“Chef Joanne Chang has said before that without the courses she took at the BCAE she would not have had the temerity to commit herself to her passions.” Calling all young professionals in the Greater Boston area - it’s time for you to take a second look (or maybe a first) at New England’s oldest educational non-profit, the Boston Center for Adult Education. Don’t worry, I’m fully aware that you’re well versed in computers. And can’t blame you for judging the center by its name. But let’s face it, where else in Boston can you take classes like “Burlesque for Beginners,” Continue reading >>>

Bret O'Brien, Greater Boston Commercial Properties 35 Scales Lane - Townsend, MA Bret O'Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties (GBCP) recently represented the buyer in the purchase of 35 Scales Ln. for a sale price of $650,000. The 39,000 s/f warehouse and 10 acre industrial parcel on which it is located were acquired by Everett Murray owner of Triple M. Moving Storage based out of Brockton. The seller Merrimack County Savings Bank had acquired the property through foreclosure in October of 2012, and was represented in the subsequent sale by Joel Aho of O'Brien Commercial Continue reading >>>

Craig Douglas Managing editor/online vertical products and research- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter While the housing market has shown signs of overheating in recent months, it is still considerably cheaper to buy a house than it is to rent one in Greater Boston. That’s according to Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko, who told Forbes.com that on average it's about 35 percent cheaper to Continue reading >>>

(NECN) - Peter Howe and Paul Guzzi of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce discuss the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. In many ways, we have recovered remarkably as the stock market has hit record highs and most of the bailout money repaid with some profits.  Cornelius "Con" Hurley of Boston University's Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law says that while progress has been made, we still have a ways to go. Watch the above video for the complete discussion. Tags: economy, Peter Howe, TWIB, Paul Guzzi, Continue reading >>>

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert in Milford Town Hall at 3 p.m. Oct. 13. The event is part of the BSO’s Community Chamber Concert series, which provides “high-quality, relevant, and engaging’’ music programs in Greater Boston communities with limited access to the ensemble based on distance or economics, according to an announcement on its website. The approximately hourlong concert will be followed by a coffee and dessert reception for the audience and musicians. Free tickets and more information about the program are available at the BSO website, www.bso.org, Continue reading >>>

The data suggest there ought to be bargains aplenty in many communities in Massachusetts. But the view from the street is much different: huge swaths of Greater Boston are experiencing the kind of hot sellers’ market that is driving buyers further out of the area for affordable homes. In Medford, for example, single-family homes are still selling at prices just below the market peak level back in 2005, according to the most recent compilation from the Warren Group, which tracks real estate data in Massachusetts. The current median selling price, or midpoint sale price, in that community Continue reading >>>

The heat keeps getting turned up on Massachusetts hospitals and health insurers as rising health care prices eat deeper into the budgets of working families, small businesses, and governments. While other states will start insuring more residents this fall under the US health care overhaul, Massachusetts — which expanded health insurance access through its 2006 law — has moved past enrollment to grapple with an even more intractable health care problem: exorbitant costs. State lawmakers passed a cost containment law in 2012 that attempts to limit medical expense increases to the Massachusetts Continue reading >>>

Highlights from the Boston Real Estate Now blog. It has been a crazy roller coaster ride over the last eight years for home prices. After soaring into the stratosphere during the housing bubble, prices came crashing down with the Great Recession. Now prices are back again. Cities all but left for dead after the crash, like Las Vegas, are seeing prices skyrocket again, while blue-chip areas like Greater Boston, New York, and Washington, where prices fell but never collapsed, are now experiencing double-digit increases. Not surprisingly, more than a few buyers are wondering what’s next and Continue reading >>>

Name: Lance DalyAge: 35Street: School StreetFamily: SingleEmployment: Health Outreach Worker at Commonwealth Community CarePolitical and community experience and involvement:• Board of Directors, River House- Programs Committee, Chair- Governance Committee• Economic Restructuring Committee, Beverly Main Streets• Solid Waste Management Committee, City of Beverly• 30 Main, Beverly Main StreetsWhy are you running for City Council?Boston Globe Magazine recently named Beverly one of the top places to live in Greater Boston. Not news to us, right? We choose to call Beverly home because we Continue reading >>>