Stephen Crosby, center, is seen here with several Revere teachers during the Suffolk Downs Kentucky Derby/Opening Day VIP Party. Many have questioned his appearance at the party, including the Boston Globe. The incident – on top of a few others – led to the chairman recusing himself from the entire Greater Boston casino process. He will remain a member of the MGC in all other matters, though. Last Thursday, May 8, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) rejected the City of Boston’s petition to be considered a ‘Host Community’ rather than a ‘Surrounding Community’ under the state’s Continue reading >>>

And then there were four. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission was supposed to be eliminating applicants, not one another. However, in a completely unexpected turn of events, that is exactly what happened as Mass Gaming Commission (MGC) Chair Stephen Crosby recused himself from the entire Greater Boston casino licensing process – that coming after several months of questions from the public about his impartiality in regard to the Wynn project land owners and photos and accounts of Crosby attending the Suffolk Downs Kentucky Derby VIP Party on May 3. <!--/* * The backup image section Continue reading >>>

(NECN: Alison King) - Susan Windham-Bannister, President of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center summed up the state's position this way:  "Massachusetts has become the magnet for life science companies around the world."      Now Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and the mayors of Cambridge, Quincy, Somerville and Braintree have come together to promote a life sciences corridor along the MBTA Red Line, which they say will be an even greater attraction to what is the state's fastest job producing sector in the state's economy."The life science Continue reading >>>

On a chilly Tuesday afternoon, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh along with constituent mayors of neighboring cities announced a rebranding of the area spanning from Braintree to Somerville along the MBTA's Red Line as the Life Sciences Corridor. The partnership between Boston, Somerville, Cambridge, Quincy and Braintree represents a collaborative approach to regional innovation in order to create jobs, promote the area and foster creativity. The announcement was made aptly at the Museum of Sciences straddling the border between Boston and Cambridge. Since 2008, life sciences has been the sector Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — Mayors from across Greater Boston are teaming up to boost the region’s life sciences sector. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined leaders from Cambridge, Quincy, Somerville and Braintree at the Museum of Science Tuesday to officially launch the Life Sciences Corridor. The goal of the along-the-MBTA’s-Red-Line initiative is to keep profitable companies in the region while also attracting new businesses and promoting collaboration. The life sciences industry is the fastest job-producing sector in the state’s economy. Cambridge alone is home to 327 life science companies. “Under Continue reading >>>

Eric Convey Web Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Wages are accelerating in greater Boston faster than they're accelerating in the country overall and in many metropolitan areas, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported. Total average compensation for private sector workers in Boston grew 2.0 percent during the 12 Continue reading >>>

click for moreWATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—The Boston Armenian community celebrated the independence day of the first Republic of Armenia on May 10. The event, organized by the ARF “Sardarabad” Gomideh, the Homenetmen Greater Boston Chapter, and AYF-YOARF Greater Boston “Nejdeh” chapter, featured a keynote by ARF Western Region Central Committee chair Viken Hovsepian. Viken Hovsepian during his speech (Photo: Mikael Garabedian) In his speech, Hovsepian noted that throughout history, there have been instances where some Armenians, under the guise of pragmatism, have advocated Continue reading >>>

Keith Urban’s “Raise ‘Em Up” tour comes to the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on Aug 16. Tickets for the event go on sale beginning Friday at 10 a.m. through livenation.com He will be playing the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass., on July 26. Those tickets are also available through livenation.com. Jackson Browne performs at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT., on Aug. 22. Tickets for that show are also available through livenation.com beginning Friday at 10 a.m. Andrew Dice Clay performs stand up at the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Aug. 1. Tickets are available Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — Public officials gathered at the Arnold Arboretum on Monday to announce the eradication of the destructive Asian longhorned beetle from the Greater Boston area. Environmental officials praised the eradication of the beetle from Boston as a victory for native species against an invasive species. The beetle, known for borrowing through trees in a manner that cause the tree to wither and die, was first discovered in Boston in 2010. The beetle first arrived in the United States in 1996 in Brooklyn, New York. The federal Department of Agriculture believes that beetle most likely arrived Continue reading >>>

CBS Boston (con't) Affordable Care Act Updates: CBSBoston.com/ACA Health News Information: CBSBoston.com/Health NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a second U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East. The latest case is not an American — he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital. He was diagnosed with MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Sunday night. It is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death. Fortunately, Continue reading >>>