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Maryellen Rogers passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Daily Item on 2024-02-27.

The result of Ogilvie's efforts is the thoroughly delightful The Dictionary People: The Unsung People Who Created the OED.

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth

Far from being created by a team of dons and professors, the Oxford English Dictionary was in fact the Wikipedia of its day - assembled by a vast army of ordinary people.

When John Buckey arrived in this charming seaside town in the summer of 2020, hired as superintendent of Marblehead Public Schools, he greeted his new role with optimism, even as the pandemic raged around him.

Just as school boards have become the center of culture wars across the country, so too have superintendents, caught up in clashes among warring political factions around incendiary issues such as book bans, critical race theory, sex education, and gender identity.

The former longtime councillor died on Feb. 11 at the age of 90

The last time there was a civic political party on the ballot was in 1988. Action 88 sent a mayor and four candidates to council and soon imploded

YOU ASKED: Before moving here, I vaguely remember many years back seeing the city name spelled out somehow, way up on the side of Mount Paul. It was sort of the same idea as the HOLLYWOOD sign but not as flashy. Can you tell me the history of that? Did