CORONELLA: Print condition: Perusing old newspapers is the closest we can come to time travel
When Steve Coronella saved a few noteworthy copies of Boston's daily papers in August 1974, he knew he was preserving a piece of history
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CORONELLA: Good day sunshine: As a winter-born baby, I envy those who enjoy the bliss of a summer birthday
Winter or summer birthday? Which is the best? For Steve Coronella, it’s definitely not his wintertime birthday.
CORONELLA: Bestselling book docs are ruining my day at the beach
Our stalwart columnist Steve Coronella would be grateful if moonlighting MDs stuck to their day jobs
CORONELLA: Mirror image: How a chance encounter in a busy Cambridge supermarket uncovered my unlikely namesake
What happens when you meet someone with your exact same name? That happened to our columnist Steve Coronella when he was a college student.
OPINION: Medford comes out tops in Mother’s Day memoir
Medford native Steve Coronella calls his early life in Medford – ordinary. And how his mother was the best. Happy Mother's Day!
From Medford to Sicily, my postcards have shown the way
Remember postcards? Medford native Steve Coronella does. Check out his look back at the pre-digital travel souvenirs he has kept all these years.
Wasteful words: From an early age, I’ve been talking trash
At one time in his life, Steve Coronella considered a career in sanitation. Of course, he was only 8 years old at the time.
The return of the winter paunch is nothing to worry about — Just ask any squirrel
For Steve Coronella, the winter paunch has arrived just in time to celebrate not only the holidays, but a New England winter.
Sorry, professor, but supermarket managers deserve the next Nobel Prize in Economics
Since the Nobel Prize in Economics was established in the late 1960s, some notable – and at times controversial – names have scooped the annual honor, luminaries such as Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, and John Forbes Nash, the troubled math whiz portrayed by Russell Crowe to Oscar-winning effect in the 2001
Mapping my future: How two Oregon cities (one named Medford) foretold my life in Ireland
I’m a big fan of historical coincidences, the more outlandish and unpublicized the better. For instance, there’s the curious alignment of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson – revolutionary colleagues, then bitter rivals, and finally friends – who died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American
Hardball heaven: 25 years on, recalling a Cooperstown road trip with two Medford buddies
Three friends head down to Cooperstown to the Baseball Hall of Fame – and what an adventure for Boston Red Sox fans!
Welcome aboard: Growing old in Ireland means never having to top up your CharlieCard
In Ireland, senior citizen status brings a couple of significant perks. Columnist Steve Coronella tells you what he is looking forward to.
Paul Theroux and me: The nostalgic appeal of a Medford literary pilgrimage
Medford is the birthplace of the best-selling travel writer, novelist, and short story writer Paul Theroux.
With the Red Sox stuck in idle, here’s a promising baseball story. All the way from Ireland
Steve Coronella coaches Irish baseball...and finds Adam Macko on his team as an 11 year old.
Sites unseen: Why this clueless senior is happy to be a social media nobody
I never thought there’d come a time I’d be writing these four words, but here goes: Thank God I’m old. What makes me so grateful for being long in the tooth and gray in the mane? Well, having just passed a milestone birthday – I’m now entitled
Fire away: A Patriots’ Day holiday is a perfect fit for the rebel Irish
Nobody enjoys a day off work or values the past more than the Irish, so you’d think the Emerald Isle would be a bit more creative where its public holidays are concerned. As it is, the vast majority of them are religious in nature or designated, quite simply and