Where’s Greater Boston’s next innovation hub? GrabCAD marketing guru Rob Stevens tells me his money is on Davis Square, where the growing company moved a few months ago. “Davis is the new Kendall Square,” Stevens said Thursday afternoon in GrabCAD’s spacious new digs at 38 Cameron Avenue. The startup, which helps engineers share computer aided design files, spent the previous year renting space on Third Street in Kendall. Feeling squeezed — literally, by cramped quarters, and figuratively, by high prices — the GrabCAD team took the operation four stops up the Red Line in April. Plenty Continue reading >>>

‘The Buncrana Banger’ John Hutchinson aims to grab the first title of his career when he battles American fighter Robert Brando-Hunt for the Greater Boston Light middleweight title at The Roxy in Boston, USA this Saturday, July 27. Unbeaten prospect Hutchinson has enjoyed a massive groundswell of support from the Massachusetts’ Irish community who have backed the Donegal boxer in numbers ahead of his American debut and he aims to reward their loyalty with knockout victory. Hutchinson’s first year in the pro ranks has been a resounding success and the 26-year-old fighter’s confidence Continue reading >>>

Rich Cawley, United Multi Family (UMF) Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be a hot commodity even with the recent increases in interest rates. Since May rates have climbed almost a percentage point impacting some deals that were already in process however due to limited inventory of quality properties there hasn't been a negative effect on pricing yet. For the first half of this year there have been 41 transactions, down from the 60 that occurred during the same period in 2012. Most of the decrease can be attributed to the sellers that decided to take Continue reading >>>

Where’s Greater Boston’s next innovation hub? GrabCAD marketing guru Rob Stevens tells me his money is on Davis Square, where the growing company moved a few months ago. “Davis is the new Kendall Square,” Stevens said Thursday afternoon in GrabCAD’s spacious new digs at 38 Cameron Avenue. The startup, which helps engineers share computer assisted design files, spent the previous year renting space on Third Street in Kendall. Feeling squeezed — literally, by cramped quarters, and figuratively, by high prices — the GrabCAD team took the operation four stops up the Red Line in April. Plenty Continue reading >>>

A community looking to provide strength and a community wanting to grow, that’s what stood out most to the Greater Boston area runners during the last 100 days, said John Raveling, the manager of Lexington’s Greater Boston Running Company store. On April 16 as the store opened for business - for the first time since the terrorist attacks on Boylston Street the day before - Raveling said customers started calling in. They were wondering if staff members had heard whether their friends and relatives were unscathed or if the worst had happened. "People usually call the Continue reading >>>

Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/25/2013 -- TotalCRE LLC is proud to announce the largest office space listing site in the Greater Boston, MA Area. With more than 15 million square feet of office space of different types, tenants who are looking for Boston office space can find numerous options in a single location. Not only is it easy to locate office space candidates, those looking for office space can also utilize a rich knowledge source of information to make better informed decisions. The commercial real estate service provider is geared to help organizations of all sizes and stages. "Powerful Continue reading >>>

The Boston Red Sox and their 3rd annual youth camp baseball program will be arriving in Beverly and eight other cities in the Greater Boston area for weeklong sessions spanning from June 24 through Aug. 19. “We are excited to bring the Red Sox camps to Beverly,” said Director of Boston Red Sox Summer Baseball Camps Brendan Sullivan. “It’s the number one way for young fans to get close to their favorite team. We’re really trying to create young leaders by putting them with other leaders. Baseball is a great sport to do that, and the most important thing is that Continue reading >>>

Boston, MA, July 25, 2013 --(PR.com)-- VBuilt Custom Homes today announced the launch of www.VBuiltCustomHomes.com as an informational portal with educational resources on things like what home improvements can actually save money, how to pick the right custom home builder, what to consider before any kitchen or bathroom remodeling project, and many other helpful tips on interior and exterior property remodeling and repair needs for Greater Boston Cape Area residents.Development of other community minded features for www.VBuiltCustomHomes.com are already underway, and new user awareness guides Continue reading >>>

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The El Gets Cutoff in 1987 Welcome to Dirty Old Boston, a blog saluting the bad old days of Greater Boston as regular people lived, laughed, played, and worked in a far grittier city than the one we see today as we sit in traffic jams, stand stalled on the T, walk, cab or bike our way around this lively little hamlet. Our time frame runs from the 1940's through 1987. The cutoff point is '87 because that is when the elevated Orange Line T came down and gentrification arose. We pictured the 'cutoff' of the El on Washington Street to illustrate this. We will also include dirty old photos from Continue reading >>>