03/14/2013| 06:05am US/Eastern InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions, today announced that the Company has renewed its support for the Greater Boston Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), a non-profit organization that offers programs and services to those with spinal cord injury and disease. InVivo will serve as a Premier sponsor at the RISE Above Paralysis Gala this Saturday, Continue reading >>>

Last Friday began the kickoff of Boston Beer Week, a weeklong celebration of brews throughout the Greater Boston area. The annual event highlights the people, places, and events that showcase the best of Boston’s beer scene. Now in its fourth year, Boston Beer Week 2013 will feature over 100 events over the course of 10 days. Liquor stores, breweries, and restaurants all across the state will be holding events and social gatherings. From casual tastings to rowdy bar crawls, there’s something for everyone in the weeklong celebration. The greater Boston area has around 40 breweries Continue reading >>>

PoemWorks Director Barbara Helfgott Hyett When I met Barbara, I was a writer in my heart but not on the page. Her workshop helped me craft my dream." Chestnut Hill, MA (PRWEB) March 13, 2013 PoemWorks, The Workshop for Publishing Poets (http://www.poemworks.com) celebrates the publication of 125 books of poetry by its members, and 30 years of service to the greater Boston arts and cultural community. The Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Mass. - When Kelly Sajous walked in 17 years ago as a helper with the Greater Boston Food Bank, he had no idea just what a perfect marriage this would be. Since emigrating from Haiti to New York in 1975, Sajous had worked on buildings and bridges, a far cry from his future duties coordinating thousands of volunteers in the fight against hunger. These days, Sajous commutes six times each week from his Wendell Street home in Pawtucket to the GBFB's headquarters in Dorchester, Mass., spending 53 hours coordinating, managing and training volunteers. In 2012, the GBFB reached a record 20,000 Continue reading >>>

Panelist Adam Reilly, a reporter for WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston," asked whether the country should stay the course on sequestration. The $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts over the next nine years will affect defense, national parks, NASA, and reduced Medicare payments to doctors, and other areas. They took effect on March 1 when the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama could not find an alternative to the plan -- a government-designed penalty in case of inaction during budget talks in 2011. The first set of cuts will total about $85 million during 2013. Reilly asked that with positive Continue reading >>>

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Porter Square Books, which has become an important outpost of literary life in Greater Boston in the past decade, has put itself up for sale. The four owners of the Cambridge store said that their business is healthy but that with most of the group being around retirement age it seemed like the right time to begin looking for a successor. Carol Stoltz, store president, said Tuesday that she and co-owners Dale Sczceblowski, who serves as general manager, Jane Dawson, who is a floor manager and oversees personnel, and Jane Jacobs, a buyer, have worked hard to make the store a community institution, Continue reading >>>

By Allison Thomasseau Statehouse Correspondent BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick, in a rare public appearance before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, pushed for his $1.9 billion tax proposal on Friday, pitching it as a way to stimulate economic growth and make investments for the state's future. "It's what we need to be economically strong in the future," Patrick said at the final budget hearing in the Statehouse's Gardner Auditorium. "If we want to grow, we need to invest." More than 30 advocacy groups also testified at the committee's final hearing on the governor's $34.8 billion Continue reading >>>