[Image: A portion of the North End collage, courtesy of Ed Sokoloff] Newton resident and retired lawyer Ed Sokoloff has spent more than a decade photographing restaurants and other food establishments around Massachusetts and grouping them into collages. This fall, he has completed five: the North End (a portion of which is shown above), Greater Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and ice cream and yogurt around Massachusetts. "We believe that our montages are a new form of contemporary art, which will historically preserve restaurants in a manner not previously done," Sokoloff told Eater, Continue reading >>>

Across Greater Boston, college communities will be coming together to commemorate the alumni and students who have risked their lives to serve our country. Veterans Day ceremonies and other volunteer-focused events will be taking place throughout the day on local campuses in honor of the country's heroes. Below is a look at how you can celebrate. Boston College The Boston College Veterans Alumni Network will be hosting the 13th Annual Veterans Remembrance Mass and Ceremony, open to all alumni, veterans and members of the BC community. Mass will be held at the school's St. Ignatius parish Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Nov. 11, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light (www.northernlight.com) today announced it has made a $50,000 challenge grant to The Salvation Army to help fund this year's annual distribution of Thanksgiving food baskets to needy individuals and families in the Greater Boston area. Northern Light is hopeful that the $50,000 challenge will encourage other corporate and individual donors to give, as well, so that The Salvation Army can reach its goal of $100,000 for the Thanksgiving meals program.Each year, The Salvation Army provides Thanksgiving food baskets – which include Continue reading >>>

(NECN) - Do you want to be in pictures? Boston Casting founder and owner Angela Peri can help.Sixty-thousand people, from reality TV want-to-be's, to extras in some of Hollywood's biggest hits, got their starts with Boston Casting.Just how hot is the film industry in New England right now, and how can you nail an audition?Between the Massachusetts Film Tax Credit, the push for a new studio and universities with film programs, Greater Boston is becoming an even greater place for movie-making.Peri talks about the industry and how every movie Continue reading >>>

Early next year, the Supreme Court will take up McCullen v. Coakley, a case challenging the Massachusetts statute that requires anti-abortion protesters and “sidewalk counselors” to stay at least 35 feet away from abortion-clinic entrances. Signed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007, it is the strictest such “buffer zone” law in the nation; violators can be punished with up to 30 months in prison and fines as high as $5,000. But McCullen v. Coakley isn’t about abortion. It’s about freedom of speech. Can Massachusetts make it a crime for private citizens to stand on a public sidewalk Continue reading >>>

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers is in an excellent position fiscally and programmatically this year, according to Executive Director Paulo Pinto who spoke at the annual meeting held Oct. 22 in Cambridge. The agency, which serves Portuguese speakers and others throughout Greater Boston, Greater Lowell and the Framingham area, has a budget of more than $3 million for the first time in its 43-year history, said Pinto. Board President Elizabeth Chaves also announced that the agency’s endowment had reached a landmark $250,000 last June after 10 years of existence Continue reading >>>

(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Quincy, Mass.) - Members fo the Filipino American community in the Greater Boston area are expressing relief that Typhoon Haiyan did not do any more damage in the Philippines.Its power was felt across a wide swath of the Philippines as one of the strongest storm ever recorded, super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall across the central part of this Southeast Asian nation composed of more than 7,000 islands.Three quarters of a million people had to flee their homes.But the storm has an even wider reaching impact as American Continue reading >>>

Friday, November 8, 2013, 11:41am Weston-based GFC Development Inc. has received a 2013 silver PRISM award from the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston. The PRISM (Prestigious Results in Sales and Marketing) awards recognize the finest builders, developers, architects and other professionals in the industry. The company earned the award for its innovative and green design for 64 Catherine Continue reading >>>

(NECN) - What will a Marty Walsh administration mean for the Boston business community?Jim Klocke, executive vice president at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, goes on the record with NECN on Thursday to give his take on the mayor-elect."Some continuity with Tom Menino," said Klocke. "He's a business fan - he wants to see development, he wants to see business grow."Klocke also breaks down the casino proposals that voters recently knocked down and describes a new online source for economic growth.You can find that resource here.Tags: Continue reading >>>

Nearly one year ago, General Catalyst announced the inaugural pool of Boston-area students responsible for bringing a new source of capital to the city's college campuses. Rough Draft Ventures debuted as a way to foster the student startups being built in a city known for launching big-name companies out of Greater Boston's dorm rooms, including Dropbox, Facebook and HubSpot. On Thursday, Rough Draft announced the newest cohort of collegiates who will be investing anywhere between $5,000 to $25,000 in local student startups. "I feel really good about how diverse of a team we have, just in Continue reading >>>