Boston preparing for Game 1 of World Series

(NECN: Leslie Gaydos) - The Red Sox and the city of Boston are preparing for Fenway Park to be the center of the baseball world this week.      The first game of the World Series is Wednesday against the Cardinals.   Businesses around the park and police are preparing for the influx of fans. Fans have been stocking up on merchandise, ready to show their faith in the team.The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce estimated that every World Series game in Boston will bring about $10 million per game. Tags: world series, red Continue reading >>>

Caesars Out at Suffolk Downs and Now Things Are a Mess

State investigators charged with keeping questionable characters from Massachusetts' gaming industry (and you thought your job was hard) raised enough concerns about would-be Suffolk Downs casino-resort operator Caesars Entertainment to get it voluntarily booted from the proposed mega-project. Caesars' sudden exit comes less than three weeks before voters in East Boston and Revere are supposed to vote on the damn thing. So! That vote, at least in Eastie, may be postponed past Nov. 5, according to outgoing Boston Mayor Tom Menino, who has long championed a Suffolk Downs casino. That's supposed Continue reading >>>

Facts about Edgar Allan Poe

Morning 5 No comments posted. |E-mail|Print | Search Archives Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:30 PM EDT Facts about Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is thought to be the first well-known American writer to try living on his craft alone. 1) Born Jan. 19, 1809, as Edgar Poe in Boston. His father abandoned the family the next year and his mother died a year later. The parents were both actors.2) Lived in England and Scotland for a short time with his foster family, the Allans.3) His first work published was a collection of poems in 1827 credited only to “a Bostonian.”4) Continue reading >>>

NEC says no to Masconomet, four GBL schools

The 11 high school principals of the Northeastern Conference schools voted down a proposal yesterday from the conference’s athletic directors to add Masconomet, as well as four schools from the Greater Boston League, into the NEC.Six NEC schools — Salem, Danvers, Swampscott, Lynn English, Winthrop and Gloucester — voted against admitting Masconomet, Medford, Malden, Everett and Somerville in, which would have created a 16-team conference. A successful vote would have meant that two-thirds of the principals voted yes (8 out of 11).This is the third time that a vote where Masconomet and/or Continue reading >>>

Northeastern Conference says no to Masco, four GBL schools

The 11 high school principals of the Northeastern Conference schools voted down a proposal yesterday from the conference’s athletic directors to add Masconomet, as well as four schools from the Greater Boston League, into the NEC.Six NEC schools — Salem, Danvers, Swampscott, Lynn English, Winthrop and Gloucester — voted against admitting Masconomet, Medford, Malden, Everett and Somerville in, which would have created a 16-team conference. A successful vote required two-thirds of the principals to vote yes (8 out of 11).This is the third time that a vote in which Masconomet and/or the Greater Continue reading >>>

NC says no to GBL joining in

To the surprise of no one, the Northeastern Conference principals voted 6-5 against allowing the four remaining Greater Boston League teams, along with the Cape Ann League’s Masconomet, into the NC.Eight yes votes were needed. The six no’s were Salem, Winthrop, Gloucester, Danvers, Swampscott and Lynn English.“It’s very disappointing. I thought this would have been a great thing for the league,” said Beverly athletic director James Coffey, who made the presentation yesterday. “I thought we could have become a 16-team superleague, one of the best in the state.”The news was the latest Continue reading >>>

Regatta, Red Sox bring millions for Boston

(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston/Cambridge, Mass.) - Along both sides of the Charles River and around Fenway Park, Boston is gearing up for one of the biggest, boomingest weekends the hospitality industry could hope for: A combination of the Head of the Charles Regatta and the Red Sox playing the Detroit Tigers Saturday and potentially Sunday for the American League pennant.The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the regatta, with its 300,000 spectators and 9,000 rowers and participants from 19 nations, will pump $30 million Continue reading >>>

Boston Mayoral Candidates Make Case To Business Community

BOSTON — Boston’s two mayoral candidates appealed to the business community Thursday, when they both took questions at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The business community has largely stayed on the sidelines of the mayoral race. Neither candidate has obvious ties to business. But the ballroom at the Copley Plaza was packed Thursday morning with business leaders eager to hear what the candidates had to say. Select Coverage: Boston Mayoral Race 10/17: Environmental Group Wades Into Race 10/16: Connolly And Walsh Turn To Biography In First Televised Continue reading >>>