The valor and selflessness displayed at the Boston Marathon bombings in April were spotlighted during Thursday’s event honoring dozens of firefighters from 18 cities and towns across Massachusetts for their heroics both on- and off-duty, including several from Brockton, Marshfield, Quincy, Scituate, Stoughton and Weymouth. Brockton firefighter and EMT Donald Gazerro and Stoughton Fire Capt. Robert O’Donnell were among those off-duty firefighters, volunteering and waiting for runners at the marathon finish line when the terrorists struck. “Without hesitation on- Continue reading >>>

WINCHESTER – 18 members of Winchester Hospital’s medical staff were honored as top-rated doctors in their respective specialties in the December special edition of Boston Magazine featuring the 2013 list of Top Docs in Greater Boston. This list is comprised of a total of 650 physicians selected by their peers in more than 50 specialties. Winchester Hospital’s honorees are colorectal surgeon Dennis Begos, MD, FACS, FASCRS of Commonwealth Surgical Associates in Stoneham; ophthalmologists David Gendelman, MD and Phillip Gendelman, MD of Burlington Eye Associates; Continue reading >>>

The valor and selflessness displayed at the Boston Marathon bombings in April were spotlighted during Thursday’s event honoring dozens of firefighters from 18 cities and towns across Massachusetts for their heroics both on- and off-duty, including several from Brockton, Marshfield, Quincy, Scituate, Stoughton and Weymouth. Brockton firefighter and EMT Donald Gazerro and Stoughton Fire Capt. Robert O’Donnell were among those off-duty firefighters, volunteering and waiting for runners at the marathon finish line when the terrorists struck. “Without hesitation on- Continue reading >>>

So how's that? Boston-area real estate values peaked at $604 billion in 2005, before going on a six year soon that bottomed out at $502 billion in 2011, Zillow finds. Since then, the real estate roller coaster has headed back up, and back up sharply, soaring $46 billion alone in 2013 to $568 billion. A repeat performance in 2014, or anything close to it, will bring us back to peak values in 2005, which stood at $604 billion, according to Zillow. One has to wonder whether it's all too much, too fast though. The startling speed with which prices are coming back seems very bubbly. The $46 billion Continue reading >>>

You’ve seen the boxes everywhere. Whether they’re at your workplace, a local fire station or car dealership, the cardboard boxes overflowing with toys are as synonymous with Christmas as any blinking tree or carol on the radio. For 66 years, the U.S Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program has helped make Christmas more enjoyable for millions of children in need. In the program’s Greater Boston region, which includes all of Suffolk County, Norfolk County and northern Plymouth County, residents donated roughly 150,000 toys this holiday season – about 10,000 Continue reading >>>

Globe Santa has been making Christmas merrier for local families since 1956, and for more than half its history, Eddie Doyle has been part of the effort. Doyle is known throughout Greater Boston as a longtime bartender at Beacon Hill’s Bull Finch Pub, later renamed Cheers in honor of the television show that took inspiration from the popular hangout. But these days, he may be more famous for his philanthropy than his whiskey sour. Doyle, 73, said his support for Globe Santa began in 1980, with a conversation he had with John Grasso, now owner of the local Halfway Café chain. “We were talking Continue reading >>>

Randolph School Committee elect member Abdi Ibrahim will be featured at a Meet and Greet at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, 100 Malcolm X Blvd., Roxbury, Friday, Dec. 20, from 6:30-9 p.m.

The event will celebrate Muslim elected leaders in Randolph, Cambridge and Greater Boston.  

 

BOSTON (WHDH) — Mayor Thomas Menino was honored Thursday during a renaming ceremony at the Hyde Park YMCA.

The Greater Boston YMCA is now named the Thomas M. Menino YMCA, signifying his commitment to the city.

As a child Menino spent his summers at the Hyde Park YMCA where he and thousands of other children found a home away from home

“To say I accept this, it’s really humbling to have a place that I knew when I was a kid,” Menino said.

Menino’s wife Angela was also in attendance at the ceremony.

BOSTON (WHDH) — Mayor Thomas Menino was honored Thursday during a renaming ceremony at the Hyde Park YMCA.

The Greater Boston YMCA is now named the Thomas M. Menino YMCA, signifying his commitment to the city.

As a child Menino spent his summers at the Hyde Park YMCA where he and thousands of other children found a home away from home

“To say I accept this, it’s really humbling to have a place that I knew when I was a kid,” Menino said.

Menino’s wife Angela was also in attendance at the ceremony.

Print this Article Email this Article Leading a commission to explore the feasibility of hosting the 2024 summer Olympics in Greater Boston, Suffolk Construction Chairman and CEO John Fish on Wednesday said planners should be creative in thinking about how to address housing and transportation needs."What about a gondola? Maybe we go up instead of down and build something temporary," Fish told the News Service after meeting with the commission, using the idea as an example of outside-the-box thinking he says is necessary Continue reading >>>