Security costs in Boston have led a popular annual cultural event to relocate to Andover next month.Andover High School’s Collins Center will play host to the India Association of Greater Boston’s annual India Day on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 4 to 8 p.m.The annual event celebrating India’s independence from British colonial rule has drawn thousands to the Esplanade in Boston for many years.But costs to continue staging the celebration at the Hatch Shell became prohibitive this year after security requirements grew stricter following this year’s marathon bombings, Amrit Soni, president of the Continue reading >>>

Envision Technology Advisors has announced the opening of a new office in the Greater Boston area. Located at 800 South Street, Suite 300 in Waltham, Massachusetts, this new location, which is Envision's second, continues the trend of growth that the IT consulting company has seen over the past few years and it strengthens their presence in the Boston marketplace. "We've been serving clients in Boston for a number of years now, working with Boston University, DiMella Schaffer, Design Partnership of Cambridge, Fenway Health and others," says Todd Knapp, Envision's founder and CEO. "Having Continue reading >>>

Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 12:11pm The Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR) named Michael Dimella its 2013 Realtor of the Year.The award is presented to one member who best represents the organization through his or her volunteer work, dedication to the Realtor organization and achievements in the industry. Dimella is the managing partner of Charlesgate Realty in Boston's Back Bay and is a principal Continue reading >>>

The Bertolon Center for Grief Healing, a program of Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston, is offering a variety of workshops in late summer/fall 2013. Free of charge, these groups offer several options for people grieving the death of a loved one, with each group specific to individual needs and preferences. All groups meet at Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston’s Wellesley office at 70 Walnut St., Suite 301. Bertolon Center for Grief Healing workshops are open to anyone in the community who has lost someone special, according to the organization. Space Continue reading >>>

Craig Douglas Managing editor/online vertical products and research- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Greater Boston’s housing market is still off from its pre-recession peak, but an ongoing surge in buyer demand appears to be closing the gap. According to Zillow.com’s July housing update for the Boston-metro region, the median sale price for the month was $370,900, off roughly 2 percent Continue reading >>>

<!-- --> Curbed Comparisons is our map of similarly priced homes around the region. This go-round it's 10 apartments renting for three grand on the nose. These range from an entire house with garage in Newton to a 630-square-foot 2-BR in Beacon Hill to a loft in the fast-growing NorthPoint neighborhood of Cambridge. Comments Continue reading >>>

CHEERS to the India Association of Greater Boston, which chose Andover to be the site of its annual India Day celebration.India Day marks the anniversary of India’s independence from British colonial rule. The India Association has for more than two decades held the annual celebration at the Esplanade’s Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston. But this year, in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, security costs around Boston landmarks have skyrocketed.This year’s celebration had been scheduled for Aug. 18 but the event was cancelled after the cost of the event exceeded $20,000, India Association Continue reading >>>

The Bureau of Labor Statistics today released the state employment and unemployment figures for the month of July. The bureau's regional economist, Timothy Consedine, says there was no significant change compared to June, but Massachusetts has seen significant growth compared to a year ago, particularly in the Greater Boston area, which encompasses over two-thirds of Massachusetts employment. "We see growth in the Boston/Cambridge/Quincy metropolitan statistical area - 59,000 jobs, and it’s widely spread across the 11 subsectors of industries that we track,” Consedine said. Professional and Continue reading >>>

Take the square footage: 15,453. That includes 23 rooms total; nine bedrooms; 14 bathrooms, including two in the master suite; game rooms; a four-bay garage (detached); museum-quality entertaining rooms, including a music room; an elevator; 10 fireplaces; and a reception hall gilded in gold leaf. Outside there's more than 3.6 acres of lawn and garden as well as lily ponds, a pool and what looks like some sort of boyhood-fantasy fort in the woods. Mind-bogglingly, the Gibson Sotheby's listing passingly mentions that "additional acreage is available." The estate hit the sales market late last Continue reading >>>

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Aug. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Envision Technology Advisors has announced the opening of a new office in the Greater Boston area. Located at 800 South Street, Suite 300 in Waltham, Massachusetts, this new location, which is Envision's second, continues the trend of growth that the IT consulting company has seen over the past few years and it strengthens their presence in the Boston marketplace. "We've been serving clients in Boston for a number of years now, working with Boston University, DiMella Schaffer, Design Partnership of Cambridge, Fenway Health and others," says Todd Continue reading >>>