CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—It’s being called an event with an extreme purpose. The late Rev. Haroutiun (Randy) Dagley and his wife Yeretsgin Patty (Sarkisian) Dagley with their two children, Sona and Sarkis, during happier times. Members of the Greater Boston community and beyond will gather for a memorial dance to benefit two children who were left parentless after subsequent deaths over the past decade. The loss of Rev. Haroutiun (Randy) Dagley and his beloved Yeretskin Patty (Sarkisian) to unrelated illnesses left a distinct void in the Armenian church. Among the immediate survivors Continue reading >>>

(Source: Marie Szaniszlo Boston Herald (MCT) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren yesterday raised the level of attack on GOP rival U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, drawing cheers as she blasted Brown for portraying himself as an everyman while he voted to block President Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board and voted against the president’s jobs bill. “I don’t care what kind of truck he drives or what kind of barn coat he wears,” Warren told union members and supporters at the Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day breakfast. “I care about how he votes.” Brown Continue reading >>>

By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Elizabeth Warren today summoned the memory of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, at the first Democratic National Convention since his death, as she tried to rally Democrats not just to her election campaign but the reelection of President Obama. The Harvard Law School professor, on the eve of her own convention speech, told members of the Massachusetts delegation that Kennedy inspired her with an ultimately unsuccessful 10-year fight against changes in US bankruptcy law that she, too, opposed. “Ted Kennedy changed my life. He changed Continue reading >>>

The question of when Mayor Thomas Menino will endorse somebody has become one of the more interesting subplots in the Bay State’s U.S. Senate saga. Mostly because restless reporters and ever fretful activists have decided it is. “Menino is the ‘X’ factor in race for US Senate,” one recent headline said. Another: “Power Broker Keeps Cards Close.” And another, on Monday: “Menino sidesteps opportunity to endorse Warren.” During the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual breakfast, the speakers trained plenty of fire on incumbent Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) and threw plenty of Continue reading >>>

Forget the climb, reach for a beverage and toast to the inaugural Boston Cocktail Summit, a three-day fest featuring tastings, parties, demos, dinners, book signings and more surrounding Boston’s drinks scene, running October 4-6, 2012. The summit, hosted by the Greater Boston Beverage Society, has a lineup to whet your whistle. Start with Liberty Libations, October 4 (7:30-10 PM), at the newly unveiled Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, where you’ll enjoy creative cocktails and New England cuisine. Choose among the many seminars and demos, from “Women Behind Bars” - a look at women Continue reading >>>

Unpakt is Singlehandedly Bringing the Moving Industry into the Digital Era New York, NY (PRWEB) September 04, 2012 One of life’s most unpleasant tasks – moving – becomes far easier today for Greater Boston residents as Unpakt went live with a one-of-a-kind platform that digitizes and simplifies everything but the moving truck. In addition to Boston, Unpakt is currently available for residential moves originating in New York and Los Angeles. Additional cities will open over the next 6-8 weeks and should be available in most cities before the end of the year. Washington, DC, San Francisco, Continue reading >>>

<!-- --> <!-- -->   Tuesday, September 4, 2012 MARLBORO —  Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren both took part in Marlboro's Labor Day parade. The parade stepped off at noon yesterday at the Marlboro Fire Station.Earlier Monday, Warren spoke at the Central Massachusetts AFL-CIO Labor Day Breakfast in Worcester and the Greater Boston Labor Council Breakfast in Boston. Warren had a similar message at both venues, saying Brown has supported policies that hurt working Continue reading >>>

The Associated PressThis composite image made from Associated Press photos shows Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren and Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown. By Matt Murphy, STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on Monday said he would decide “very shortly” on whether to endorse U.S. Sen. Scott Brown or Democrat Elizabeth Warren in this year’s Senate contest as labor leaders and politicians cast the November election as a fight between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” The Greater Boston Labor Council held its annual Labor Day breakfast at Continue reading >>>

Posters heralding the Greater Boston Labor Council’s support for Elizabeth Warren’s US Senate candidacy dominated a Park Plaza Hotel ballroom this morning. She may have shared the stage with part of the state’s congressional delegation and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, but from the moment Warren stepped into the Imperial Ballroom, she was the focus of television cameras and the nearly 500 people who gathered for the annual Labor Day breakfast. Most speakers were afforded a standing ovation when they finished; Warren brought the audience to its feet simply by being introduced. “Washington Continue reading >>>

Will he or won’t he? The biggest question in Bay State politics remains unanswered -- despite a perfect setting to clear the matter up. Hub Mayor Thomas M. Menino had yet another wonderful opportunity to endorse Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren at this morning’s Greater Boston Labor Council breakfast, but Boston’s longest-serving boss demurred, instead focusing on the election in general and jabbing at national Republicans. Menino, who like Warren and many other Bay State Democrats will speak at this week’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C., called the upcoming election Continue reading >>>