Family Business

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - The three brothers were together again, something that doesn't happen nearly as often now that they are adults, now that their careers have taken them away from home, though they talk every day. Their parents were there, as they always have been. As happens in life, it wasn't just the five of them - it couldn't be. There were significant others and babies, and at least one camera crew. But for a while they were all crammed together on one couch, just like old times, and glued to the television.

The New England Patriots have hired Bill Belichick's son as a coaching assistant, making him the third generation of the family to try his hand as a football coach. The team said Thursday that Steve Belichick will join his father's staff. Bill Belichick's father, also named Steve, was a fullback who played for the Detroit Lions and coached in college, spending 33 years on the staff at Navy. The hire was among several New England coaching moves Thursday that included Matt Patricia being moved into the defensive coordinator slot.

The New England Patriots have hired Bill Belichick's son as a coaching assistant, making him the third generation of the family to try his hand as a football coach. The team said Thursday that Steve Belichick will join his father's staff. Bill Belichick's father, also named Steve, was a fullback who played for the Detroit Lions and coached in college, spending 33 years on the staff at Navy. The hire was among several New England coaching moves Thursday that included Matt Patricia being moved into the defensive coordinator slot.

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - The three brothers were together again, something that doesn't happen nearly as often now that they are adults, now that their careers have taken them away from home, though they talk every day. Their parents were there, as they always have been. As happens in life, it wasn't just the five of them - it couldn't be. There were significant others and babies, and at least one camera crew. But for a while they were all crammed together on one couch, just like old times, and glued to the television.

KELLIE CARROLL > 24 First-grade teacher WHY SHE'S A CATCH My intellect, sense of humor, and love of trying anything new HER PERFECT DATE Dinner followed by a movie, play, or comedy show WHAT HER EXES SAY I am a great kisser.   MARKO CACCIOLA > 22 Construction business manager HIS PERFECT SATURDAY Being near my boat with music, good people, and a nice day LAST THING HE READForbes magazine WHY HE'S A CATCH Optimistic, good listener, grounded 6:30 P.M. TRATTORIA PULCINELLA, CAMBRIDGE > GETTING A QUORUM MARKO I really...

She's not a monstress, but she plays one on the big screen: Reva Gogo, star of Filipino B-movies like "The Squid Children of Cebu" and "The Creature in the Cane. " The year is 1970 as Reva and her director boyfriend, Checkers, travel from Manila to Los Angeles, hoping a Hollywood filmmaker will revive their stalled careers. That the filmmaker turns out to be less Hollywood than low-rent Los Feliz, his set not on a studio soundstage but in his mother's Pasadena basement, is a disappointment but not a deal-breaker in "Monstress," the title story of Lysley Tenorio's compassionate and entertaining new...

Theodore Plotkin was many things: businessman and inventor, poet and welder, filmmaker and musician. His most important role, however, may have been as husband for 72 years to the successful artist Edna Hibel. "I cannot take credit for her outstanding accomplishments and renown," he wrote in 1963 for the 25th anniversary report of his Harvard College class, "but my contribution of encouragement and a sympathetic atmosphere presented no obstacles to her pursuit of the muse. " His wife said he was ahead of his time in the way he encouraged her...

Can’t wait until tomorrow. That’s when Kevin Reddington, a very fine lawyer, will try to explain why his client, Cathy Greig, should be let out on bail. This, of course, is the same Cathy Greig who spent 16 years on the run with her boyfriend, Whitey Bulger, not the nicest guy in the world. Whitey has probably put more people in the ground than O’Brien Funeral Home in Southie, and Cathy Greig was his willing and able traveling companion all those years on the lam. Reddington filed a memorandum opposing the government’s insistence that Greig remain locked up. The memo...

A son's ambivalence about his father's wish that he carry on the family business isn't new territory for film, as those requisite holiday viewings of "It's a Wonderful Life" just reminded us yet again. But what's different about the way this theme plays out in Jennifer Fox's documentary "My Reincarnation" is the people it involves: Tibetan Buddhist spiritual master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Yeshi, his Western-born, half-Italian son. Recognized from birth as the reincarnation of a famed lama, Yeshi wants none of that legacy.

It's checkout time at the Buy More. After five seasons, several timeslot changes, two weddings, a baby, dozens of incidences of cheating death, and countless explosions, the NBC spy dramedy "Chuck" is signing off tonight with back-to-back episodes starting at 8. For reasons never completely clear based on its accessibility and sweet charm, "Chuck" was never a huge ratings hit. While most folks with an average level of TV awareness could...

