MEDFORD, Mass. — PixarBio Corporation today announced that its CEO Frank Reynolds is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Greater Boston Chapter (GBC) of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). The award will be presented at the 22nd annual RISE Above Paralysis Gala on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Boston’s Hyatt Harborside Hotel.“Frank Reynolds suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury in 1992,” said David Estrada, former Executive Director of the GBC. “Since that time, he has been committed to enhancing Continue reading >>>

Here's Miller: The requirements to obtain a real estate license are laughable. To obtain a license to sell real estate in Georgia, one is required to pass a background check, sit and pass a 75-hour prelicense course, then sit a 25-hour post-license course within a year. There are no experience requirements for a salesperson?s license. What about Massachusetts? Well here's what I wrote a couple years back in my weekly Banker Tradesman column. Sadly, not much has changed. Want to be a real estate agent here in Massachusetts? No problem. Park your body in a classroom for a couple days, take Continue reading >>>

MEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PixarBio Corporation today announced that its CEO Frank Reynolds is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Greater Boston Chapter (GBC) of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). The award will be presented at the 22nd annual RISE Above Paralysis Gala on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Boston’s Hyatt Harborside Hotel. “Frank Reynolds suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury in 1992,” said David Estrada, former Executive Director of the GBC. “Since that time, Continue reading >>>

According to the National Weather Service if you can hold on through the cold today there is a bit of a warm-up coming your way. After temperatures that will remain in the 20s today, the Greater Boston area will experience a 10-15 degree warm-up beginning on Friday with temps reaching into the high 30s or even the low 40s. The mellower temperatures should remain with us throughout the weekend despite the fact that the area could experience an intermittent snow shower, especially on Saturday evening when a weak cold front pushes through. Apparently we are not out of the winter weather as Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Mass. — This month, Boston’s TOD@S collaborative published a community assessment that provides greater insight into responding to the needs of Black and Latin@ LGBQ/T survivors of partner abuse in the Greater Boston area. TOD@S is an interagency collaboration between The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, The Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health, The Network / La Red, and Renewal House (a program of the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry). Since 2012, the collaborative has worked to improve and increase access to intervention and prevention services for Black and Latin@ Continue reading >>>

Boston area hotels did well in January despite several snow storms. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Despite several headline-grabbing snow storms, Continue reading >>>

Boston is by no means the fashion capital of the world, unless your world is overwhelmingly populated by The North Face jackets and UGG boots. Despite this fact, we do have our fair share of hidden gems when it comes to retail — particularly with secondhand boutiques. For all you fashion-lovers who can appreciate the thrill of the hunt, who would prefer to don vintage Versace to your average department store brand, and who don’t mind digging around a bit for the sake of your ever-growing wardrobe, here is a compilation of some of the best consignment shops worth exploring in Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — President Obama was in Greater Boston Wednesday night raising money for his party, as he tries to preserve a Democratic Senate in this fall’s election. The president addressed two small groups of donors, first at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, then at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in South Boston. After his arrival at Logan Airport Wednesday afternoon, President Obama talks with Boston Mayor Mayor Martin Walsh, as Gov. Deval Patrick looks on. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) As Obama made his way through the city, protesters met him at various points. In Cambridge, Continue reading >>>

BOSTON—Meet Selina Banerjee, a 13-year-old 8th-grader at the Boston Latin School, who has produced her first professional CD, which will be released during the upcoming Learn Quest Academy of Music Conference April 18-20 in Greater Boston. She is Learn Quest Academy's first student to producer her own album."It is a very proud moment for Learn Quest that one of our students has produced a professional CD after learning music at the school for six years," said Pradeep Shukla, president of Learn Quest Academy of Music. "She started learning Continue reading >>>

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