A sub-4:00 miler in college at the University of Michigan, Greg Meyer moved to Boston in the early 1980s to learn distance running from Bill Rodgers, coach Bill Squires, and the Greater Boston Track Club clan. The lessons took several years to stick, but paid off handsomely when Meyer won the 1983 Boston Marathon in 2:09:00. That makes him the last American male to have won Boston. The 1983 Boston was amazing in other ways: 84 guys, mostly Americans, ran sub-2:20, and 164 ran sub-2:25. Meyer, 57, will run Boston on April 15 with three of his children, and remains active in the sport as elite athlete Continue reading >>>

Braintree is known as being a "gateway" to the South Shore, and is a diverse community filled with large corporate parks, retail corridors and smaller, local business hubs. Therefore it is no suprise the town is fairly split among occupational classes. The “service class” has the highest share in Braintree, followed by the “creative class” and finally a small “working class” share, according to a report by The Atlantic Cities, which uses a map to show how class lines divide within and among Census tracts. The service sector fills in around a largely "creative" population in the Greater Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston has never had a problem attracting talent. The region’s 76 colleges and universities and almost 350,000 students virtually guarantee a steady stream of knowledge-workers-in-training. Our bigger challenge is keeping this young, educated population from leaving Massachusetts once they’ve crossed the stage and received their diplomas. Data presented from WCCP’s new Talent Magnets report show that too often we lump together all of these various reasons that push people out of the Commonwealth without regard for importance, timing, or life needs. We give each reason equal weight, Continue reading >>>

STONEHAM – Since its inception in 1897, the Boston Marathon has become more than just a race.  The 26.2 mile run is not just an opportunity for individuals to reach personal goals or a day to celebrate the Greater Boston community.  For some, it means much more. Stoneham Theatre began participating in the Boston Marathon four years ago in memory of Producing Artistic Director Weylin Symes’ twin brother, Gavin. “I ran my first Marathon in 2010, less than a year after Gavin’s death,” Continue reading >>>

When he came to office in 1993 Thomas Menino, may have understood better than many that Boston had to change. He was, after all, a member of an ethnic minority and Boston’s first Italian-American mayor. He understood that the old battles across the fault lines of Yankee and Irish, town and gown, black and white, native and immigrant, Catholic and Protestant, Southie and Roxbury, public and parochial (and now charter), gay and straight, downtown and neighborhood were making Boston increasingly dysfunctional. Lots of people were working on building bridges across those divides; but it made a major Continue reading >>>

Bedford resident Paul Wiggin rarely raises his voice – except in song. And he’s been doing that for almost eight decades. Part of the time, his youthful lyric tenor is put to the service of the nearly 40-year old organization he founded, MUSE, Inc. (which stands for Music for Shut-In Elders). The non-profit organization serves 100 towns around Greater Boston, sending classically trained vocalists into nursing homes, adult day care facilities and retirement communities to bring comfort and delight to the elderly. But Wiggin’s other major musical commitment is with Continue reading >>>

   Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston joins with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) to celebrate National Social Work Month, March 2013. “Our social workers play an integral role within our interdisciplinary team, and strive to provide the best care to patients and families, no matter what their needs may be,” said Judy Cranney, vice president and chief pperating officer for the non-profit organization. All of the Social Workers at Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston have earned a master’s degree in Social Work, and have achieved Continue reading >>>

  Lexington is known as a hub of innovation and intellectual capital, so it’s no shocker then that Census tracts indicate the “creative class” has a stronghold here. The “creative class” has the highest share of the local workforce in Lexington, followed by the “service class” and finally a small “working class” share, according to a report by The Atlantic Cities, which uses a map to show how class lines divide within and among Census tracts. Creativity reigns not only in Lexington, but in many of the other affluent suburbs to the north and west of Boston, according to the Atlantic Continue reading >>>

A local woman has been indicted in connection with running a human trafficking and prostitution operation in Greater Boston. Crystal Emerson, 29, was indicted Thursday by a Suffolk County grand jury on one count of conspiracy to traffic persons for sexual servitude. According to Attorney General Martha Coakley, Emerson helped 49-year-old Dorchester resident Michael Leoney run a ring that operated in hotels and private residences in the Boston area. The grand jury indicted Leoney Thursday on charges of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, conspiracy to traffic Continue reading >>>

A Dorchester man and a Plymouth woman have been indicted in connection with running a human trafficking and prostitution operation in Greater Boston. A Suffolk County grand jury on Thursday handed up indictments against Crystal Emerson, 29, and Michael Leoney, 49. “We allege (Leoney), with assistance from (Emerson), exploited multiple women by transporting them to engage in commercial sex and arranging for their advertisements online, and then kept the profits from this operation,” state Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement released Thursday. “This Continue reading >>>