SUNDAY: Edith Maxwell (“A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die”) reads at 1 p.m. at Jabberwocky Bookshop, the Tannery, 50 Water St., Newburyport … James Redfearn (“The Rising at Roxbury Crossing”) reads at 1 p.m. at the Irish Cultural Center of New England, 200 Boston Dr., Canton … Elizabeth Graver (“The End of the Point”) reads at 2 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford … David Fleming (“The Saturday Boy”) reads at 2 p.m. at Newtonville Books … Erika Robuck (“Call Me Zelda”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord MONDAY: Barbara Shapiro (“The Art Continue reading >>>

<!----> Make text smaller Make text larger Related Stories High school students from 24 schools from Bermuda, Maine, and the Greater Boston Area gathered Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, to discuss current global issues at the United Nations Association of Greater Boston’s (UNA-GB) 2013 Regional Model UN Conference (RMUN) held on the Northeastern University campus.The Bermudian delegation included: Isabella Benson; Sophie Booth; Leah Wright; Carolyn Soares; Caitlin Hyland and Sydney Mason.As participants in the RMUN conference, student Continue reading >>>

By Daniel B. Kline / Boston.com Staff

You may have seen the commercials, eaten there while traveling, or just heard about them from friends, but, there are a number of popular restaurant chains that may be big elsewhere, but have no presence in the Greater Boston area. We took a look at some of the most prominent ones that might be everywhere else, but they aren’t here.

Boston GAA – The Season So Far For the past 150 years the Irish and the city Boston have been synonymous with each other. Without getting into the history and ‘nitty gritty’ of it all, if you’ve ever been to Boston you’ll understand. Forget the cliched similarities to Dublin, and the pop culture references, it’s in the suburbs of Greater Boston where the Irish community has cemented itself and is currently thriving. The fact that Boston North-East GAA boast 42 different teams between Gaelic Football, Continue reading >>>

Don't get too excited about that cute cape or spiffy colonial you listed online. It may not really still be on the market after all. More than a few homes are being listed as active on popular real estate websites when in fact they are all but officially off the market, under agreement to a buyer but not yet officially sold. Fortunately, come May 21, MLS PIN will close this loophole, giving buyers a more accurate picture of what is actually for sale and what is under agreement and off the market. Yet it all comes a little late, with the spring selling season entering the fourth quarter here. To Continue reading >>>

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BOSTON (CBS) – The real estate market is back and that has a lot of people weighing their options. Should you sell, or remodel? Experts say there are a lot of things to consider, but most importantly is to remember the mistakes that led to the last real estate bubble. The Greater Boston real estate market is sizzling, just ask Jan Dolan, a real estate agent with clients chomping at the bit to buy. “It is challenging because there are very few houses on the market and when they come on there’s a lot of buyers rushing to get to them,” says Jan. That lack of inventory means big business Continue reading >>>

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--Janet Wolfe, Ph.D., President of Wolfe Laboratories, Inc. (WLI), was named Boston’s Entrepreneur of the Year by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes the achievements of small business owners and their contributions to the Greater Boston community. “Janet Wolfe is a savvy businesswoman whose company demonstrated exceptional financial growth, management innovation, workplace excellence, risk-taking, and social responsibility. Janet’s vision and passion Continue reading >>>

(NECN: John Moroney) - Old Ironsides goes out to sea only four or five times a year, but on Tuesday, she left her berth to honor the heroes of an important naval battle as well as the heroes of the Boston Marathon bombings.The deck of U.S.S. Constitution is a sacred place, and it's the perfect place to recognize the men and women who helped turn the tide of fear in Boston following the marathon attacks.First responders from Greater Boston spent part of day cruising around Boston Harbor on the nation's most famous battleship. At one point, Continue reading >>>

Training, timing and luck saved lives in the minutes after the Boston Marathon bombings, the president of Massachusetts General Hospital said today.“I think we are very proud … that of the 250 people that showed up at hospitals that day that were alive, every single one of them is still alive,” Peter Slavin, the president of MGH, told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.The twin bombs exploded on Boylston Street at 2:50 p.m. on Patriots Day — just 10 minutes before shift changes at the emergency and operating rooms inside the city’s hospitals. “We were double-staffed, as were Continue reading >>>