Home  News and Featured Articles Tom Hanson, who skied over 4 million vertical feet for charity, earns "Ironman Award" Email this article to a friend   Printable Version Apr 11, 2012 - 11:26 AM By AlpineZone News CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (April 9, 2012) - Tom Hanson began the 2011-12 ski season with a goal. The longtime Sugarloafer and Treasurer of the Ski Museum of Maine wanted to ski 3 million vertical feet to raise money for the museum. Six months and 4.2 million Continue reading >>>

Home  News and Featured Articles April Storm Drops 19 Inches of New Snow on Killington Resort Email this article to a friend   Printable Version Apr 11, 2012 - 11:26 AM By AlpineZone News While most ski resorts in the East are closed, Killington Resort re-opens the K-1 Express Gondola and 35 trails KILLINGTON, Vt. (April 10, 2012) - Vermont's Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America, receives 19 inches of snow from spring snow Continue reading >>>

Home  News and Featured Articles Sunday River Plans Annual End-of-Season Ski Mania Email this article to a friend   Printable Version Apr 11, 2012 - 11:31 AM By AlpineZone News Resort offers free skiing and riding plus a passholder BBQ on April 15 Newry, Maine-Sunday River Resort is saying goodbye to its winter season on Sunday, April 15, with "Ski Mania," a day of free skiing and riding for all guests. Sunday also marks the resort's annual Passholder Appreciation BBQ Continue reading >>>

Published on Wednesday 11 April 2012 07:06 BOSTON bowler Bex Field has been crowned the ladies’ National Singles champion. Bex - who grew up in the area and represented Boston Indoor Bowling Club as a junior, before switching to Norfolk Club, Norwich - has followed in the footsteps of fellow Bostonian Chris Hiom.Chris won the title in the 1998 and 1999.Bex is no stranger Continue reading >>>

Published on Wednesday 11 April 2012 06:16 CHARLES Bateman has helped his United Autosports team to a fifth place finish in the British GT Championship at Oulton Park on Easter Monday. Bostonian Bateman, along with teammate Matt Bell, thought they had clinched victory in race one.Having built up a six-second lead between them they looked set to take the chequered flag, only Continue reading >>>

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    FRIENDS OF BOSTON’S HOMELESS CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY AT ANNUAL BEYOND SHELTER GALA WHAT:Friends of Boston’s Homeless, in celebration of 25 successful years of serving the city’s homeless, announces the annual Beyond Shelter benefit gala. Hosted by Mayor Thomas Menino and emceed by Founder John Rosenthal The Improper Bostonian’s Jonathan Soroff, the event will feature gourmet tastings by the city’s top chefs with live music by Canary, the Berklee Bob Marley Ensemble Band, and Mango Blue. Named one of Boston’s Top 100 events by BizBash magazine, over 20 restaurants Continue reading >>>

By Christina Bivona Local conductor Steven Karidoyanes and the New England Conservatory Youth Symphony had an opportunity most musicians dream of: Performing in Hungary and the Czech Republic on the conservatory’s 2011 Eastern Europe tour last summer. Karidoyanes, a native Bostonian, has been the music director and conductor for the conservatory’s Youth Symphony for the past eight years. This will also be his sixth year as music director of the Masterworks Chorale, based at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater, and his 18th year with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. “I’m Continue reading >>>

You dress up like your favorites. Jerseys and hats are to sports fans as homemade kimonos and neon wigs are to cosplayers. Sports fans' outfits might be deemed more “normal” in our society, but they serve the same purpose as the more outlandish ones that many anime fans wear: to celebrate -- and, in some sense, emulate -- admired individuals. Your passion infiltrates your “real life” in little ways. Is using a Boston Red Sox credit card any different from keeping your keys on an Edward Elric keychain? Is plastering your car with a “Stanley Cup Champions 2012” bumper sticker any stranger Continue reading >>>

Lisa van der Pool Broadcast/Social Media Editor - Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Nix’s Mate, set to open this month, will be the new anchor restaurant at the Hilton Downtown Boston/Financial District. The latest eatery from Bostonian Hospitality Group, Nix's Mate will serve up modern American cuisine, according to a news release from the group. The restaurant is located Continue reading >>>