Category Archives: Stories I’ve written

By Bill Fonda In the summer of 2020, Mason Elementary School Superintendent/Principal Kristen Kivela was trying to come up with a plan to bring students back to school that fall, with some help from fifth-grade teacher Alexcina Leel. “We just spent the whole summer brainstorming, ‘How do we make this work?’” Kivela said.

By Bill Fonda About three days into a search for a missing person is what Doreen Michalak of Peterborough calls a “run for the finish line” that includes wondering if the person is still alive. “You just don’t know what you’re going to find,” she said. After being called with fellow New England K9 Search and Rescue volunteersContinue reading “Doreen Michalak of Peterborough and her dog Neeko find missing man in Vermont”

By Bill Fonda P.J. O’Rourke was an author of more than 20 books, including best-sellers such as the best-sellers “Parliament of Whores” and “Give War a Chance.” He was a conservative satirist, contributing editor at The Weekly Standard, a writer for publications such as The Atlantic, The American Spectator and Rolling Stone and a frequentContinue reading “Sharon author P.J. O’Rourke dies at 74”

By Bill Fonda It does not take much to make Chihiro Suzuki’s face light up, as I quickly learned the other day at Furnace Brook Middle School when I met her and her American host, Furnace Brook Principal Al Makein.

By Bill Fonda Sisters Carly and Sophie Antonioli of Acton saw the police and emergency vehicles near the La Casa Nostra restaurant in Paris as they were walking back to their hotel after dinner the night of Nov. 13. “At that point, we thought there was a fire, because otherwise, why would there be suchContinue reading “Acton sisters, mother talk about Paris attacks”

By Bill Fonda The state budget signed by Gov. Charlie Baker July 8 eliminated the $18.6 million kindergarten expansion grant program, but the cuts won’t affect Westford’s newly launched full-day kindergarten program, according to Superintendent Everett “Bill” Olsen.

By Bill Fonda Perhaps Don Detweiler of Concord and Frank Beckstein III of Boxborough should get together sometime.

By Bill Fonda Sarah Trussell of Lancaster had reached the front of the line at Willow Books, with her copy of Rob Gronkowski’s book “It’s Good to be Gronk” ready to be signed by the New England Patriots tight end …

By Bill Fonda As her 2-year-old son Noah played in the cargo net climb at Discovery Woods at the Discovery Museums in Acton July 16, Qi Wang of Lexington said the little boy’s behavior was out of the ordinary.

By Bill Fonda Lynn Zhang of Acton held up her camera to capture the morning sky as she waited for the 7:08 train to Boston at the new South Acton MBTA station Dec. 21.