away By Pete Redington   The popular radio show Marketplace recently delved into an aspect of economics that rarely gets considered—giving away one’s inheritance—when Northampton native Jessie Spector was invited...