The 40-year-old Southborough-based Webco Engineering has signed a lease extension Wednesday for its headquarters at 155 Northborough Rd., according to an announcement from Greater Boston Commercial Properties, which handled the transaction. While terms of the lease extension were not released, Greater Boston Commercial Properties said the extension will allow the manufacturer of custom equipment for the paper industry to continue to utilize 3,000 square feet of the 12,432-square-foot facility for both its office and design space, with the rest used for manufacturing purposes. Continue reading >>>

Tech workers ready to pay in cash and foreign buyers from Asia have helped push SF's median price into seven figures, the news site reports. Substitute life science for tech and you have a pretty good idea as well of what's driving up Boston area prices, especially in hotspots like Cambridge and Somerville's Davis Square. And like here, a shortage of inventory - homes for sale - has also pushed prices beyond crazy to full-scale insane out in San Francisco. Here's from the SFGate piece: The nosebleed price is a result of limited inventory and an influx of cash buyers willing to pay whatever Continue reading >>>

The Wink Nod is among a handful of modern-day speakeasies that dot the Greater Boston landscape. Some are easy to find, others aren't. Dim, sultry, and need-to-know: there’s no more evocative image in American drinking than the speakeasy. And they’re in fashion for the first time since Prohibition. New York started the neo-speakeasy Continue reading >>>

Picture a drowning man at the beach. A mysterious stranger extends a hand to save him. "No thanks, I'm good,'' the victim says as the water line gurgles up to his nostrils. "I think I'll wait for the lifeguard. He's more reputable and more qualified.'' This is what is being expected of Springfield by the group known as Repeal the Casino Deal. The organization has already succeeded in winning a State Judicial Court ruling that puts casino gambling on the November state referendum ballot. Representatives of the repeal group met with The Republican and Masslive.com this week to state their case. Continue reading >>>

The skies are brightening after three days of downpours and unsettled weather. The past three days have seen numerous weather alerts, including tornado watches and flood warnings. Some parts of Massachusetts saw the worst of it on Monday and Tuesday, while areas closer to Boston got hit hard on Wednesday afternoon. Roadways flooded throughout Greater Boston as a line of severe storms moved through the area. Which community got hit hardest on Wednesday? According to the National Weather Service, which compiled a list of unofficial totals from spotters, observers, media and highways Continue reading >>>

[Colonnade rooftop; photo by Mike Diskin] Dear god, the humidity! To help you beat that and the heat, we've mapped 30 different swimming spots around the region, all part of our ongoing Outdoors Week 2014. These spots include public beaches right off the T as well as public wading pools for the kids in Brighton, Somerville and Mattapan; there are also posher, private digs that you may need to know somebody to use. But, hey, a dip on the Colonnade's rooftop or in the Four Seasons' enclosed 44-footer might be worth the hassle. · Our Outdoors Week 2014 Continue reading >>>

Owned by the state and the City of Boston, Spectacle Island is open to the public from May to Columbus Day in October. It's accessible by ferry and is about 15 minutes from downtown Boston. Lifeguards staff the beaches the whole summer, too, and there are places to nosh. As for that garbage dump, according to the National Parks Service, it "is being returned to the public for recreation as a park is constructed over the landfill." This way to a map of other Greater Boston parks in the meantime. · Website: Spectacle Island [Harbor Islands Partnership] · 25 of the Best Off-the-Beaten-Path Continue reading >>>

Boston Z Realty, a Back Bay real estate brokerage, hires real estate agents with the ability to speak many different languages in an effort to assist buyers, sellers, and renters of all nationalities and cultural backgrounds. Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 15, 2014 Boston, a vibrant city with many different nationalities, is home to people that speak a number of different languages. To assist all clients in finding their perfect home in and around Boston, Boston Z Realty has hired two new agents, both being multilingual. Buyers, sellers, renters, and landlords in the Greater Boston Area have had Continue reading >>>

Boston Z Realty Expands Variety of Languages Spoken by Agents PRWEB.COM Newswire PRWEB.COM NewswireBoston, MA (PRWEB) July 15, 2014 Boston, a vibrant city with many different nationalities, is home to people that speak a number of different languages. To assist all clients in finding their perfect home in and around Boston, Boston Z Realty has hired two new agents, both being multilingual. Buyers, sellers, renters, and landlords in the Greater Boston Area have had the ability to choose an agent that speaks their native language for a while, but now there is a wider variety Continue reading >>>