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A House Of Cards
Among the many difficult classes at MIT: toy design. Seriously. “It seems silly,” admits Nate Fox, a 2008 Staples grad now majoring in mechanical engineering. Nate Fox pitches his idea. “But toy...
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Oysters Float Jean Paul Vellotti’s Boat
If Jean Paul Vellotti has his way, the Black Duck won’t be the only Westport restaurant literally on the water. The local resident has his eyes on the Laurel. He calls it “America’s oldest and most...
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Matt Scanlan, Cashmere Tie Mongolia To Westport
The tagline for “06880″ is “Where Westport meets the world.” And that includes Mongolia. Matt Scanlan is a Westport native. He left Staples after his junior year — he would have graduated in 2006 — and...
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Charles Adler’s Kickstarter Start
From time to time, I’ve written about Westporters and their Kickstarter projects. But I never knew that Kickstarter — the pledge-online website that’s funded over 38,000 creative projects, including...
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Hillary Frank’s “Longest Shortest Time”
A while back, Hillary Frank had a rough delivery. Then her episiotomy busted; the Staples graduate had to be re-cut and stitched. For the first 2 months of her baby’s life, Hillary could not walk,...
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Jane’s Green’s Cottage — And Cookbook
It’s been quite a month for Jane Green. Today, her “creaky cottage on the creek” is featured in the New York Times‘ “What I Love” feature of the Real Estate section. Okay, the paper admits, the...
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David Pogue Kicks “NOVA” Into High Gear
In his books and columns, through his videos and with his talks, David Pogue teaches all of us how to navigate the world. He seems to know everything, about everything. But the tech and life-hack...
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Charles Adler Gets His Degree
The last time “06880” checked in with Charles Adler, the 1992 Staples High School grad was a co-founder of Kickstarter. Since 2009, 6.4 million users have used the online platform to pledge over $2...
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