Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat Martha Coakley participate in a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce debate. WBUR’s Bob Oakes, right, moderates. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) BOSTON — It’s a week before Election Day, and the leading Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker, will meet in their final broadcast debate Tuesday night. The debate, which begins at 7 p.m., will be broadcast on WBUR and other media outlets. Independent candidates Evan Falchuk, Jeff McCormick and Scott Lively were not invited. According to WBUR’s most Continue reading >>>

Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker stand together at a Greater Boston Interfaith Organization candidates forum at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Boston on Sunday. (Michael Dwyer/AP) BOSTON — Many polls, including WBUR’s most recent survey, show the race for governor is neck-and-neck between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker. Some analysts have suggested that with Election Day inching closer, the two front-runners have shied away from drawing sharp distinctions, in an effort to win over unenrolled voters. But if you listen closely, there are Continue reading >>>

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is set to salute its 2014 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders with an award whose previous recipients include President John F. Kennedy and conductor Leonard Bernstein.This year’s awards presentation is scheduled to take place at a Wednesday evening event at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Continue reading below Honorees for 2014 include Thabiti Brown, principal of Codman Academy Charter Public School; National Grid executive Jorge Calzada; Michelle Dipp, MD, chief executive and co-founder of OvaScience Inc.; Jonathan Feinman, Continue reading >>>

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Baldor Boston continually expanding conventional, organic and specialty lines by Christina DiMartino | October 27, 2014 “We’ve been super-busy here at our Boston location,” Glenn Messinger, general manager of Baldor Boston told The Produce News. “We simply do not have a slow season.” Its parent company, Baldor Specialty Foods in the Bronx, NY, is a leading distributor of a full line of conventional, organic and specialty foods, and it feeds the Boston facility with the same high-quality products it offers its customers Continue reading >>>

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Posted Oct. 27, 2014 @ 12:01 am

This year’s race for governor unfolds beneath mostly sunny skies. In the last eight years, Massachusetts withstood a brutal recession far better than most states did. It came through a terrorist bombing more unified than it had been. Greater Boston’s innovation economy is thriving, and a construction boom is reshaping the skyline. In the major-party candidates — Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat Martha Coakley — voters are lucky to have two experienced, trustworthy public servants who can capably govern a state whose schools and hospitals are the envy of the Continue reading >>>

For Malden coach Joe Pappagallo, his team’s immediate rematch with Everett comes down to a mix of psychology, physics, geometry, and history.The Golden Tornadoes (5-2, 1-1 Greater Boston) will look to upset the Crimson Tide (6-1, 3-0) in the quarterfinals of the Division 1 North playoffs Friday at 7 p.m. The Everett-Malden game was part of the playoff matchups announced by the MIAA Sunday. Quarterfinal play begins Friday in Eastern and Central Mass. Continue reading below Everett beat visiting Malden, 42-27, last Friday in a much closer game than most anticipated. Continue reading >>>

HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. HEATHER? COMMITMENT 2014. THIS IS THE START OF THE LAST FULL WEEK OF CAMPAIGNING BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR ARE FACING OFF. NINE DAYS LEFT, MARTHA COAKLEY AND CHARLIE BAKER APPEARING TOGETHER AT A FORUM HELD BY THE GREATER BOSTON INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION. MY MOM'S A DEMOCRAT, MY DAD'S A REPUBLICAN. BAKER CONTINUES TO CAST HIMSELF IN THE FINAL WEEKS AS A MODERATE REPUBLICAN. SOMETIMES I THOUGHT MY MOM WAS RIGHT. HE SAID HE'LL SUPPORT A NEW STEM SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND GETTING HEALTHCARE COSTS DOWN BUT HESITATED ON WHETHER Continue reading >>>

Ethan Miller/Getty Images FUNNY MENSCH Sunday, November 2 Angst-ridden comedian Richard Lewis of Curb Your Enthusiasm will kvetch his way into Greater Boston November 2 at 2 p.m. at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton, as part of his “Tracks of My Fears” stand-up tour. Tickets are $35. 617-965-5226; bostonjcc.org MASTER OF SUSPENSE Friday, October 31 No one does spine-tingling thrills better than Boston-born author Edgar Allan Poe. For a spooky spectacle this All Hallows’ Eve, consider the 90-minute, one-act production Continue reading >>>