In mid-September, as the Malden eruv extension neared completion, excitement grew in the local Orthodox Jewish community, especially in the Goldberg home. The new, larger eruv would include the five-bedroom brick Mansard where Sam Goldberg, his wife, Ellen Zagorsky Goldberg, and three of their four daughters live. Finally. And once inside the eruv, the Goldbergs knew their home and neighborhood would be more accessible to other members of the Orthodox community, especially families with young children. “We are so looking forward to it,” Zagorsky Goldberg said a few days before work on the extension Continue reading >>>

OVER THE past 18 years, Paul Guzzi has led the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce with deftness. A former secretary of state and Wang Laboratories executive, he has harnessed connections from his past lives to make the chamber a source for interesting business programming and effective networking. He’s also been savvy about the political challenges business groups face in a state once known as “Taxachusetts.” Unlike its counterparts elsewhere, the Greater Boston Chamber has opted to tread lightly among lawmakers, and it has refrained from staking out inflexible positions. Now, with Guzzi’s Continue reading >>>

SUNDAY Mike Ryan (“Ten Minutes to Park Street”) reads at 1 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough ... Jim Vrabel (“A People’s History of the New Boston”) reads at 2 p.m. at Doyle’s Cafe, 3484 Washington St., Jamaica Plain ... Sarah Brannen (“Madame Martine”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord MONDAY Lawrence Wright (“Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge ($5 tickets at http://www.harvard.com/event/lawrence_wright1/) ...Karen Corsano and Continue reading >>>

Strong growth of technology and financial companies is increasing office rents across the region and fueling proposals for new office buildings from Route 128 to Cambridge and downtown Boston. In red hot East Cambridge, the area surrounding Kendall Square, average asking rents surged to $63.87 per square foot during the past three months, according to the real estate firm Transwestern RBJ. That was an 18 percent increase compared with the same period last year. Continue reading below In Boston, rents for top-rated space ticked up to $51.79. That represents only a slight increase from last Continue reading >>>

Before each of the 34 films showing at the Boston Film Festival from September 24th-28th,, 2014, foodtweeks celebrity ambassador, Kelly Le Brock will be advocating for the use of the app as well as bringing attention to September's Hunger Action Month. The Greater Boston Food Bank and foodtweeks are on a month long action oriented campaign to elevate awareness about hunger in America and to end it as part of a national effort lead by Feeding America. Part of this campaign was to develop special download codes for the festival (BostonFilmFest) and for all those who are not attending the festical Continue reading >>>

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LESS THAN a century ago, the Valley of Heart’s Delight boasted 8 million fruit trees, 18 fruit canneries, and 13 dried-fruit packing houses. The region achieved national fame as a leading supplier of fresh and processed apricots, prunes, cherries, and nuts. Across the country in Cambridge, “Nowhere Square” was a former salt marsh that had put itself on the map as home to one of the largest producers of fire hoses and bicycle tires in the country. Continue reading below Today, the story looks a bit different. The Valley of Heart’s Delight has rebranded itself as Silicon Valley, Continue reading >>>

Strong growth of technology and financial companies is increasing office rents across the region and fueling proposals for new office buildings from Route 128 to Cambridge and downtown Boston. In red hot East Cambridge, the area surrounding Kendall Square, average asking rents surged to $63.87 per square foot during the past three months, according to the real estate firm Transwestern RBJ. That was an 18 percent increase compared with the same period last year. Continue reading below In Boston, rents for top-rated space ticked up to $51.79. That represents only a slight increase from last Continue reading >>>

Bostonians are more culturally engaged and attend a greater number of cultural events per month compared with the national average, the Museum of Fine Arts said Friday. The MFA’s findings are the result of a study of the Boston area’s cultural audience titled “Culture Track 2014: Focus on Boston.” According to a statement from the MFA, 1,238 people from Boston, Greater Boston, and parts of New Hampshire answered online questions from February to March about their engagement in culture, for the first Boston edition of the survey. Continue reading below “This study, commissioned Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston host Emily Rooney joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan this week for another installment of her weekly list of obsessions and observations, "Emily's List." An unexpected addition to the list: her thoughts on our new version of the "Emily's List" theme music. ("I don't get it," she says.) The theme of this week's list? Phrases used (or, rather, overused) by both candidates and the media during elections. "We are at high season for cliches," Emily says. Notable examples include: "Virtual dead-heat" "Horse race" "Swing voters" or "Undecideds" ("What are you talking Continue reading >>>