Gift of Gossamer

How about some strumming with that Stray Cat Strut?

A Cool Cats Coffee House will benefit Second Chance Fund for Animal Welfare, a non-profit organization that helps cat owners with affordable and accessible spay and neuter services.

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Contestants burned their tastebuds off Thursday in Jake's Dixie Roadhouse's hot chicken wing contest featuring the incendiary sauces of chili pepper guru "Mad Dog" David Ashley, president of Ashley Food Co. Inc., a Sudbury-based distributor of Mad Dog sauces and other products.

Boston Beer Company has just released its Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection, a series of three new beers brewed and bottled exclusively at the Jamaica Plain brewery.

Are you one of the millions of American women who look in the mirror and see nothing but flaws? I used to be, too.

Q: Enclosed are pictures of a 14-piece punch bowl set. It is in perfect condition. I know it has been in my family since at least 1923 and perhaps before that. I plan to pass it on to my daughter and would like for her to know the insurance replacement value. Can you help me? G.H., Durham, N.C.

For the second time in a year, supporters of same-sex marriage have suffered a discouraging defeat. Voters in Maine Tuesday repealed a state law enacted a few months before legalizing gay marriage. The same thing happened a year ago in California.

Magical moments of memories mixed together with the music of Allan Souza's Trilogy Band this past Saturday night in Framingham's Scott Hall when the "Silver Grays" got together for their last dance.

Here's a news item from the Wall Street Journal:

I was glad Congressman McGovern decided to hold a Town Hall meeting on the health care legislation pending in the House, but was disappointed on two counts:

Steve Pagliuca is just a regular guy, or so he says.

Steve Pagliuca Sitdown from Sopan Deb on Vimeo.

Former Middlesex County Register of Probate John Buonomo, who faces up to 300 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the theft of more than $100,00 in taxpayers’ and campaign fund money, may lose his Somerville pension.

Police are investigating three robberies at city businesses this week.

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Waltham Council on Aging November events