BOSTON – Last year's passing of Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock in the "Star Trek" TV series and movies, delivered a blow to "trekkies" worldwide. A year later, Nimoy's memory will be honored during Jewish American Heritage Month at the West End Museum, in what remains of the neighborhood where he grew up.
The museum, set up to preserve the West End's history and polyglot culture, focuses each year on three of the main ethnic groups from the once immigrant-rich section of Boston that was largely leveled in the "urban renewal" projects that began in the late 1950s. The neighborhood's former Irish and Italian residents also came in for honors this year, and some went to current residents rather than posthumously.
BOSTON – With Mother's Day around the corner it's a good time to reflect on the hard work and dedication that every mom puts into raising a family, but conditions in some states may make it easier than in others.
Massachusetts ranks fifth in those terms, according to a study from the WalletHub.com personal-finance website, scoring about 56.3. Vermont topped the list, 63.9 and Connecticut placed third, at 58.2. Nevada ranked lowest at 34.6.
