WAYLAND — Back in the beginning — before the film-festival award, before the cease-and-desist letter and the threat of a lawsuit, before the attention from Congress and Amnesty International — before all that, Bill Haney had nothing more in mind than a few modest steps to improve healthcare in the Dominican Republic.

A treasure trove of timely tips, tools
It’s a wide, wide Web out there, with an ever-shifting virtual world of travel sites. And most of us are using the Internet to research or book trips. According to a 2005 study by the travel Industry Association of America , the Web was used in some aspect of planning for 75 percent of trips.

Long ago and far away for young and old alike
The Boston Early Music Festival presented two more concerts on Saturday night, and it was rather like a family get-together that changes tone once the youngsters are packed off to bed.

You pick it, you eat it
Like so much of summer, fresh local produce can be enjoyed for only a short time. Sure, you can stop at a farm stand, but why not go one better and go straight to the source? A number of area farmers open their fields to willing pickers and let you take home your harvest. Prices vary depending on the crop, …

Tofino s first sustainability camp: success all-round!
The Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation is pleased to announce that its first Sustainability Camp was a resounding success. Vrrrooommm 3! Apple Farming for Kids Vrrrooommm 3! Apple farming for Kids Customer Review: Favorite Video My son, age 3, loves this video. He buys apples everytime we go to the […]

Farrelly loves Nantucket Film Festival
Peter Farrelly doesn’t do film festivals, but he never misses a chance to be at Nantucket for the annual gathering of movie makers and film lovers. “I’ve never been to Sundance . . . and never done Cannes,” said Farrelly. “But I love coming over to Nantucket. I love it here. I love that audiences can see these films and …

The connection
There are stacks of photo albums on the coffee table with pictures of Emira when she was little — at Christmas, at Fenway Park, at Disney World with Goofy. Ken Bader still has the funny mask she made in art class, and the letters she wrote him when she was away for the summer: “Why haven’t you called me? I …

New medical drama ‘Heartland’ needs a dose of originality
“Heartland” is the kind of series that taints its actors with mediocrity. As transplant surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Grant , the usually likable Treat Williams becomes an irritatingly stock TV doctor — he’s arrogant, but oh-so-humane. And then Kari Matchett , so ethereal on “Invasion,” is reduced to playing the ex-wife who still loves the heroic doctor but can’t have him …

Lauper’s colors shine brightly
It started with a song, which accidentally became an anthem, and now has inspired — as host Margaret Cho introduced Saturday’s five-hour spectacle — the world’s first all-gay-icon music festival. The True Colors tour, which takes its name from Cyndi Lauper’s 1986 hit, benefits the Human Rights Campaign, and nowhere was the show’s message about celebrating freedom and diversity more …

Mozart sonatas sparkle at Early Music fest
The marathon of antiquarian activity that is the Boston Early Music Festival continued at pace on Friday, with an organ mini-festival, more than a dozen Fringe concerts at venues throughout the city, a birdsong-themed performance by Ensemble Clément Janequin , and two programs at Jordan Hall, among other events. I attended the pair of Jordan Hall concerts, the first of …

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