Q. I am engaged to a wonderful guy who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. He can no longer work and is home all day. He helps take care of the house, the pets, etc., and I work full time. This arrangement is fine with me. The only problem is: I have absolutely no time to myself. He expects me to be home and with him every second that I'm not working. If I go into another room to be alone for a while, he'll come in to see what I am doing. Occasionally, I make time to see my friends.

Jenna Fischer's girl-next-door accessibility has charmed viewers of "The Office" for eight seasons. And she takes that approachability into real life, posting honest descriptions on social media of what it's like to do a photo shoot or break into acting. Perhaps that's why in her latest project, a romantic comedy called "The Giant Mechanical Man," you want to see her win. Fischer's character Janice is a down-on-her-luck single woman who can't seem to get her life together and falls for a street performer played by Chris Messina.

KELLIE CARROLL > 24 First-grade teacher WHY SHE'S A CATCH My intellect, sense of humor, and love of trying anything new HER PERFECT DATE Dinner followed by a movie, play, or comedy show WHAT HER EXES SAY I am a great kisser.   MARKO CACCIOLA > 22 Construction business manager HIS PERFECT SATURDAY Being near my boat with music, good people, and a nice day LAST THING HE READForbes magazine WHY HE'S A CATCH Optimistic, good listener, grounded 6:30 P.M. TRATTORIA PULCINELLA, CAMBRIDGE > ...

WATERTOWN – As Anwar Souini describes it, he was browsing the North African section in a Central Square record store in Cambridge one day in 2006, when he came across a CD that intrigued him, by a group called Atlas Soul. That the shop even had a North African section was refreshing for Souini, who left Morocco to study in the United States in 2001, arriving at the University of Wyoming, of all places, a few weeks before 9/11. "I wasn't lucky," Souini says of the timing.

Theodore Plotkin was many things: businessman and inventor, poet and welder, filmmaker and musician. His most important role, however, may have been as husband for 72 years to the successful artist Edna Hibel. "I cannot take credit for her outstanding accomplishments and renown," he wrote in 1963 for the 25th anniversary report of his Harvard College class, "but my contribution of encouragement and a sympathetic atmosphere presented no obstacles to her pursuit of the muse. " His wife said he was ahead of his time in the way he encouraged her...

The airport in Stow was a grass landing strip in 1966 when Paul McPherson, an inventor who loved to fly, bought the land and renamed it Minute Man Air Field. The new airport opened in 1969 as a family business. McPherson's son, Don, then 23, paved the runway and began to manage the airport. His wife, Peg, opened a coffee shop called Peg's Place, where their daughter also worked. After just three years, Paul died in an airplane crash, probably caused by a heart attack, in Acton.

WATERTOWN – As Anwar Souini describes it, he was browsing the North African section in a Central Square record store in Cambridge one day in 2006, when he came across a CD that intrigued him, by a group called Atlas Soul. That the shop even had a North African section was refreshing for Souini, who left Morocco to study in the United States in 2001, arriving at the University of Wyoming, of all places, a few weeks before 9/11. "I wasn't lucky," Souini says of the timing.

FAIRFIELD, Vt. - Harold Howrigan, a champion of Vermont’s dairy industry who served on the Vermont Milk Commission under three governors, has died. He was 85. Mr. Howrigan, whose family has been in the dairy business in Franklin County since the mid-1800s, died Monday at his farmhouse in Fairfield. His family business, H.J. & A. Howrigan and Sons, was named Vermont’s dairy farm of the year in 2007. A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. today in St. Patrick’s Church in Fairfield.

She's not a monstress, but she plays one on the big screen: Reva Gogo, star of Filipino B-movies like "The Squid Children of Cebu" and "The Creature in the Cane. " The year is 1970 as Reva and her director boyfriend, Checkers, travel from Manila to Los Angeles, hoping a Hollywood filmmaker will revive their stalled careers. That the filmmaker turns out to be less Hollywood than low-rent Los Feliz, his set not on a studio soundstage but in his mother's Pasadena basement, is a disappointment but not a deal-breaker in "Monstress," the title story of Lysley Tenorio's compassionate and entertaining new...

It's checkout time at the Buy More. After five seasons, several timeslot changes, two weddings, a baby, dozens of incidences of cheating death, and countless explosions, the NBC spy dramedy "Chuck" is signing off tonight with back-to-back episodes starting at 8. For reasons never completely clear based on its accessibility and sweet charm, "Chuck" was never a huge ratings hit. While most folks with an average level of TV awareness could...