Mayor Tom Menino has joked repeatedly during this long goodbye that he’s now free to tell “the truth.” That now seems to include confessing to the people of the city how he really feels about charter schools — and well, would you look at that, he still doesn’t have much use for them.In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Menino pledged to continue working on behalf of the Boston Public Schools.“I’m not going to leave those kids. Those kids are too important. I have some ideas about doing things different than we have in the past,” he said.But the mayor Continue reading >>>

Mayor Thomas M. Menino outlined the most significant challenges facing his successor as he delivered the final major speech Tuesday of his twenty year reign at Boston City Hall. In an address laced with self-deprecating humor, Menino trumpeted five-terms worth of accomplishments, talked about the transition to Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh, and offered his assessment of the trials ahead. “I won’t be hanging around to critique his work. The job is hard enough already,” Menino told several hundred business leaders at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Westin Boston Waterfront Continue reading >>>

Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 11:43am Boston's longest-serving mayor, Thomas Menino, delivered his final major speech while in office to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning.  His prepared remarks were as follows:Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Paul. Thank you to everyone here. I have the best business community in the country.   The next time I give a big speech like this, it will probably Continue reading >>>

He spoke to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Tom Menino delivered his final speech as mayor of Boston to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning. He offered as a thesis that “the thing that makes a city most is change, the fact that something new is always just around the corner.” That was a convenient jumping off point for him to list what he sees as the most important changes he made as mayor in 20 years. (He’s not the only one reflecting on his tenure these days, by the way.) Among the accomplishments he listed were changes to Boston Public Schools, Continue reading >>>

The Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston marked the 30th anniversary of its Leventhal-Sidman campus on Saturday night with a benefit at the InterContinental Boston. Businessmen and philanthropists Ted Cutler and Irwin Chafetz were honored during the celebration, which drew guests such as congressman Joe Kennedy III, Mark Sokoll, president and CEO of Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston, and Barry Shrage, president of Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston hotels achieved the best results since 2007. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Hotels in Greater Boston said a surge in leaf peepers, conventioneers and Boston Red Sox playoff fans resulted in their Continue reading >>>

Submitted by New Boston Fund and Asian Community Development Corporation   New Boston Fund, Inc., a private equity real estate investment, development and management firm, and Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), a 26-year old community-based organization serving the Asian American community of Greater Boston, announced today that they have closed on the financing and ground lease for One Greenway, a 362-unit mixed-income development that will restore the vibrancy of Hudson Street by bringing housing back to both sides of the street, and Continue reading >>>

Dec. 9, 2013 AMHERST, Mass. - The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced that UMass football senior safety Devin Brown has been honored with the 68th Annual Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award which is given annually to a New England football player who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, sportsmanship and citizenship. Brown was one of the top performers for the Minutemen in the classroom and on the field this past season. A native of Piedmont, Calif., Brown ranked second on the team in tackles and was recognized as a member of the Capital One Academic All-District Continue reading >>>

Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Home values in Greater Boston are expected to rise by 2.3 percent next year, ranking the region among the nation’s Top 10 hottest markets, according to a new study. Zillow (Nasdaq: Z), an online marketplace for homes, analyzed the 50 largest metro areas and scored each on unemployment rates and population growth while also Continue reading >>>