Name: Marisa Shocket Age: 30 City/State: Needham, Mass. Growing up in Newton, Marathon Monday was always one of the most exciting days of the year. The energy and community around it made a lasting ...

Each year in January, female friends, co-workers and family members of Nicola Shocket can count on receiving a phone call or e-mail. The message isn’t a New Year’s greeting or birthday invitation. The ...

Another institution in Baltimore’s Highlandtown neighborhood slipped into history yesterday when Nick D’Adamo Sr. closed his Shocket’s bargain store forever with copious tears and great warm hugs for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Rick Shocket sits on the floor of his Cary, N.C., bedroom, absorbed in building his latest Lego Bionicles creature. His concentration is interrupted by soft, hiccuplike squeaks that ...