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Emily Rooney to step-down as host of WGBH’s Greater Boston in 2015

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Emily RooneyWGBH  BOSTON - The longtime host of Boston's flagship public television show is signing off in January of 2015. Emily Rooney, a staple on Boston's airwaves for decades, announced on Thursday that she is stepping down from her anchor chair on WGBH's Greater Boston. The veteran anchor will continue in her role as host of WGBH's weekly local media roundup show, Beat The Press. "When I came to WGBH in 1997, I was an on-air rookie tasked with shaping a nightly news and public affairs show that would be accessible to everyone," said Rooney in a statement. A replacement for Rooney Continue reading >>>

Emily Rooney to Relinquish ‘Greater Boston’ Hosting Duties Come January

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Local Boston media reporter Emily Rooney will be easing back on her responsibilities relaying the news for WGBH, focusing her time and energy on hosting the weekly program Beat the Press, as well as appearing regularly on Boston Public Radio and assuming a new special correspondent role. According to WGBH, Rooney spent more than 40 years "working the daily grind in newsrooms at WCVB, ABC and FOX." Rooney spent 18 of those years at the helm of Greater Boston – an aptly-named, award-winning talk show covering contemporary news in Greater Boston. She plans on relinquishing hosting duties Continue reading >>>

Boston couple launches Cider Creek Hard Cider

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Kevin Collins and Melanie Collins, 15-year Bostonians with farm ties in Upstate New York, said they are launching Cider Creek Hard Cider with the help of a distribution agreement with Avon-based Bay State Wine Spirits. Hard cider is arguably the flavor-of-the-month for the craft-beer crowd. According to a year-end report from GuestMetrics LLC, cider brands Strongbow, Stella Artois Cidre, Angry Orchard gained fans during 2013. (Angry Orchard is marketed by Boston Beer Co., which is perhaps better known for its Sam Adams brand.) Continue reading below Several recent posts on 99 Bottles, a Boston Continue reading >>>

WGBH’s Emily Rooney Steps Back From Daily News

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After hosting noncommercial WGBH Boston’s award-winning Greater Boston for 18 years and working the daily grind in newsrooms at WCVB Boston, ABC and Fox for 25 years before that, Emily Rooney has decided to step back from her daily newsroom and Greater Boston duties to focus on the station’s weekly Beat the Press. In addition to moderating Beat the Press, Rooney will move into a role in January as a special correspondent to WGBH News and will continue to appear regularly on WGBH-FM. “We are extremely indebted to Emily for her guidance and commitment to Continue reading >>>

Study Released On Health Impacts Of Logan Airport

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BOSTON (CBS) — The Department of Public Health has released its report on whether Logan Airport is making its neighbors sick. Researchers interviewed more than 6,000 people who live in 17 communities within five miles of the airport. Read: Full Report The DPH study finds, in adults, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease was statistically significantly higher for residents who have lived three or more years in the high exposure area. For children in the high exposure area, they were three-to-four times more likely to report asthma-related symptoms compared with children in the low exposure Continue reading >>>

Compact orchards growing in Greater Boston

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Boston neighborhoods like Dorchester and Roxbury, with their farmhouses, fields, and orchards, were known for producing some of the tastiest fruit in 19th-century America, including the famous Roxbury russet apple still prized for taste and disease-resistance. Today, with the fresh emphasis on local food and sustainability, experts say they are seeing a renewed interest in planting backyard orchards. For an investment of about $400 for a 10-tree orchard and a little time, urban and suburban dwellers can discover the joys of growing their own fruit — even in small backyards. Continue reading Continue reading >>>

Why Boston attracts so much foreign direct investment: a global perspective on …

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Following is a contributed piece by Philip Budden, who works in RBS Citizens’ Foreign Corporate Team in Boston. He has also served as the UK Consul General in Boston. In the world of foreign direct investment (FDI), Greater Boston is one of the places that attracts more FDI than one might expect. At one level, Boston – and the Greater Boston region – benefits from being part of the United States’ market. Setting up a ‘foreign corporate’ enterprise anywhere within the U.S. offers access to a huge and competitive market with a wide range of both affluent consumers and talented Continue reading >>>