ZUCK: Bill's can't-miss shopping tipsD'ARCONTE: Those not so good old days...KIRBY: Three things about newsBRISTOL: Brown and Warren's salaries don't matterSHEA-TAYLOR: Amazing mystery solved? One day in May 1927, skies over the greater Boston area rained down free passes to a Memorial Day weekend country carnival.Who knows, maybe your great-grandmother plucked one from the air. If so, she possessed, for that moment, a ticket to history.Source Continue reading >>>

One of the most bedeviling barriers to robust social interaction among residents of Greater Boston is a certain foul-smelling landmark that’s familiar to pretty much all of us. No, not Haymarket on a summer day. I’m talking about the Charles River. It’s not that the waterway reduces contact between us by being too murky to share a group swim in. Instead, the river cleaves the metropolitan area into two halves, north and south, and once we settle in on one side or the other, only the most adventurous of us is eager to spend a night on the other side, unless drunk. But Continue reading >>>

South Shore Conservatory  is pleased to announce their Evenings Under the Stars  2012 performances.  Now in its 16th season, this popular outdoor concert series draws audiences from all around the Greater Boston area.    Starting off the 2012 season on Saturday, July 7, is the Evenings Under the Stars Festival Orchestra with Hingham native Nicholas Palmer conducting.  Drawing from popular major motion picture blockbusters, this Music from the Movies concert features the sounds of Pirates of the Caribbean, The Wizard of Oz, Raiders of the Lost Ark and themes from James Bond movies.  Continue reading >>>

FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with mental health emergencies wait an average of 11.5 hours -- nearly half a day -- in hospital emergency departments, and those who are older, uninsured or intoxicated wait even longer, a new study says. Overall, patients with psychiatric emergencies wait about 42 percent longer in the emergency department than other patients, according to the findings published online May 1 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. "These patients are waiting the longest for care, and shrinking resources are having a disproportionate effect on these very vulnerable Continue reading >>>

Electric power plants in Greater Boston may experience fuel shortages this summer because exports from Yemen, a major supplier of natural gas, have been disrupted by attacks by militants, energy officials said Friday. No shortages or outages are imminent, but officials are developing contingencies in case a heat wave drives up electricity use or a local power plant has an unexpected outage. Natural gas is the dominant source of fuel for New England’s power plants, and about 25 percent of that is liquefied gas that is shipped, mostly from Yemen and the Caribbean, to Continue reading >>>

HOLYOKE, Mass.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Under normal weather and system conditions, New England’s electric power supplies are expected to be adequate to meet regional demand this summer, according to ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region’s bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets. “On the regional level, the outlook for power system operations this summer is good” However, reduced and uncertain supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power generation in the Northeast Massachusetts/Greater Boston Continue reading >>>

BOSTON (CBS) – A local community leader is getting national recognition, and families all over Boston are applauding. Randal Rucker is the CEO of Family Service of Greater Boston. He’s been working to help at-risk kids and families for more than 20 years. Including a father and son we profiled a few years back. Rucker’s a big believer in the power of community centers and how they unite people. That’s partly why he’s getting the Peter B. Goldberg award for community leadership. There were 70 national finalists. Continue reading >>>

FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with mental health emergencies wait an average of 11.5 hours -- nearly half a day -- in hospital emergency departments, and those who are older, uninsured or intoxicated wait even longer, a new study says. Overall, patients with psychiatric emergencies wait about 42 percent longer in the emergency department than other patients, according to the findings published online May 1 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine."These patients are waiting the longest for care, and shrinking resources Continue reading >>>

With this imagery in mind, we headed to Venture Café—a vivacious, physical representation of the Kendall coral reef. Harkening back to the collaborative experiences of both Pixability and CoachUp.com, this weekly get-together is where game- and life-changing companies begin. “The real value for the entrepreneur,” Executive Director Chris Myles says, “is coming to the Venture Café and meeting people who bring a different type of value, either in skill set or perspective, to their business” which he terms “cross-pollinating the bump.” Would you believe that the Venture Café has Continue reading >>>

LYNN — The upscale Blue Ox Restaurant on Oxford Street has taken notice. When Arts After Hours is producing a show at the Rantoul Black Box Theatre at LynnArts on nearby Exchange Street, business is up, even on a weekday. That makes Corey Jackson happy. “It’s part of the creative economy we’re trying to grow in downtown Lynn,” he said. Jackson, 35, pays his bills by working as a software project manager for the computer security firm NetIQ. But he’s still chasing his dream as a professional director and actor, and serving as the managing director of Continue reading >>>