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On April 30, 1844, Henry David Thoreau began the fire that eventually burned 300 acres of forest outside his home in Concord, Mass.

'Little Women' runs through Sunday at Pocono Playhouse. Contributed photo July 02, 2009 Pocono Playhouse presents "Little Women," a musical, for three shows, at 8 p.m. today, 4 p.m. Saturday and again at 2 p.m. Sunday.

How to resist cozy, lazy, government monopolies. Robert Whaples posted 6/25/2009 O n February 12, 2009, the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, an irreverent group of protestors in Concord, Massachusetts launched a protest against the lowly penny.

Paul Revere raced on his horse near Lexington and Concord, Mass., yelling "The Red Coats are coming," in order to prevent the colonial citizens from defeat in the American Revolutionary War.

State grants going out to museums, theaters, and arts and education centers for repairs, expansions, and buildings A worker, Bob Taggart, closes off a window on the second floor of the John Ball House, home to the Concord Art Association.

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CONCORD, Mass.-After years of posting its monthly news online, the Concord Cheese Shop launched its first e-newsletter in June.

The pain radiated through Maureen Wood as she shook violently near the bed. Her body was consumed by the spirit of Abigail Borden, the stepmother of accused 19th-century murderess Lizzie Borden, who allegedly bludgeoned her with a hatchet.

Road Trip: Lexington & Concord Jun 22, 2009 8:50 am US/Eastern Road Trip: Lexington & Concord CONCORD, Mass.

No less than Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor recently confessed that the blog-beatified Brooklyn quartet Grizzly Bear makes him feel "irrelevant." Indeed, the band's very existence represents a quasi-platonic ideal of the prevailing indie-rock trends of this decade.

The Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation recently presented the Concord-Carlisle Community Chest with a $5,000 grant that will be used to provide support to 36 local human service agencies and initiatives.

Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of which took place on Breeds Hill, monuments notwithstanding.

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Even though the Physics First initiative did not encompass changes to the biology curriculum, the introduction of Internet-based activities - and the necessary hardware to bring them to the classroom - has had an impact on all three years of science in the pilot schools; physics, chemistry and biology.

Susana Ngan was among the Baystate Financial Services workers treated to pizza on recent rainy afternoon.

Baskin's Thoreau: nickel first-class Is it too late to celebrate Henry David Thoreau with an honest, unblushing American face? Have we laid too much pavement, built too many Cheesecake Factories in too many malls, imprisoned and executed too many harmless rejects and overextended our military rule too far ever to put Thoreau on our postage again? ...

An airman from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., has been arrested on charges that he seduced a 14-year-old girl he met on the social networking Web site Facebook.

CONCORD, Mass. - Bail has been set at $10,000 for an Air Force member accused of traveling from Georgia to meet with a 14-year-old Massachusetts girl.

Why just read "Walden" when you can live it, or construct it? That was the idea behind a new Maymester class at Furman University, "Being Henry David Thoreau," that had students first read the writer's famed book and then build a replica of the famed cabin in which he lived while writing the journal entries that would become "Walden." Yes, you ...

A Massachusetts judge has apologized in court after admitting she drove drunk. Superior Court Judge Christine McEvoy avoided a guilty plea, but admitted to sufficient facts for a conviction Friday in Concord District Court.