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Nine-year-old Ronan Mattin was so swept away by the music that he loudly exclaimed — for the packed auditorium to hear — “Wow!”

Source: The Kid Who ‘Put Everybody In Stitches’ At Boston Symphony Hall Has Been Found

Pretty cute…

BELMONT — Marie Tallmadge has thought at times what would happen if she fell at home and could not get up.

Source: Belmont phone check-in program giving peace of mind to seniors | Local News | laconiadailysun.com

It’s a great idea for many reasons. I’d love to see more places have a service like this.

New findings help explain the surprising discovery that exposure to flickering light reduces amyloid plaques in mice.

Source: Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer’s | MIT News

Pretty amazing. Human trials are just beginning.

Benny Ficeto isn’t letting his age slow him down and still works a four hour shift bagging groceries

Source: “I don’t want to stop”: 97-year-old veteran still hard at work – CBS News

Awesome. I want to be him.

This organization has been making a big impact on the lives of homeless children – and they do it all with small gifts and requests.

Source: Charity Has Been Secretly Fulfilling Small Wishes for Homeless Kids Who Could Use the Self-Esteem Boost

Neat idea. Small things can have a huge impact.

One load of laundry at a time.

Source: Clinton Foundation’s laundromat libraries aim to boost literacy — Quartz

Not just a neat idea, but the tip of a very interesting philosophy.

As a means of celebrating the centennial of Children’s Book Week, the Library of Congress has digitized dozens of rare children’s books online.

Source: Library of Congress Makes Dozens of Ultra-Rare Children’s Books Available For Free Online

To me this is one of the many promises of digital technology being fulfilled.

The Lambert family adopted Edgar last July and credit him with scaring off a would-be child-abductor who broke into their home April 28 in Franklin County.

Source: From ‘unadoptable’ to hero: Rescue dog saves three girls from possible abduction – pennlive.com

A very Good Boy indeed.

A special moment happened between a mother and son at Central Michigan University’s commencement ceremony.

Source: CMU honors mom who missed her ceremony

Now that’s pretty cool. Congratulations to both!

“I was like … ‘I can’t charge him for this,’” said former CIA case officer Marc Johnson. “I wanted him to have the tie with my congratulations on becoming a citizen.”

Source: A man put his patriotic tie on eBay. Then he learned the buyer needed it for a citizenship ceremony. – The Washington Post

(Important: a note about paywalls.)

What a great welcome to citizenship.