Recent Stories By Sean Cole
Published April 17, 2009
CAPE COD, Mass. — With summer around the corner, the hospitality industry is worried more people might opt to stay at home instead of going on vacation. Sean Cole reports on how the vacation season is shaping up from Cape Cod, Mass.
Published April 14, 2009
BOSTON — This tax season doesn’t have to be SO bad. Boston financial planner Lisa Peterson says money talk can often cause serious relationship strife. But she thinks she has a remedy: Talk about money with your partner and, more importantly, keep it sexy. Sean Cole reports.
Published January 2, 2009
BOSTON — With all the talk of “belt tightening” during this economic downturn, reporter Sean Cole takes a look at one industry sure to feel the squeeze.
Published December 13, 2007
BOSTON, Mass. — We go behind the barn doors of “The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves.”
Published July 3, 2007
BOSTON, Mass. — Boston versus Philadelphia: a tale of two cities waging battle over which one should be called “The Birthplace of America.”
Published April 17, 2007
BOSTON, Mass. — On tax deadline day, while you’re shaving deductions we’ve got a story about when taxes were a really hairy process.
Published April 5, 2007
NEW YORK, NY — We profile Louis Klein, who camps out each week for prized seats to “Saturday Night Live” in New York — and is now known as ruler of the standby-line.
Published December 28, 2006
BOSTON, Mass. — WBUR’s Sean Cole investigates the next generation of reporters: news-writing robots.
Published December 26, 2006
BOSTON, Mass. — We revisit John Hodgman, the Brookline Boy who’s become an “It” Boy on national TV.
Published November 28, 2006
BOSTON, Mass. — We revisit John Hodgman, the Brookline Boy who’s become the “It” Boy on national TV.
Published August 15, 2006
Boston, MA — Here’s a dilemma that most of us would like to face: How to tell the kids that Mom and Dad are rich.
Published August 3, 2006
BOSTON, MA — Marshall “Major” Taylor was the first African-American World Champion bicycle track racer. Now, his adopted hometown of Worcester is working to honor his legacy.
Published April 7, 2006
Lennox — CEOs retreat to the Berkshires to learn a thing or two from William Shakespeare:
Published February 2, 2006
Boston — Sean Cole follows the evacuation routes scattered throughout the city.
Published November 28, 2005
Boston, MA — Sean Cole investigates “The Speckled Band of Boston,” one of the oldest Sherlock Holmes fan clubs.
Published November 4, 2005
Brookline — Tomark his hometown’s 300th anniversary, writer John Hodgman has decided to re-stage the “The Little Gray Book Lectures” in Brookline.
Published October 17, 2005
Portland, ME — In case you haven’t heard, hula hooping is back. WBUR’s Sean Cole reports.
Published September 26, 2005
Hillsborough, NH — A member of the Lakota Nation plans a tribal village on a 40-acre buffalo farm in Hew Hampshire.
Published August 26, 2005
Welfleet, MA — Nestled in the dunes and overlooking the Atlantic, a Cape Cod roadhouse celebrates 25 years of rocking sunsets.
Published August 4, 2005
Boston, MA — Local teens learn play-by-play from the pros at summer camp.