Yearly Archives: 2008

Memorial Service for Bunny Olenick

From Fred Barzyk A memorial service honoring the life of Bernice Olenick will be held on Sunday January 11th, at 2 pm at Stanetsky Memorial Chapels, 1668 Beacon Street, Brookline (1 block outbound/west of Washington St.). Following the service, there will be a reception at her apartment house, 1550 Beacon St. (1 block east of … | Read more.

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G. Franco Romagnoli, 82, Italian Chef

From The New York Times — 12/17/2008 G. Franco Romagnoli, who, with his wife, Margaret, helped introduce Americans to authentic Italian home cooking on the 1970s PBS series “The Romagnolis’ Table” and in a series of best-selling cookbooks, died Monday in Boston. He was 82 and lived in Watertown, Mass. His son Marco confirmed the … | Read more.

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Cherry Enoki, video editor, dies in climbing accident

From Cynthia Broner The WGBH community was saddened to learn of the passing of Cherry Enoki, former ‘GBHer and editor on many projects, including Postcards from Buster, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Design Squad and Nova ScienceNow. Cherry died Fri, 11/28 while climbing Mount Shasta in Northern California. “Cherry was an amazingly talented, passionate, invested friend … | Read more.

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James Armsey, 90, behind the scenes public broadcasting pioneer

From The New York Times James W. Armsey, a former Ford Foundation executive who directed more than $350 million in grants to universities in the 1960s while prompting the foundation to deny grants to segregated universities, died on Nov. 2 at his home in Urbana, Ill. He was 90. From 1956 through 1975, Mr. Armsey … | Read more.

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WGBH files suit over repairs for video wall

From the Boston Globe First of its kind in the region, the state-of-the-art display covering the western wall of the new WGBH headquarters debuted amid fanfare last year, when it began beaming an ever-changing array of images … But after generating lots of talk, and some distraction for passing motorists, the screen went dark five … | Read more.

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