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I'm a journalist in the Greater Boston area, currently covering Regional Growth and Development for WickedLocal.com, part of the USA Today Network.

I graduated from the University of Central Florida in May 2019 with a degree in Digital Journalism.

Before moving to Massachusetts, I worked as a reporter at a weekly newspaper in Oscoda, Michigan, and a daily newspaper in St. Augustine, Florida.

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Burlington Mall adapts, swaps retail for dining destinations

Even before the pandemic shuttered storefronts across the country, many retail giants like Sears were already on the verge of bankruptcy. But the loss of those large department stores has also cleared way for malls to re-envision their future — which seems to be the case at Burlington Mall. A slew of new restaurants have recently opened in what used to be the lower level of Sears, bringing dining experiences alongside retail anchors like Primark, Joss & Main and Land's End. Now Burlington Mal

1936 Concord estate scheduled for demolition serves as horror movie set

The Concord Historical Commission is hoping that when the new owners of the estate at 1075 Lowell Road demolish the home, its history is not lost with it. The house was designed by Concord architect Harry Little in 1936 for Brooks Stevens Jr. and his wife Janet Stevens. The Stevens family was known across Concord and Lowell for its role in the textile industry. Stevens died in 1981. According to the Concord Free Public Library, Little designed several architecturally significant buildings in t

How a true crime podcast fan helped identify the 11-year-old remains of her former teacher

How a true crime podcast fan helped identify the 11-year-old remains of her former teacher Officials in Maine have identified remains found more than a decade ago as Concord resident and teacher Christopher Roof, after a former student heard about the case on a true crime podcast. The announcement comes 40 years after the remains of his hotel heiress mother were discovered in the woods of Washington state. According to Maine State Police and the state Medical Examiner’s Office, the decomposed