About 15 years ago, twin brothers Matthew and Martin Mullen competed in downtown North Adams at Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Ice Skating Rink as members of their college’s ice hockey team. Now, they are competitors on the “Southie Boys†team on the NBC reality television show, “Treasure Hunters.â€
The 37-year-old Boston natives attended Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (formerly North Adams State College) in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Martin, a sociology and business administration major, graduated in 1990. Matthew, who majored in sociology, graduated in 1992.
“Not only were they outstanding athletes, they were very, very good students – the type of kids you would like around the campus,†said Joe Zavattaro, retired athletic director and baseball coach for the College. “They were good kids and excellent people to have on our hockey team, representing the college.â€
In “Treasure Hunt,†10 multi-player teams compete in mental and physical challenges in their quest to find a hidden treasure, which NBC says will become the richest prize in television history. In the adventure reality show, the teams must avoid being eliminated as they travel to historically significant sites where they must decipher cryptic codes and puzzles, each of which contains a clue to the location of the prize.
The Mullen brothers now live in Southern California, where they have been firefighters for the Los Angeles Fire Department since 2000. They also are pursuing acting careers: Both have made commercials and have had several television jobs.
“Treasure Hunters†is on Monday night at 9 p.m. on NBC, Adelphia Cable channel 13. For more information, go to http://www.nbc.com /Treasure_Hunters/teams/southies_matthew.shtml
http://www.nbc.com /Treasure_Hunters/teams/southies_martin.shtml
http://www.southieboys.com
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Thank you for all your support and we just want to make North Adams and the city of Boston Proud. The best memories of my life were at NASC. Good luck always. the Mullen Twin
Community, Investment Keep Silver Screens Lit in the Berkshires
By John TownesSpecial to iBerkshires
This is the second of three articles in a series on the evolution and current status of movie theaters in Berkshire County. Read Part I here.
In the wake of the 2020 COVID pandemic and its disruptions to the film industry, the county lost its two largest multiplex cinemas.
The 10-screen Regal Cinema in the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough closed in 2022. Then in 2023, the eight-screen North Adams Movieplex in the Steeple City Plaza closed.
As a result, there are currently three full-time multi-screen movie theaters in the county — Images Cinema in Williamstown, the Beacon Cinema at 57 North St. in Pittsfield, and the Triplex Cinema at 70 Railroad St. in Great Barrington. These three surviving theaters in Berkshire County are totally separate operations and have their own individual histories and roles in their communities.
Nevertheless, there are also connections and common themes, including their downtown locations.
For a number of years, both the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington and the Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield were siblings. Both were founded and originally owned by Richard Stanley, a South County real estate developer and investor who is also active in community-revitalization initiatives. Both theaters were established as vehicles to stimulate their local downtowns.
In Great Barrington, the primary destination for movies for most of the 20th century was the historic downtown Mahaiwe Theater. However, in 1988, it was facing potential demolition. That triggered a long community campaign that successfully saved and restored it as the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.
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