Massachusetts

Salem’s Person of the Century: A pioneering champion of immigrants

Salem’s Person of the Century: A pioneering champion of immigrants

Mary McCleary

Next year, the city of Salem will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Caroline Emmerton, a champion of immigrants. In 1999, the Salem Evening News and its panel of local historians honored her as the "Person of the Century." Emmerton was an exceptional philanthropist who dedicated her time and fortune to help immigrants adjust to American culture through language classes, vocational training, parental support, and history programs. Her signature achievement was the enterprising settlement program, which has withstood the test of time and continues to help newcomers prosper in their new country. She also endowed programs for the elderly, widows, orphans, and the poor, as well as the public library and historic preservation works.

Skiing gets an early start in chilly Maine, Vermont
Maine

Skiing gets an early start in chilly Maine, Vermont

NBP Staff

New England ski areas opened to the public Monday, with Maine's Sunday River resort and Vermont's Killington both taking advantage of cold weather to coat some of their slopes with machine-made snow.

Sunday River, in Bethel, had top-to-bottom trails open for the day, the third-earliest opening in its 56-year history, thanks to snowmaking amid unusually cold weekend temperatures. But by Tuesday it had shut down lifts and said it would only operate on weekends at least until mid-November, according to its website.

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