By Ed Donga

The Enterprise


Posted Aug. 8, 2014 @ 6:00 am

Mayor Marty Walsh became the latest notable Bostonian to take part in the ice bucket challenge, an initiative to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Walsh posted a video on Facebook Wednesday evening of himself completing the challenge, and also called on local journalists to take the challenge. Here is video of Walsh doing the ice bucket challenge: The ice bucket challenge, which has become a trend on social media, is an initiative to raise awareness and money for ALS. The initiative was started by former Boston College baseball player Pete Frates, who was diagnosed with Continue reading >>>

Fresh off their win in the 2014 Improper Bostonian ‘Best’ awards for Best Dance Party (which seems like a routine thing by now), Soulelujah will soon be taking it outside. The long-standing Saturday night soul night at Zuzu recently expanded to the far reaches of the Middle East to ease overcrowding inside the Cambridge club, but this Friday night they’ll have as much space as any party imaginable: Boston’s City Hall Plaza. For the special outdoor dance party, Soulelujah will join forces with Cultures of Soul for their first-ever Funk Summit, a free, all-ages event that runs from 6 p.m. Continue reading >>>

Haystack allows people to sell their on-street city parking spaces to others for a fee. David Harris Tech Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter It always Continue reading >>>

Katy Perry spent her weekend in Boston hanging out just like a local. On Sunday afternoon, Perry stopped by Dunkin' Donuts in the suburb of Stoneham, Massachusetts, where she and her entourage feasted on coffee, sandwiches, munchkins, and donuts. Dressed in a black-and-white plaid skirt and black crop top, Perry sipped a medium hot coffee and snapped photos with fellow caffeine lovers in front of Dunkin', even posting her own picture of her crew in front of the store. She made sure to bring another famous Bostonian: The Office star B.J. Novak, who was by her side in a Red Sox hat. "She was very Continue reading >>>

George Herbert Payne had almost completed his degree at Jesus College, Cambridge, when war was declared on August 4, 1914. Just 22 days later he was killed in action, one of the first Bostonian casualties of the First World War.Historian Willam M. Hunt, author of A Town Remembers, spoke to reporter Duncan Browne about some of our townsfolk who gave their lives for their country... In Le Cateau Military Cemetery in France lies a grave with the inscription ‘Tell England Ye Who Pass We Died For Her So Rest Content’.That spot - plot three, row C, grave three - is Continue reading >>>

The energy level was at full capacity at LA’s Fabulous Forum Wednesday night (July 30) as legendary Bostonian rockers Aerosmith took to the stage for their “Let Rock Rule” tour featuring special guest Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. Having ruled the airwaves with several rock hits throughout the ’70s, ’80s and the better part of the ’90s, Aerosmith have had years to perfect its live show, and it was clear last night that they’re still on top of their game. Breaking out with the 1976 hit “Back In The Saddle,” the “demon of screamin'” himself, Steven Tyler, Continue reading >>>

Debt, or “credit,” isn’t always a bad thing though. Taking on student loans can help pay for college, and paying a home mortgage on time builds equity. The study confirms this idea, which might seem a bit paradoxical at first. Debt is concentrated in areas with high household income (because you’re more like to get access to credit from a bank if you have a good income), and high housing prices (because people need—and can afford—to take out mortgages to buy a house). It’s no surprise, then, that New England has some of the highest debt concentration in the country. Massachusetts’s Continue reading >>>

Bostonian Vinay Rajur, who has been a member of the Cornell Bhangra team for the past three years, is campaigning hard for his team to participate in the America Got Talent competition. Cornell Bhangra team was recently featured on Today show and has been chosen as finalists for the top 50 spots to get onto the America's Got Talent live round. The team is looking for votes via this link: today.com/agt. If you want to support the team, you can click "Log in to vote" and then click "Sign in with Facebook" to vote for Cornell Bhangra. The team has been working hard to share this unique dance form Continue reading >>>

Charlotte Premium Outlets will hold its grand opening on July 31. The nearly 400,000-square-foot Steele Creek outlet center is being built on a 40-acre parcel on the west side of Interstate 485, between Shopton and Steele Creek roads. Jennifer Thomas Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Continue reading >>>