2+ hour ago  (1197+ words) Fifty years ago, seven-year-old Michael Platt of Mattapan was one of the kids who watched awe-struck as the huge ships and aircraft passed by. His grandfather, Homer Baxter Platt, had brought him and his older brother to the city’s shore…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (666+ words) By Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor They had endured the vast impacts of the Great Depression up to the point when war intervened and big and little decisions had to be made in society and at home – where Chuck lived…...