BOSTON (CBS) – The right plane for the right time. That was the message delivered by Governor Patrick, Massport’s CEO Tom Glynn and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce President Paul Guzzi as they officially welcomed Hainan Airlines to Boston. The event took place in the afternoon at The State House before a large crowd of tourism officials. The new flights to Beijing, China will begin with four flights a week on June 20th of next year. Governor Patrick and Massport officials have been meeting with Hainan since 2007. The startup was delayed because of delivery problems with the new Boeing Continue reading >>>

December 11th-13th ENTERCOM Active Rock WAAF/BOSTON announced the station will once again host a fundraising event "WAAF's RISES UP AGAINST HUNGER" from WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11th to FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th. WAAF on-air personalities LYNDON "LB" BYERS and ANTHONY "SPAZ" PARZIALE will ‘Rise Up’ on lifts, where they will live on a platform suspended high in the sky for three full days in an effort to raise funds for The Greater BOSTON, WORCESTER Continue reading >>>

Matthew L. Brown Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Rising expenses are making life difficult for Greater Boston’s small community banks, but there are a few that have managed to keep those increases in check in recent years. Comparing the first nine months of this year with the same period in 2008, it’s common to see overhead expense increases in the 30 percent range among the Continue reading >>>

Boston Maccabi Rugby, a community service-based rugby team serving the Greater Boston area, traveled to Hannaford in Waltham with Sam Slater of the Slater Foundation and Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson to pick up contents for 1,000 “Thanksgivukkah” baskets complete with mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and Hanukkah gelt (chocolate candy) that they planned to donate to families in Boston this year. The effort is funded in large part by Slater, who is contributing $15,000 towards 1,000 turkeys to accompany the baskets. "Community service is at the core Continue reading >>>

Craig Douglas Managing editor/online vertical products and research- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has promoted itself as a diversified, one-stop-shop for college students hoping for a professional career in Greater Boston. Today its mission is much the same, although its aspiration to be all things to all students is getting a serious scrubbing. Prompted Continue reading >>>

A Mohegan Sun casino proposal at Suffolk Downs appears closer to joining the competition for the Greater Boston resort casino license, after a majority of the state gambling commission signaled Tuesday that they would accept such a bid on the track’s property in Revere. Allowing the Connecticut gambling company to pursue a new proposal at a new site on the Suffolk Downs property would preserve a sense of competition for the state’s most lucrative gambling license, while enraging opponents who beat back a casino at the track in East Boston in a Nov. 5 vote. It could also open the commission Continue reading >>>

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This holiday season, the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard continues its partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank by hosting a major food drive alongside its production of The Heart of Robin Hood. The story of The Heart of Robin Hood, which inspires sharing with those in need, deeply resonates with the very real lack of food and other basic resources among many members of our own community. As such, the A.R.T. is inviting audience members of the production as well as other local individuals to celebrate the spirit of the holidays and the legend of Robin Hood by donating non-perishable Continue reading >>>