Byline: Chuck Ross John M. Higgins, 45, business editor of the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable, died last week after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Higgins' death stunned the tight-knit world of top executives in the cable TV industry, where he was...

Some extra-innings heroics by sophomore catcher Joslin Higgins helped Concord-Carlisle (17-0) overcome visiting Westford Academy, 1- 0, in softball yesterday. With a runner on second in the eighth, Higgins caught a pop behind the plate, spun, and picked off the runner, who had...

They say the pity of youth is that it's wasted on the young. Since we're well into our thirties and because we love the stories of Virginia Hamilton we must agree. Before motherhood descended upon us we could curl up in a corner with "Zeely" or "The Planet of Junior Brown" and cry all alone remembering … wishing … hoping about a childhood of our dreams. Now we gather child, dog and gerbils (after we have extracted their promise not to chew the book) ar...

[M. C. Higgins, the Great is] a composite of rich interwoven themes, strengthened by vivid characterization and a deep sense of place. (p. 194) Much of the story revolves around M. C.'s emotional tension as his love for the mountain conflicts with his belief that the family must leave its home. Further, his friendship with Ben Killburn is thwarted by his family's superstitious dread of the Killburns, whom they consider "witchy." In the end M. C. saves his home by building a wall ...

The richly detailed story of the Appalachian Hills [M. C. Higgins the Great,] tells of a few important days in the life of thirteen-year-old M. C. Higgins, self-styled "The Great."… Much of the story is devoted to the effect that two strangers had on M. C. One was a dude from the city, who was going through the hills making tape recordings of singers and their old songs. (M. C. was certain that when the dude heard his mother's magnificent voice, he would get her started on the wa...