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The Empire State disaster: a recollection

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By Bill Lombardi Hometown Weekly Correspondent July 28, 1945 is one birthday that I will never forget. I was spending my summer vacation with my aunt and uncle in the Bronx, New York. That morning, we got up early and went downtown. When we arrived, we heard the loud screeching of fire engines and...
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The Davis presents fantastical ‘Intermezzi’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Given momentum by the “Sturm und Drang” movement, the arts were thriving in nineteenth century Germany. Friedrich Schiller wrote the play “William Tell,” and German speakers celebrated the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Simultaneously, Ludwig van Beethoven was composing some of his most renowned works. In the late 1800s,...
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Guarding a family cello, protecting musical roots

By Chris McCue Potts As a former Medfield Police crossing guard for 50 years and the wife of Medfield’s former police chief, 86-year-old Elisabeth Berlin Mann’s desire to protect is in her blood – and today that includes her father’s childhood cello. It all started with Elisabeth’s father, Paul Karl Berlin, who started studying music in Germany...
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