Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined 15 other female senators on Thursday to demand that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell institute a zero-tolerance policy for domestic violence. Spearheaded by Senator Barbara Boxer of California, the letter blasts the NFL’s handling of the Ray Rice scandal, saying, “it is long past time for the NFL to institute a real zero-tolerance policy and send a strong message that the league will not tolerate violence against women by its players, who are role models for children across America.” Warren and her co-signers are “shocked and disgusted” by Continue reading >>>

     Some of greater Boston’s best high school soccer teams will gather to compete against each other and fight cancer at the 8th Annual Kicks for Cancer, to be held on Saturday, September 27th.    All games will be played on the Doug White Turf Fields, at Concord-Carlisle High School, 500 Walden Street, Concord.  Kicks for Cancer is hosted jointly by Concord-Carlisle High School Boys and Girls Soccer Programs.    In addition to boasting high school soccer action at its finest, the event includes food, drawings, souvenirs, and more, all to benefit cancer research at the Dana Farber Continue reading >>>

The Mass. Gaming Commission is expected to make its long-awaited decision Friday (or next week) about which company — Mohegan Sun/Suffolk Downs in Revere or Wynn Resorts in Everett — will receive the casino license for the Greater Boston area. Winthrop town officials and residents will no doubt be following the MGC meeting as the four members of the commission (Chairman Crosby has recused himself) make this important decision that will have an impact on our town. From the outset, the casino has been about the creation of thousands of jobs for the local economy beginning with the construction Continue reading >>>

Just a few weeks after the Boston Herald endorsed the Mohegan Sun project, the Boston Globe surprised everyone with a comprehensive endorsement of the Wynn casino project in its edition on Sunday, Sept. 9. “…a rival plan in Everett looks much more in keeping with the law’s intent,” read the editorial. “If commissioners are determined to green-light a site for casino development this week, despite the looming referendum, they should choose the Everett option. It provides an economic and environmental boost to what may be the most downtrodden corner of Greater Boston, and enjoys far greater Continue reading >>>

The suspense about which company will win the Greater Boston casino license will now stretch into next week. The state gambling commission will begin its final deliberations of the state’s most lucrative gambling license on Monday, to provide applicants Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts time to respond to conditions the commission has proposed for each developer, if they win the license. Continue reading below After spending the first two days this week evaluating the rival proposals, the commission spent most of Wednesday finalizing their list of proposed license conditions, designed to address Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaplan Construction, a general contractor and construction management firm providing comprehensive building programs to commercial, healthcare, multi-family, worship, institutional, and historic rehabilitation/adaptive reuse clients across Greater Boston, announced today the culmination of a three-year management transition. Nathan Peck has been promoted to president and majority owner. Jane Kaplan Peck has been appointed chief operating officer (COO). Company founders Ken and Cathy Kaplan have taken on new roles as chairman of the board and senior advisor, Continue reading >>>

It’s no secret long-time Greater Boston residents have a certain, uh, disinclination toward the area’s student class. A long-time Medford resident really lays it out there in a recent video that has now gone viral on Facebook. You can probably tell where this is going. And if you can’t, you’re probably a recent addition to area’s student class. “Real quick reminder to all the college students that are coming back to Boston to further their higher education,” ranter Kim Costa begins. “This is really important; this is something you are going to carry with you throughout your Continue reading >>>

Kim Costa’s PSA sends a brutally honest message to Greater Boston’s swarm of students, and it’s a hit on Facebook.   Medford resident Kim Costa has something “really important” to say—and she seems to have a lot of supporters behind her—to all of the students who just returned to the Boston area to begin a new semester: nobody likes you, and there’s no need for you. Ouch. In a rant posted to her Facebook page this week, which has since been shared nearly 4,000 times, Costa bashes what she deems cocky attitudes of the young residents that call the city home Continue reading >>>

After two days of deliberations, the Gaming Commission is due to decide today which conditions to place on the Greater Boston casino license, and City Hall, which pulled out of negotiations with Wynn Resorts weeks ago, could end up with no more than what Wynn had offered to mitigate the impact of the casino it wants to build in Everett — and only a fraction of what it would cost to fix Sullivan Square.Conditions recommended yesterday by Commissioner Gayle Cameron incorporate elements of Wynn’s “best and final offer” to Boston, including a $750,000 upfront payment and $1 million annual payments Continue reading >>>

The design of Wynn's proposed hotel tower in Everett took some knocks during the gaming commission's deliberations, but Wynn has an edge in other areas. Jon Chesto Managing Editor, Print- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Continue reading >>>