Four Year Strong Holiday Mini Tour With Set Your Goals and More

• Van Halen Rumor Confirmed • Black Sabbath's Initial World Tour Dates • Rolling Stones Reunion Jam With Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman • KK Keeping Mum on Judas Priest Departure • Iron Maiden Plan Edventure Weekend • Led Zeppelin IV Back On The Charts • Young The Giant Headline Tour Details • Bayside, Saves The Day, Get Up Kids Singers Announce Where's The Band? Tour • Rolling Stones Unlock Their Archive • Four Year Strong Holiday Mini Tour With Set Your Goals and More • Local H Taking On Rush's 2112 For New Year's Eve Bash • Metallica, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Continue reading >>>

Local banks say they’re poised for growth

Chris Mahoney Associate Editor - Boston Business Journal Email A number of Greater Boston banks are poised to bust out after a flat third quarter for profits, analysts said. “The nimble, community-oriented banks are outrunning the rest of the pack,” said Mark Fitzgibbon, equity analyst at Sandler O’Neill Partners. “They’re feeding off the Continue reading >>>

Panera to open in Lexington Center on Nov. 28

On Monday, Nov. 28, Panera Bread and the Lexington Chamber of Commerce will join together for a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of Panera’s newest location at 1684 Massachusetts Ave. in Lexington. The new bakery-cafe has a unique layout, featuring Panera’s three-season sunroom surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, a double-sided fireplace, an outdoor patio, and a free parking area behind the building. “Panera Bread is very fortunate to have the opportunity to open this new Lexington Center cafe.  We worked diligently with the town to design a cafe that we feel Continue reading >>>

Red Devils Beat Tech Victory Boosts Chelsea into Three Way Tie for First

The Chelsea High football team parlayed a swarming defensive effort and the necessary offensive punch to earn a 14-6 win at North Shore Tech Saturday afternoon. The victory creates a three way tie for first place in the Small Division of the Commonwealth Athletic Conference among Chelsea, North Shore, and Greater Lowell. The determination of who will be the division champion and thereby earn a berth in the post season playoffs with a shot at the Division 4 Super Bowl, will be decided after the schools play in their respective games on Thanksgiving Day via a point system. Although there are many Continue reading >>>

On The Record With Paul Guzzi

Related Stories On The Record With Paul Guzzi On the Record: Zuckerberg, hospital battle, debt On the Record with Paul Guzzi On the Record with Paul Guzzi On the Record: Paul Guzzi (NECN) – It’s time to go on the record with the Greater Boston Chamber President and CEO Paul Guzzi.It was a good week of economic news here in Massachusetts, and he joined us to break it all down.We learned the Massachusetts unemployment rate for October remained steady at 7.3 percent. How many jobs did the state add and where are those jobs?“It is good news. Ten thousand plus jobs this Continue reading >>>

NextWorth Announces Holiday iPod(TM) Trade In Promotion

BILLERICA, Mass., Nov 17, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NextWorth ( www.nextworth.com ), a leader in consumer electronics upgrades and trade-ins, is helping consumers take advantage of potential iPod(TM) resale values by giving a 10 percent bonus payout for all iPod trade-ins through the holidays. The special 10 percent bonus value is available for any model iPod traded in now through December 31st with the promotion code Continue reading >>>

Car Parts Store Reborn as E-Commerce Office

The former NAPA Auto Parts store at 142 Franklin St. in Melrose has undergone a noticable remodeling in recent weeks, as it's reborn as the private office of an expanding e-commerce retailer. David Ingemi is the CEO of a ProMAX Commerce, an online Amazon.com franchise that focuses specifically on the sale of home improvement and construction products. Coinciding with ProMAX's Commerce move into it new office space at Franklin and Albion Streets is the future launch of Gatzis.com, which Ingemi said looks to expand from home improvement products into automotive, marine and office supplies. "We're Continue reading >>>

Carbone Still Fighting Hunger One Thursday at a Time

Some Thursdays Peg Carbone can fill the trunk of her SUV with donations for the food pantries in town; other weeks, there are a smaller number of items collected. But, since the Stoughton resident proclaimed Thursdays as “Food Pantry Day” and started picking up donations from residents and businesses around town, she said she never comes to the St. Anthony’s Free Market food pantry without a donation. “I never come here empty,” Carbone said. Carbone said she has picked up some regular and semi-regular donors. She goes by her motto, “one can, one bag, or several” – every bit helps. “It’s Continue reading >>>