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A dozen decades ago, anyone searching for a bite to eat downtown after dark gravitated to nighttime lunch wagons — the original food trucks. “Lunch wagons are now considered the proper thing in cities and large town,” read an 1892 Berkshire Eagle report, “and are said to be a success financially. They are patronized mostly in the night time and now the festive Mason, Red Man and Odd Fellow can get a square meal at thirteen o’clock in the morning without calling up his wife or servant girl.” Thomas H. Buckley of Worcester prospered by building night-lunch vehicles...

On 27 June 1963, the Freedom of Wexford was conferred upon the thirty-fifth President of the United States. At Redmond Place, along the quayside in Wexford town, ‘a special platform had been dressed in the national colours of America and Ireland’ for the occasion and ‘from its four corners the Stars and Stripes and Tricolour made a brave display in the seaside breeze’. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was ‘obviously moved’ as he leaned forward to sign the Roll of Freemen, making him only the thirteenth freeman of the ancient Irish borough. To ‘a tumult of cheering,’ the Mayor of Wexfo...

From March 11th to the 17th, Krispy Kreme is offering a special Luck O’ the Doughnuts Collection with four new treats: Lucky Gold Coin Doughnut – An Original Glazed® doughnut dipped in white icing, decorated with a green icing swirl and sprinkled with lucky gold coins.   ​ Lucky Sprinkles Doughnut – An Original Glazed doughnut dipped in green icing and topped with a festive shamrock sprinkle blend. ​ Lucky Unicorn Doughnut – An Original Glazed doughnut filled with KREME™, dipped in white icing and hand decorated to resemble a magical unicorn.  ​ Lucky Leprechaun Doughnut �...

The Merchant’s House Museum is celebrating Women’s History Month with a weekly reading series featuring 19th century short stories written by American women authors. Every Sunday at 4 p.m. throughout March, join the museum in celebrating the “women who dared,” trailblazing writers who found success in a male-dominated industry despite obvious barriers. Following the readings by museum historian Ann Haddad, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with literary and feminist scholar Elaine Showalter, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University. Tune in via Facebook or Youtube. As a dua...

A family-centered approach for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children shows positive results in reducing behaviors such as inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, a new study shows. In the United States, diagnoses of the disorder, known as ADHD, in children have increased dramatically in recent decades, affecting 6-7% of children and adolescents. One of the most common mental disorders affecting children, ADHD is often treated with medication, especially stimulants that help to modulate dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain. For the study, published in ...