What’s On Greater Boston Monday, May 19

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Larysa

The impact of gay and lesbian portrayals in pop culture. Solar energy: What challenges do residents and cities face in adding solar panels to rooftops? State leaders under the microscope: The O'Brien corruption case enters its second week. Email us at GreaterBoston@WGBH.org. Continue reading >>>

Fame as Marketing Tool: Selling the Homes of Hub Celebrities

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Larysa

Still, according to Shira Springer in The Globe, the best example of the yin/yang approach to selling celebrity homes can be found in Gloucester, where acting legend Greta Garbo once had a seaside retreat: "The reclusive movie star once made a seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom Bauhaus-style oceanfront estate her 'summer hideaway,' according to its Gibson Sotheby's International Realty listing. The Garbo connection gives the property an air of mystery, a touch of bygone glamor. Her history with the house makes for a unique narrative during showings, but it doesn't overwhelm." Of course, there's Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts Gaming Chair Faces Pressure to Resign

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Larysa

Tweet Many officials are asking Stephen Crosby to step down from his position as Massachusetts Gaming Commission chairman. (Image: Angela Rowlings, Boston Herald) For Stephen P. Crosby, it’s been a rough patch. Recently, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission chairman removed himself from discussion about the various casino proposals in the Greater Boston area over concerns about his impartiality. Now, that move has led many officials and critics to call for Crosby to step down from his position in order to allow the casino licensing process to continue without controversy. The story began Continue reading >>>

India’s Cabinet Members lose handily

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Lara

India's Finance Minister, who is also a Harvard MBA, P. Chidambaram decided not to contest the just concluded parliamentary elections. His Bostonian insights served him well in avoiding the avalanche that destroyed the credibility of many of his peers in Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's cabinet.The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most powerful cabinet positions. Sushil Kumar Shinde, a longtime party stalwart who took over this key role in July 2012 lost his seat in parliament to Sharad Bansode of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). India's Foreign Minister, Continue reading >>>

Awaiting casino outcome, Everett enclave faces change

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Larysa

EVERETT — From a vacant parcel of land, choked with weeds and framed by smokestacks and storage tanks, you can look across the Mystic River. If residents of the adjacent neighborhood had access to this section of waterfront, they might see their future. In the distance loom Charlestown and Somerville, post-industrial communities that have reinvented themselves to become among the most desirable in Greater Boston, attracting new people, businesses, and investment. Here, not far from the border with Boston, similar changes are underway as abandoned factories are converted to high-end housing and Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston author readings may 18-24

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Larysa

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Phantom Gourmet: Best Roast Beef Sandwiches

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Larysa

Saturdays Sundays10:30 and 11am Connect More From Phantom Gourmet Boston's Best: Food Boston's Best: Nightlife BOSTON (CBS) — If you’re looking for the perfect roast beef sandwich, the Greater Boston area has plenty to choose from. For the ultimate combination of thin-sliced roast beef and tangy barbecue sauce on a fluffy onion roll, “Royal Roast Beef” in East Boston is a good place to go. At Harry’s Bar and Grille in Middleboro, roast beef sandwiches come with your choice of barbecue and cheddar, mushroom, onion and Swiss or, classic with horseradish Continue reading >>>

Phantom Gourmet: Roast Beef Sandwiches In Greater Boston

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Larysa

Saturdays Sundays10:30 and 11am Connect More From Phantom Gourmet Boston's Best: Food Boston's Best: Nightlife BOSTON (CBS) – Dan Andelman of the Phantom Gourmet went on the hunt for the best roast beef sandwich in Greater Boston. For the ultimate combination of thin-sliced roast beef and tangy barbecue sauce on a fluffy onion roll, Royal Roast Beef in East Boston is a good place to go, but you need the proper form to avoid getting messy. At Harry’s Bar and Grille in Middleboro, roast beef sandwiches come with your choice of barbecue and cheddar, mushroom, Continue reading >>>

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Posted on May 16, 2014 by Larysa

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Give City Schools a Chance

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Larysa

BostonTenter sparked things with this comment: It ultimately depends on a) the Quality of the local "urban" schools, and b) how much you care about your child getting a good, if not the best, education?So they are going to have to give up "urban" life and move to the burbs (like Winchester or Reading etc) to get their child into a good/safe school system, that is also populated by like Socio/Economic family kids.... A suburbanite, he also argues that unless you can get your kids into a "lottery school," things are all down hill. Not impressed is woodenhippo, a city parent who has first-hand Continue reading >>>