North Shore Medical Center has been ranked as one of the best hospitals in Greater Boston and Massachusetts by U.S. News World Report for the second consecutive year.  NSMC is the only hospital on the North Shore to be named to either the Boston or Massachusetts lists. NSMC joins an esteemed array of medical centers, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in receiving the U.S. News and World Report honors. North Shore Medical Center was also designated as a high-performing hospital in both Geriatrics Continue reading >>>

SUNDAY: Mike Cooper (“Full Ratchet”) reads at 1 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough MONDAY: Joan Wickersham (“The News From Spain”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books … J. Courtney Sullivan (“The Engagements”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Wilmington Memorial Library, 175 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington TUESDAY: Tom Acitelli (“The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution”) reads at 6:30 at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway … Joanne Chang (“Flour, Too: Indispensible Recipes From the Café’s Most Loved Sweets Savories”) reads Continue reading >>>

Newton, MA, July 17, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Awning Guy, Inc. today announced the launch of www.AwningGuyMA.com as an informational portal with educational resources and other helpful tips on awnings, patio covers and retractable screens for the Greater Boston Area community. Development of other community minded features for www.AwningGuyMA.com are already underway, and new user awareness guides from expert technicians are already being added on how to choose the right awning or patio cover for your property, financial benefits of installing a commercial awning for your business, to what everybody Continue reading >>>

Newton, MA, July 17, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Awning Guy, Inc. today announced the launch of www.AwningGuyMA.com as an informational portal with educational resources and other helpful tips on awnings, patio covers and retractable screens for the Greater Boston Area community. Development of other community minded features for www.AwningGuyMA.com are already underway, and new user awareness guides from expert technicians are already being added on how to choose the right awning or patio cover for your property, financial benefits of installing a commercial awning for your business, to what everybody Continue reading >>>

Here’s one to lift your spirits. Boston is playing host to a new kind of performing arts festival – Outside the Box.  It’s nine days of free entertainment on Boston Common and City Hall Plaza, as well as other venues across the city. Shea Rose, one of the many acts set to take the stage joined Greater Boston along with Outside the Box organizer Ted Cutler.  The festival features theater performances, as well as bands such as the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Bearstronaut. It lasts through Sunday, July 21.  View the festival lineup Continue reading >>>