Andrea Shea

Poets of all ages from across the country travel to Polar Park, Worcester's minor league stadium, to celebrate America's national pastime through verse.

National Baseball Poetry Festival founder Steve Biondalillo acknowledges how niche the literary genre might seem to some.

One of the most famous baseball poems also has Worcester roots.

Hometown poet Ernest Thayer wrote Casey at the Bat Thayer in 1888.

For NPR News, I'm Andrea Shea.

Poets of all ages from across the country travel to Polar Park, Worcester's minor league stadium, to celebrate America's national pastime through verse.

National Baseball Poetry Festival founder Steve Biondalillo acknowledges how niche the literary genre might seem to some.

One of the most famous baseball poems also has Worcester roots.

Hometown poet Ernest Thayer wrote Casey at the Bat Thayer in 1888.

For NPR News, I'm Andrea Shea.

Salem's month-long Haunted Happenings Festival attracts a million visitors in October.

A lot of them head to the National Park Service Visitor Center for information and bathrooms.

When the government shutdown closed the center, Annie Harris, CEO of the nonprofit Essex Heritage that helps staff and run the facility, sent out a flurry of emails, including to the mayor.

The Park Service agreed to let Salem reopen the center if the community covered costs through Halloween weekend.

Within 48 hours, businesses and nonprofits raised $18,000, keeping the center open until November 2nd.

For NPR News, I'm Andrea Shea in Salem.

It's a really good study, and it's one that we should repeat in the United States.

Salem's month-long Haunted Happenings Festival attracts a million visitors in October.

A lot of them head to the National Park Service Visitor Center for information and bathrooms.

When the government shutdown closed the center, Annie Harris, CEO of the nonprofit Essex Heritage that helps staff and run the facility, sent out a flurry of emails, including to the mayor.