Massachusetts
Massachusetts author hopes memoir inspires others impacted by poverty and addiction
DUXBURY – A Massachusetts author is sharing the story of her childhood growing up in a poor and violent neighborhood in Worcester. She hopes that by sharing her family’s history, others will find their way the way she did.
Mal Wrenn Corbin now lives in Duxbury. She told WBZ-TV that for years she brushed all she went through under the rug.
“I spent a lot of energy trying to blend in,” Wrenn Corbin said.
Now a Duxbury resident, Wrenn Corbin said her life wasn’t once as idyllic as it is now. She grew up in a household afflicted by poverty and addiction.
“Throughout my life people have always said wow, you really should write a book,” she said.
Today, she’s done just that. In her debut book, “Raising Wrenns: A Memoir,” Wrenn Corbin paints a history of Worcester in the 80s and 90s. She tells the story of a cycle of violence she somehow managed to escape.
“At that time in this particular neighborhood, Worcester was really plagued by poverty, homelessness, addiction issues, and violence,” she said.
She said her family was plagued by those same issues. By the time she was 15, Wrenn Corbin lived in 15 different places throughout the Main South neighborhood. She eventually lost her father to a shooting and her brother to suicide.
“I know a lot of people not just in Worcester, not just in Massachusetts, but everywhere face a lot of those similar challenges,” Wrenn Corbin said. “Even though there are a lot of challenges there in Worcester, there a lot of amazing people and resources.”
Wrenn Corbin leaned in on those resources, furthering her education and making her way to Dartmouth College to become a first-generation college graduate. Now a mother, wife and businesswoman, she turned her life around.
Her remarkable journey parallels the lives of actual wrens, a bird that has to fight for its place in the world.
“The wren is also really scrappy and feisty and I see a lot of that in the Wrenn family too,” the author said.
The book six years in the making wasn’t easy to write. Wrenn Corbin says looking back on some of those difficult days was hard but she hopes by revisiting those memories and sharing them with others she can help people struggling in similar situations.
“It’s a bit of a tough story but I hope a lot of people will find it to be inspirational,” she said.
To learn more, visit MalWrennCorbin.com. SDP Publishing Solutions, LLC released Raising Wrenns: A Memoir in both paperback and Kindle versions. The book is available through SDP Publishing, Amazon and other major retailers.
Massachusetts
Police investigating shooting that left a man injured in Chelsea
A police investigation is underway in after a shooting in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Overnight, police had blocked off the sidewalk outside of the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center on Everett Avenue.
Police say the victim was identified as a 30-year-old man who was shot twice.
The man has non life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.
Yellow crime scene tape was seen marking the area, and what appeared to be shattered glass was on the pavement nearby.
The incident is under investigation.
Massachusetts
Bay State museums make great winter excursions
It’s cold and gray and the idea of heading outside is literally chilling. You need beauty, history, intrigue and warmth.
Fortunately the Bay State is blessed with fantastic museums, both major institutions and small, unique versions.
Consider adding these museums to your cold winter venture list.
The One With the Heist
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (https://www.gardnermuseum.org) is worth a winter visit for its beautiful indoor courtyard, lovely café and intimate art display rooms.
But there’s so much more. First, the story behind how the museum was founded is told via photos and written word along one wall of the museum. It’s a great story with a female lead: Isabella herself commissioned it all after the art collector inherited just under $2 million back in the late 1800s.
But then there’s The Heist: the largest and still-unsolved art theft that went down in the wee hours of March 18, 1990 is the stuff of legend – and documentaries. Read up – or watch up – on it before a visit.
The One With the Murder Mystery
Did Lizzie Borden take an ax? Head down to Fall River and spend some time in the home where the infamous murders took place on Aug. 4, 1892. The Lizzie Borden House (https://lizzie-borden.com) offers property tours, ghost tours, cemetery tours and even a 10 p.m. -midnight ghost hunt.
The day tours are the only time you get access to every room, including the one that Abby Borden, Lizzie’s stepmother, was murdered in.
You can stay overnight should you wish, sleeping (or staying awake listening for ghostly creaks) where it all happened.
Hosts share facts and encourage opinion and speculation about the murders, the existence of ghosts and more.
“The Trial of Lizzie Borden” by Cara Robinson is a perfect fireside read, and will get you up to speed on all the nuances of the case before you visit.
The One with the Cat in the Hat
You never grow out of Dr. Seuss, and a winter visit to The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield (https://seussinspringfield.org) is a great place to celebrate Theodor Geisel – his childhood in Springfield, creativity, success and more.
There are family friendly games, amazing displays and a setting that warms your heart. You’re treated to kid-friendly biographical information, and a Seuss trivia quiz.
The One With the Heroes
The Hull Lifesaving Museum isn’t big, but it packs a huge and amazing story.
Located in the former Point Allerton US Lifesaving Station on Nantasket Avenue (https://www.hulllifesavingmuseum.org) which opened in 1889 under the leadership of Joshua James who is considered a “father” of the US Coast Guard, the museum celebrates not just the founding of the Coast Guard, but “skills, courage and caring,” the hallmarks of sea lifesaving programs,
You’ll learn about the history of these lifesaving skills, the people who helped innovate those programs and more about the sea, ships and more.
The Museum has a standing collection as well as special exhibits and is open year-round. Before your visit, read up on the deadly Great Blizzard of 1888 in which more than 200 ships were either grounded or wrecked on the East Coast.
Massachusetts
Search underway for missing woman Owen Kasozi in Beverly, last seen walking dog on Christmas Eve
BEVERLY – A search is underway in Massachusetts for missing woman Owen Kasozi, who police say is “possibly endangered.” Police said she was last seen on Tuesday at about 3 p.m. near the JC Phillips Nature Preserve in Beverly.
Her family tells WBZ-TV she was walking her dog at the time.
I-Team sources say police are looking into reports that Kasozi was walking or running after her dog when she went missing. A dog believed to be Kasozi’s was found wet in Topsfield, and her car was found nearby.
A Massachusetts State Police helicopter was helping to search the area around 801 Cabot St. in Beverly on Wednesday. Anyone who has seen Kasozi or has information is asked to call Beverly police at 978-922-1212.
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