By STEVE LeBLANCAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Health care officials, financial industry executives and labor unions are pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into a political action committee that Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick set up to pay for his travels on behalf of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. According to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Patrick's Together PAC raised $455,500 from April 1 through June. That brings the PAC's fundraising total to nearly $1.3 million since the Continue reading >>>

Everyone in Massachusetts is aware of Routes 128 and 495, circumferential highways that loop west of Boston. Few people are likely aware of a third: The Bay Circuit Trail and Greenway, an in-progress trail running from Plum Island on the New Hampshire border, south and west through Tewksbury, Chelmsford, Westford, Acton, Concord and Lincoln. Spurs from the trail connect it to Bedford and Billerica, as well. The trail finally swings west in Southborough and ends up on the Duxbury/Kingston shore. Currently, the trail has 180 of a proposed 200 miles marked. The catalyst behind the trail is Continue reading >>>

  The first Walk for Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston (HNSGB) was coordinated by a mere 30 volunteers who held a banner and marched up the streets of Beverly.  Still going strong in its 25th year, the annual Walk is chaired by dedicated community members, some for multiple years, and the walkers have numbered into the thousands. To commemorate this milestone and recognize the Walk’s past chairmen’s vital role and dedication, HNSGB will be holding a “Celebrating 25” party on Wednesday, Aug. 29,  from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Danversport Yacht Club.  The event will not only Continue reading >>>

Tweet A woman holding her four-year-old son accidentally stepped straight off the subway platform in Boston and right onto the tracks! A Boston woman and her four-year-old boy are lucky to be alive after falling onto the subway tracks at Kendall Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The woman, not realizing where she was going, accidentally stepped off the platform believing there was a train, but instead fell four feet off the platform and onto the tracks. “The mother explained that she had seen a train at the northbound platform and believed she could Continue reading >>>

By Tom Vartabedian CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It is being called an event with an extreme purpose. Members of the Greater Boston communi- ty and beyond will gather on September 22 at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Armenian Church, 145 Brattle St., to dance while raising money to help the children of Rev. Haroutiun (Randy) Dagley and his wife, Yeretskin Patty (Sarkisian). A cadre of 12 musicians, including some of the finest performers in New England, will come together and donate their services — the proceeds of which will benefit the well- being and future education of the Dagley children. A general fund Continue reading >>>

From lef t, CYSCA Board members Brad Rice,Eva Medzorian, Mayor Henrietta Davis, Cit y Councilor Leland Cheung and CYSCA President Cheryl Shushan (Nancy Kalajian photo) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On June 28, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) held its 26th annual meeting at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston. The keynote speaker was Mayor Henrietta Davis of Cambridge, who saluted the group for continuing to evolve and grow over the years since 1986-87, when the relationship was founded. At that time the hope was that in the atmosphere of the Cold War, cross-cultural Continue reading >>>

Mother falls face first into subway pit holding toddler. Screen shot via You Tube. A Boston, Mass. mother was caught on surveillance video walking off a subway platform holding her 4-year-old son. The pair fell so violently, the mother fell on top of the boy who hit his head on the train tracks. The mother, stunned and unable to get up, was helped by onlookers who were also shocked by the incident which happened on Wednesday, early evening. The mother and son were taken to the hospital but were both found unharmed. A spokesperson for the Greater Boston transport system, MBTA, said that Continue reading >>>

TORONTO -  A designer born in Port Hope is one of only two Canadian designers invited to the prestigious Boston Fashion Week event next month.   Boston Fashion week 2012 begins Sept. 20. It all started in 1995 as a means of spotlighting the viability and visibility of the industry — throughout Greater Boston and beyond — with invitations going both to established and up-and-coming designers. Chris Nevin was working as a hair stylist in Toronto when he got the call — a woman identifying herself as a representative of the Boston Fashion Week and inviting him to be one of Continue reading >>>

QUINCY, Mass., Aug. 24, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ – Savvy shoppers in the Greater Boston area have saved on fuel purchases as a result of the Stop Shop Gas Rewards program. Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and Stop Shop teamed up in April 2010 to help customers save at the pump through everyday grocery purchases.  Through the easy-to-use program, customers automatically earn Gas Rewards points on their Stop Shop card when they shop in their neighborhood store. For every 100 Stop Shop Gas Rewards Continue reading >>>

QUINCY, Mass., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Savvy shoppers in the Greater Boston area have saved on fuel purchases as a result of the Stop Shop Gas Rewards program. Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and Stop Shop teamed up in April 2010 to help customers save at the pump through everyday grocery purchases. Through the easy-to-use program, customers automatically earn Gas Rewards points Continue reading >>>