ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER, Germany — Cloaked in black and brandishing a deadly medieval weapon, Hans-Georg Baumgartner strides purposefully into Market Square at dusk. The crowd parts — not out of fear ...

SOMERSET, Mass. (WPRI) — He stood guard at the corner of County and Buffinton Streets. Jacob Raposa – wearing a yellow vest with a police scanner in hand – was the unofficial watchman of Somerset.

The 15th-century German man would sing the ‘all’s well’ tune at the top of the hour through the night. The walled town of Rothenburg, midway between Frankfurt and Munich, offers the best look possible ...

But the real star is the dashing Baumgartner. Tall and lanky, with a billowing midnight cloak, tricorn hat and black boots, he stages a masterful entrance, emerging from an alley into Market Square, ...