Few college presidents are as tied into Boston’s business community as Gloria Larson, the president at Bentley University. So she was a natural choice when John Fish looked to build a bridge to the bigger universities in the area, home to most of the region’s athletic venues. Jon Chesto Managing Editor, Continue reading >>>

The shuttered Friendly's ice cream shops are serving up something new. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Greater Boston is Continue reading >>>

One of the biggest selling points for Deer Island is its wastewater treatment plant, which services 43 communities in the region. It's no joke: Learn the nuts and bolts and god knows what else of dealing with your detritus (actually pretty cool if you're into urban planning and such). Below is a how-it's-done diagram from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which manages the island. If you find this disgusting, Deer Island has a much nastier history: It was an internment camp for Native Americans and then, several decades later, a holding pen for Irish immigrants. That's all history, Continue reading >>>

[Photo by GConservancy via Wikimedia] 'Tis Curbed Boston's first-ever Outdoors Week as of... right now! And to kick things off we offer our complete-est guide yet of where to log on for free throughout Boston, Cambridge and environs. Mind you, this is free free—none of that for a price of a cup of coffee crap. These 23 spots, from the Rose Kennedy Greenway to Harvard Yard, offer you wireless without charge. More spots can be found through this handy map from the City of Boston of its Wicked Free WiFi program, which launched in April. Get outdoors and get to surfing! Also, for Hub hotels Continue reading >>>

July 03--A frustrated Mayor Martin J. Walsh yesterday didn't rule out suing the Massachusetts Gaming Commission after it denied his request to delay awarding the coveted Greater Boston casino license until after a November vote on a possible repeal of the gaming law, and he said the city's total casino-related expenses could run into the "millions." "Our attorneys are looking at what the next step will be," Walsh told the Herald. Asked whether that step could include suing the commission, the mayor said, "Potentially." "I think the Gaming Commission is very shortsighted here," he said. "This Continue reading >>>

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh is making a renewed push to promote Boston as a U.S. gateway and hub for foreign businesses, meeting with the city’s 40-plus foreign consulates, revamping international marketing and coordinating with tourism agencies.“The world is being connected through Boston,” Walsh said last week during a meeting with a Swiss delegation at City Hall. “In the past, people said the world is being connected through New York. We’re changing that.”Elected during an era of strong economic growth, Walsh is looking to continue the momentum with a pronounced international push.Setting Continue reading >>>

For a club that would become part of jazz history in Greater Boston, Lennie’s-on-the-Turnpike wasn’t much to look at when it opened in Peabody in the early 1950s on the stretch of Route 1 known as the Newburyport Turnpike. “I used to describe it as ‘early ramshackle,’ ” Lennie Sogoloff, the proprietor and emcee, told the Globe in 1992. Continue reading below In the hands of Mr. Sogoloff, who died of pneumonia Saturday in Marblehead at 90, the tiny roadhouse became a mansion of music, attracting the likes of Count Basie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and Dizzy Gillespie. “Lennie’s-on-the-Turnpike Continue reading >>>

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present Me and My Girl from July 10-20, 2014 as part of its 46th Annual Summer Season at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA). Me and My Girl is the joyously funny story of an unrefined cockney gent who must choose between love or money. The mixture of cockney and nobility results in a rollicking, hilarious Downton Abbey with engaging song and dance. Me and My Girl Director Cynthia Thole is a Broadway veteran and choreographer who was an original cast member in the Tony Award-Winning Broadway revival of Me and My Girl. Reagle Music Theatre Continue reading >>>

An expert on gaming in the Northeast believes Mohegan Sun's "surrounding community" agreement with the City of Boston may give the casino operator and its $1.3 billion Revere, Mass., project an edge in the two-way race for the coveted Greater Boston casino license."I think it puts them a little bit ahead at this point," said Clyde Barrow, director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.Mohegan Sun and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday that they had come to terms on a deal guaranteeing Boston at least $300 million in payments over a Continue reading >>>