A look at the latest Warren Group numbers for April is rather revealing. Other examples include: Hingham: The median home price has dropped more than 9 percent, to $567,500, while sales are off 21 percent. Orleans: Sales in this mid-Cape tourist town, home to Nauset Beach, were choppy to say the least, dropping by more than 35 percent. But that's nothing compared to the median sale price, which plunged 41 percent to $432,025. Carlisle: The median home price fell more than 10 percent, to $590,000, while sales are off nearly 39 percent. Amherst: While sales were up, prices fell more than Continue reading >>>

Lisa Treannie, managing partner of Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton, said the law firm is interested in up-and-coming locations to site offices. Mary Moore Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Continue reading >>>

459 Sea View Ave., Barnstable. Overlooking Nantucket Sound sits this 7,762-square-foot waterfront estate on nearly three acres. The kitchen and great room anchor the home and access several screened porches and a first floor master suite with den and home office with views of the sea. There’s a one-bedroom, 1.5 bath carriage house, boat house, beach house, in-ground pool, brick patios and over 125-feet of sandy beach. The 9-bedroom Continue reading >>>

Seagulls fly over Revere Beach. (Dr. RawheaD/Flickr) After a long and tough winter, summer weather is finally here in Massachusetts, and many Bostonians have already started weekend treks to Cape Cod, New Hampshire and Maine. But you may be surprised to learn that the public beaches in the greater Boston area get about 1.5 million visitors each summer. Those beaches — in places like Hull, Quincy, South Boston, Lynn and Revere — are cleaner and more attractive these days than they were just a few years ago. They have less litter, fewer broken water fountains, cleaner Continue reading >>>

The fabulous thing about a starchitecture map in a place like Greater Boston is the sheer breadth of options. We can go back to the very first American starchitect, Charles Bulfinch (he of the Massachusetts State House and myriad other downtown Boston landmarks), and all the way forward to living legends such as Renzo Piano (the Isabella Stewart Gardner addition) and Fumihiko Maki (M.I.T.'s Media Lab) with so many more bold-faced names in between, including I.M. Pei, Henry Hobson Richardson, Philip Johnson and Eero Saarinen. Have fun. Continue reading >>>

Recently various sculptures have been popping up around the Greater-Boston-Area that have inspired questions and intrigued onlookers. These sculptures are part of The Energy Necklace, a sustainable art and educational movement founded by Susan Israel. Principal and Founder of the Energy Necklace Project, Israel creates public works that inspire action and understanding regarding the environment at large.In 2008, Israel decided that she wanted to create a positive change regarding how our culture faces the issue of Climate Change. "I wanted to do something to improve the environment that Continue reading >>>

State-owned beaches in Greater Boston are in much better condition than they were several years ago — the waters off South Boston are now deemed among the cleanest of the country’s urban beaches — but those gains are in jeopardy unless funding is found to support continued efforts, according to a state-authorized study to be released Tuesday. The report by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, which looked at 15 beaches from Lynn to Hull, found that nearly all are cleaner and extensive repairs to infrastructure such as sidewalks and bathhouses have made them more attractive and accessible Continue reading >>>

The jet ran off the end of the runway, crashed into a wooded gully and exploded in flames, killing all seven people on board.

State-owned beaches in Greater Boston are in much better condition than they were several years ago — the waters off South Boston are now deemed among the cleanest of the country’s urban beaches — but those gains are in jeopardy unless funding is found to support continued efforts, according to a state-authorized study to be released Tuesday. The report by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, which looked at 15 beaches from Lynn to Hull, found that nearly all are cleaner and extensive repairs to infrastructure such as sidewalks and bathhouses have made them more attractive and accessible Continue reading >>>