Senior Care Leaders and Executives Converge at MIT to Network and Discuss …

Senior care industry experts met at MIT to discuss how innovations and new technologies, such as the GeriJoy Companion shown here, can best be harnessed to improve care delivery. Our findings will be very helpful for anybody seeking to develop or to adopt innovative solutions in senior care. Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) November 15, 2013 On Thursday, November 14, 2013, executives and leaders in the Greater Boston Continue reading >>>

For Some, Urbane’s Map of Boston Might be the Most Annoyingly Accurate Out …

Boston, with its narrow and crooked avenues, can be hard for anyone to navigate at times, and the people often more difficult to decipher. The folks over at California-based Urbane, though, have accepted the challenge of making it easier for visitors and new residents to learn street names and neighborhood identities by creating an original map based on classic Bostonian characterizations. BostInno spoke with Urbane co-founder and Chief of Content Trevor Felch to find out how the three-man startup began charting the streets of major American hubs like New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston author readings Nov. 17-23

SUNDAY: Archer Mayor ("Three Can Keep A Secret") reads at 1 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford … Jan Krause Greene (“I Call Myself Earth Girl”) reads at 1 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough … Heather Terrell (“Relic: The Books of Eva 1”) reads at 2 p.m. at Newtonville Books … Andre Dubus III (“Dirty Love”) reads at 3 p.m. at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Terry Kitchen (“Next Big Thing”) reads at 3 p.m. at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester MONDAY: George Howe Colt (“Brothers: George Howe Colt on His Brothers and Brothers Continue reading >>>

Bostonians upset with Maher’s bombing comments – WHDH

BOSTON (WHDH) -- Less than two weeks after the Red Sox touching tribute at the Boston Marathon finish line HBO talk show host Bill Maher is downplaying the importance of the Boston Marathon bombing. "You know, it was, again, a bad day. Three people died, that's terrible, more were maimed, that's horrible, but unfortunately, that happens every day in car accidents and everything else. I mean, your city was not leveled by Godzilla,” Maher said. The team took time out of their World Series celebration parade to honor the victims of the bombing, and now fans are upset that Maher made light Continue reading >>>

Bostonians upset with Maher’s bombing comments

BOSTON (WHDH) -- Less than two weeks after the Red Sox tribute at the Boston Marathon finish line HBO talk show host Bill Maher is downplaying the importance of the Boston Marathon bombing. "You know, it was, again, a bad day. Three people died, that's terrible, more were maimed, that's horrible, but unfortunately, that happens every day in car accidents and everything else. I mean, your city was not leveled by Godzilla,” Maher said. The team took time out of their World Series celebration parade to honor the victims of the bombing, and now fans are upset that Maher made light of the events. "Ya Continue reading >>>

Mass. senator wants to hear from Romney as panel vets Olympic bid

Former Gov. Mitt Romney may soon find himself invited back to the State House, this time to offer his expert advice on what it would take to successfully lure and host the 2024 summer Olympics in Greater Boston. A new state commission created to investigate the feasibility of bidding for the games met for the first time on Thursday, an introductory gathering intended to get the ball rolling on an effort to quickly but thoroughly vet the facility, security, housing, transportation and financial resources that would be necessary to host the Olympics. Romney, who ran the Continue reading >>>

The man behind the dynasty – Eagle

EVERETT — Around him, the Greater Boston League corrodes, like the 19th or early 20th-century three-deckers that line the streets of this, his blue-collar city. Athletic programs at ex-rivals Cambridge, Somerville, Medford and Malden have withered into the mediocre mire that has become city athletics.Change rattles around him in now, his 22nd season at Everett High. As he says, the demogaphic on his football team has moved from nearly 100 percent Irish and Italians to a team consisting of Haitian/Creole, Hispanic and Brazilians.He remains the lone constant. John DiBiaso ... and winning. Twenty-two Continue reading >>>

Allston Behemoth Promises Parking for 10, More Apartments

The three-unit (for now) 54 Gardner hasn't been on the sales market since the 1980s, and the owner is now asking $1,515,000, which, we imagine, you couldn't ask in Allston back in the day. That gets you that potential for more units; the parking (including within a four-car garage); nine bedrooms total; four bathrooms; and two laundry rooms. · The Priciest Parking Spaces in Modern Boston History [Curbed Boston] · Our Triple-Decker Thursday archive [Curbed Boston] Continue reading >>>