A local online provider of healthy meals is hungry for “total world domination” after netting its first major investment of $1 million, which will go toward increasing staff and expanding the business beyond Greater Boston. “We’ve touched a nerve,” said Emily Green, CEO of Smart Lunches, which partners with schools, camps and day-care centers to offer nutritious midday meals and snacks for kids. The funding from Hub-based Data Point Capital — a venture capital fund headed by Smart Lunches owner and chairman Scott Savitz, who founded Shoebuy.com — and other investors, including the Continue reading >>>

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Hingham resident Jeff Conway will receive HomeStart Inc.’s highest honor for his work in ending homelessness. Conway, who will receive the Gold Key Award, is one of three people to be honored at this year’s fall gala – One Night, One Mission, Ending Homelessness -- which will take place on Sept. 22. As global head of State Street Corp.’s Investment Manager Services business and as a member of HomeStart’s Board of Directors, Conway has had a tremendous impact on the organization, HomeStart CEO Linda Wood-Boyle said. “Jeff’s commitment Continue reading >>>

In a few days, some of the greatest golfers in the world will rendezvous at TPC Boston in Norton for the Deutsche Bank Championship. They will talk about how important this tournament is on the PGA Tour schedule, how the Greater Boston area is a golfing hotbed and how the golf course is one of the greatest in the world. It’s all lies. It’s all hype. It is just another stop on the money train and many won’t know if they are near Bangkok or Boston. The only reason they are coming here is because of the $8 million purse and the FedEx points. It’s all about the money and that’s Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston homeowners are not as deep underwater as they were a quarter ago, according to the second quarter Zillow Negative Equity Report. Locally, negative equity fell in the second quarter to 19.6 percent from 22 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Nationally, negative equity also declined in the second quarter, with 30.9 percent of U.S. homeowners with mortgages — or 15.3 Continue reading >>>

WOBURN, Mass.– Cummings Foundation, the principal beneficiary of the earnings of Woburn-based commercial real estate firm Cummings Properties, recently distributed 60 grants of $100,000 each to a diverse group of greater Boston not-for-profits. The $6 million in awards were made during the first grant cycle of OneWorld Boston, the Foundation’s new grant-making affiliate. According to Cummings Properties’ president and CEO, Dennis Clarke, the aim is to give back to the areas where the firm operates and most of its employees live. The grants program directed funds to charities based primarily Continue reading >>>

Home Sports The Greater Boston Track Club won both the men's and women's titles at the Lynn Woods 10-Mile Relay on Wednesday. From left are Caleb Evanter of Marblehead; Jason Garrity, Topsfield; Alex Gomes, Peabody; Allison Lynch, Beverly; Mathew Weissinger, Norwell; Victoria Barnaby, East Boston; and Allison McCabe and Aly Millett, Charlestown. The relay featured four-person teams, with each member running 2.5 miles. (Item Photo / Joyce Erekson)   Several high school cross country teams prepped for the upcoming season Continue reading >>>

Christians, Muslims, and Jews from across Greater ­Boston plan to be at a service at Trinity Church Thursday evening to show support for the Sikh community in the aftermath of the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. The “Service Rooted in the Sikh Tradition” is scheduled to feature sacred Sikh music, performed by singers and musicians from the four gurdwaras, or Sikh temples, in Massachusetts. Afterward, local Sikhs will feed everyone in a traditional langar, the free meal served at the close of a Sikh service, open to all in celebration of the religion’s commitment to equality Continue reading >>>

Texting, cars, the latest fashion, the even more latest dating news. Sure, lots of teens are into it. But that’s not all they’re into these days. Try world-wide events. Try issues that go well beyond the walls of Canton High School. “You’d be surprised,” said Paige O’Riordan, who reintroduced a Model UN program at Canton High School last year. “We have several kids in the Model UN.” O’Riordan and Maddie Kaplan, only freshmen at the time, began the local branch of the national program after it had lapsed at Canton High for several years. The first order of business was Continue reading >>>

<!-- end javascript to email the article -->  Runners in 116th Boston Marathon raised funds for 122 non-profits PR Newswire BOSTON, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock's 2012 Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program raised a record $6.8 million as part of the 116th running of the historic race in April of this year.  The record total for 2012 represents a 29 percent increase over 2011's fundraising results.  As part of John Hancock's sponsorship of the Marathon, each year the company provides non-profits with guaranteed entry numbers Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- John Hancock's 2012 Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program raised a record $6.8 million as part of the 116th running of the historic race in April of this year. The record total for 2012 represents a 29 percent increase over 2011's fundraising results. As part of John Hancock's sponsorship of the Marathon, Continue reading >>>