[The Dorchester Heights Memorial; photo by Jameslwoodward via Wikipedia] To mark Memorial Day on Monday, we've expanded our map of military memorials and monuments around the Greater Boston area. These two dozen testaments include the world famous (Memorial Hall in Cambridge, the 54th Massachusetts sculpture and the U.S. Constitution) as well as the more obscure (the Beirut memorial in Christopher Columbus Park, the Spanish-American War murals in the State House and what's likely the nation's oldest Vietnam War memorial in South Boston). They also span the generations, from the Revolution Continue reading >>>

Here's what I found checking out the listings on Realtor.com.Built in 1986, this rambling colonial at 50 Berkshire Street in Norfolk comes with a pretty substantial 3,435 square feet. It's listed at $599,900. A few miles farther south in Wrentham, for the same price, you can get a newer house, built in 2003, with a more modern design, though a bit smaller, just over 3,000 square feet. The commute into Boston from Norfolk, at least on the train, is 45 minutes - add another 10 minutes if you are living in Wrentham. In Weymouth, a bit closer in though down traffic clogged Route 3, $600,000 Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — A U.S. Postal Service Inspector General report has found the greater Boston area has experienced significant delays in mail delivery.The report found the Boston Processing and Distribution Center had about 28 million delayed pieces of mail in the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year — a 56 percent increase compared with the same period last year.Similarly sized facilities averaged about 8 million delayed pieces of mail during the same period.The report said the majority of delayed mail was due to what it called "implementation errors" associated with the efforts to consolidate the Continue reading >>>

The new chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Suffolk Construction magnate John Fish, launched his two-year term last week with a political-style speech before more than 1,000 business leaders at the chamber’s annual meeting. He called on members of the group to widen their circle: The area inside Interstate 495 may be quite prosperous, but the rest of the state — especially the so-called gateway cities — are lagging badly. It was an important message about inequality, Massachusetts style. The crowd seemed to appreciate it, even though some had by then joined Mayor Walsh in Continue reading >>>

Post Road Executive Park at 5 Boston Post Road West in Marlborough is one of many suburban office buildings with available space. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Continue reading >>>

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service Inspector General report has found the greater Boston area has experienced significant delays in mail delivery. The report found the Boston Processing and Distribution Center had about 28 million delayed pieces of mail in the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year — a 56 percent increase compared with the same period last year. Similarly sized facilities averaged about 8 million delayed pieces of mail during the same period. The report said the majority of delayed mail was due to what it called “implementation errors” associated with the efforts Continue reading >>>

WBUR, a National Public Radio station that broadcasts in Greater Boston, on Friday will activate a powerful new radio tower in Eastham that will give its programming virtually full coverage of Cape Cod for the first time. WBUR already broadcasts its programming from a Tisbury radio tower on Martha’s Vineyard. The Tisbury tower’s signal at WBUA 92.7 FM has reached listeners in such Cape communities as Falmouth, Barnstable, and Yarmouth with WBUR programming since early 2013. Continue reading below The new Eastham signal, known as WBUH, will broadcast at 89.1 FM. (Although the tower is Continue reading >>>

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present South Pacific from June 12-22 at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452). South Pacific will open Reagle's 46th Annual Summer Season, followed by Me and My Girl (July 10-20) and Singin' In the Rain (August 7-17). South Pacific is the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about navy life set against the backdrop of a lush tropical island during WWII. Considered radical for depicting cross-cultural marriage when it premiered in 1949, Reagle is proud to reprise the beloved musical that follows two love stories threatened by prejudice Continue reading >>>

US high temperature map for May 22, 2014.NOAA.gov There is a slight chance of showers in the greater Boston forecast for Friday and Saturday, but Sunday and Monday of this long Memorial Day weekend are looking clear according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures will warm for late in the weekend but only to seasonable levels. Highs on Sunday should reach into the high 60s and Monday will be even warmer with a high near 74 degrees. There is also a chance of a meteor shower. Never before seen it is expected to hit on the evening of May 23 into the early morning of May 24. The Camelopardalids Continue reading >>>