News    Images Footwear etc. Announces an Expanded Selection of Shoes in Varying Widths PRWEB.COM Newswire Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2013 Footwear etc. is pleased to announce that it has expanded its selection of shoes in narrow widths and shoes in wide widths from brands including New Balance, SAS, Clarks, Propet, David Tate, Trotters, SoftWalk, Aetrex, Ziera, Merrell, Apex, and Bostonian. These top-notch brands have been consistently popular, and now fulfill the needs of customers with narrow or wide feet as well. Each of these brands has a special Continue reading >>>

 News    Images PlanetShoes.com Carrying Bostonian Footwear PRWEB.COM Newswire Waltham, MA (PRWEB) August 29, 2013 PlanetShoes.com, a lifestyle retailer committed to helping people live healthier, more eco-friendly lives, is pleased to include Bostonian footwear within their unique assortment of men’s dress shoes. Owned by Clarks Companies since 1979, Bostonian’s commitment to tradition, style and comfort is unmatched in the men’s dress shoe world. This footwear company pioneered the first truly flexible leather dress shoe, offering footwear that Continue reading >>>

“What’s this batfleck that everybody’s talking about?” I was slow to the news on my Twitter feed, but I figured it out pretty quickly: Ben Affleck was named to play Batman in the next Superman movie. I immediately thought of a script for “Clark Kent Hunting,” with Affleck as a Bostonian Bruce Wayne. “Clark, every day I come and pick you up and we go to Justice League. We catch a few bad guys, have a few laughs, it’s great. But you know what the best part of my day is? The 10 seconds between when I pull up at the Fortress of Solitude and I get to your door and I think you won’t Continue reading >>>

In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington. Actor-singer Sammy Davis Jr., is at bottom right. (AP) August 28, 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his iconic “I have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. “It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s Continue reading >>>

So I was fortunate enough to spend some time in Boston this week during a conference for work. There is never quite enough time to actually see the city when you're at a conference but we were afforded some breaks. On one of my breaks I walked down Boylston Street to the place I had read about so much online. I sat on the side of a public library merely steps away from where the Boston marathon finish line is etched in the ground (fun fact, this library is the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States). As I watched people walk by I Continue reading >>>

A big-hearted Bostonian has stepped up to help a man who will be hit by fines today for hanging an American flag in violation of the rules at his fancy Fort Point building, even as a condo trustee is calling him a phony patriot.“He’s trying to rile people up with his fake patriotism,” trustee Sean McGrail said about Mark DiGiovanni, 52, who is using an American flag as a curtain in violation of the Congress Street building’s “white curtains only” rule. “When he bought it, the condo documents were very clear. In my opinion, he doesn’t want to hear ‘no.’ ”DiGiovanni yesterday Continue reading >>>

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - WSFA 12 News has reaction to a scathing letter from the state education department about Montgomery's public schools.  The letter was to inform Montgomery schools the state is extending its investigation into grade changing.  State Superintendent Dr. Tommy Bice says the investigation reveals widespread and systemic problems or deficiencies within the Montgomery school system; harsh words that surprised Montgomery's Superintendent and members of the school board. "What are you talking about?" School board President Eleanor Dawkins echoes the reaction of the other members Continue reading >>>

I love the Boston accent. There’s something strangely satisfying about the characteristic “r’s” – pronounced like “ah” as in “Caah” (for “car”) – which vanish after certain vowels and at the ends of words (“Ah you cahlin’ me wee-id?”) and reappear if the next word starts with a vowel (“I have no idear if the cah is pahked”). Combine this rhotic speech pattern (basically, how people pronounce their “r’s”) with the stretched-out “a’s”, as in “fah-thah (for “father”), and the widened “o’s” (“taw-nic” instead Continue reading >>>

Anyone in Boston who thinks mixed martial arts (MMA) is too violent for children under 18, has never been to Fenway Park when the Red Sox are playing the Yankees. Remember this? That sound is the crowd, by the way, hootin' and hollerin' as Jason Varitek uses his catcher's mitt to go deep on A-Rod. I know what you're thinking, those are hardly "fights" by the existing definition of the word. No problem, just direct your attention to the stands, where fans have a tendency to rumble on a whim. That's assuming they don't wait for you out in the street like these guys. At least when you throw Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Aug. 15, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Boosting its 30th anniversary celebrations, City Sports was crowned as Boston's top sporting goods retailer for 2013 by several local media outlets in their prestigious annual awards this summer.City Sports was honored by many of the city's top publications, garnering wins across various athletic categories in the annual awards bestowed by Boston Magazine, The Improper Bostonian, WGBH and Wicked Local all of which recognize Boston's best purveyors of food, products and services. The brand took 2013 honors for the following, as decided by a mix Continue reading >>>