WhoWhatWhy WhoWhatWhy editor Russ Baker interviewed by “Greater Boston” host Emily Rooney on PBS station WGBH, June 13, 2012. Topics include: new revelations about the Watergate affair; government refusal to release JFK assassination records in a timely manner; why John Edwards was prosecuted; whether the government told us the whole story on the Bin Laden raid; and the merits of PBS news coverage.   Read more posts on WhoWhatWhy » Continue reading >>>

Merrimack, N.H. -- Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group said Thursday that it has opened Merrimack Premium Outlets, an upscale outlet shopping center serving the Greater Boston and Nashua markets. The center's Phase 1 is comprised of 410,000 sq. ft., housing 100 outlet stores, including Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Coach, Cole Haan, Gap Factory Store, J.Crew, Michael Kors, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Talbots, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour, White House | Black Market, and more.   Continue reading >>>

MERRIMACK, N.H., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. /quotes/zigman/235182/quotes/nls/spg SPG +0.71% , the world's leading retail real estate company, announced today that it opened Merrimack Premium Outlets®, an upscale outlet shopping center serving the Greater Boston and Nashua markets. Located on a 170-acre site in Merrimack Continue reading >>>

Arlington: The Feast of the East includes free activities, delectable dishes, and entertainment along Mass. Ave. in East Arlington from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. www.feastoftheeast.com.

These are our picks for the bestof the burbs. and search music, restaurants, arts and crafts, and other goings-on throughout Greater Boston. EVENTS Arlington: The Feast of the East includes free activities, delectable dishes, and entertainment along Mass. Ave. in East Arlington from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. www.feastoftheeast.com. MUSIC Lexington: Healing Garden Music Fest takes place 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road. $25, $20 advance. www.patiorecords.com. Weston: The Rivers School Conservatory’s Continue reading >>>

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is poised to make a series of high-profile announcements at next week’s BIO conference but is keeping mum about most of them. Susan Windham-Bannister, the center’s president and CEO, said she’ll be announcing the Massachusetts and Israeli teams that are the winners of the first round of new grants for research and development. The center also will make an announcement involving a “very significant international collaboration” and another involving international companies and Massachusetts academic institutions, Windham-Bannister said, declining to Continue reading >>>

Developer John Drew will start building his long-delayed Waterside Place project on the South Boston waterfront later this month. The $120 million tower at the corner of Congress and D streets will add 236 luxury apartments and possibly a pharmacy to the growing neighborhood. A follow-up phase is expected to bring a supermarket. “I think what you’re going to see with that project are the amenities that are needed for the businesses that are locating on the waterfront,” said Greg Vasil, CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. “There’s a reason to be there, and now the other stuff Continue reading >>>

Woburn, MA, June 13, 2012 --(PR.com)-- An improving economy and industry-wide restructuring are combining to restore the health of the architecture and engineering (AE) industry in the Greater Boston area, according to initial findings of the 2012 Architectural Study from DiCicco, Gulman Company LLP (DGC), a CPA and business consulting firm specializing in the architecture and engineering (AE) industry. The annual survey benchmarks financial performance based on input from over 30 prominent architecture firms in the Greater Boston marketplace. It contains some of the most comprehensive financial Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston’s hotels achieved a nearly 79 percent occupancy rate in April, driven by the Boston Marathon, a survey said. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email Greater Boston’s hotels achieved strong results in April fueled, Continue reading >>>

The following was submitted by Leslie Granese, director of marketing and enrollment, School for Field Studies: The School for Field Studies (SFS) Board of Trustees announced on Monday that it has appointed James A. Cramer to be SFS's fourth president, capping a five-month national search for a leader. Cramer will begin his tenure at SFS in mid-July. The School for Field Studies is the United States' largest environmental study abroad provider for college undergraduates. Cramer was President and CEO of World Learning and the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont, from 1998-2005. Continue reading >>>