Rising Stars Basketball School will be holding its summer basketball camp, July 22-26 at Melrose High School. Recognized as Greater Boston’s finest teaching camp, Rising Stars attracts outstanding area coaches who provide quality instruction and a competitive atmosphere. The camp is open to players ages 9-18 who are divided into divisions by age. The camp runs daily from 8:30-3:30 p.m. The camp is directed by Kevin O’Brien, longtime college basketball coach at Harvard, Boston University, Brandeis and Stonehill. He will be assisted by Mike Kasprzak, head coach at Melrose Continue reading >>>

PEABODY – The remains of Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, were removed today from the Puritan Memorial Park and are being taken in a six-car motorcade to Boston where the search for genetic material to compile DNA material will be undertaken. The exhumation of the Chelsea native remains was undertaken today as authorities try to conclusively link him to the 1964 murder of Mary Sullivan on Beacon Hill. The casket, covered with dust and grime, was dug out of the ground by a backhoe operator and then men with shovels. Once above ground, the grimy casket was placed in Continue reading >>>

PEABODY – The remains of Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, were removed today from the Puritan Memorial Park and are being taken in a six-car motorcade to Boston where the search for genetic material to compile DNA material will be undertaken. The exhumation of the Chelsea native remains was undertaken today as authorities try to conclusively link him to the 1964 murder of Mary Sullivan on Beacon Hill. The casket, covered with dust and grime, was dug out of the ground by a backhoe operator and then men with shovels. Continue reading >>>

A summary of personnel moves, events, accomplishments and awards in Greater Boston’s real estate community. Angela Stamoulos has been appointed senior vice president and sales manager of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s two Back Bay offices. Stamoulos and sales manager Ken Tutunjian, are responsible for the day-to-day sales and operations of more Continue reading >>>

Sage's RV will be stopping at the Harpoon Brewery. Sage North America is taking an RV cross-country, stopping in Boston on July 15 to visit its second of 16 cities on a 50-day tour. Sage executives will be at Harpoon Brewery, a client, for a lunch and brewery tour, meeting with the Harpoon team and interacting with consumers at the South Boston waterfront location. The Continue reading >>>

By Nikita Lalwani, Maria Cramer and John R. Ellement, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff PEABODY - The remains of Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, were removed today from the Puritan Memorial Park and are being taken in a six-car motorcade to Boston where the search for genetic material to compile DNA sample will be undertaken. The exhumation of the Chelsea native remains was undertaken today as authorities try to conclusively link him to the 1964 murder of Mary Sullivan on Beacon Hill. The casket, covered with dust and grime, was dug out of the ground by a backhoe Continue reading >>>

The 26th annual Walk for Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22. Returning as co-chairman is Tom Gould of Peabody, and joining him are Maureen Trefry, vice president for Eastern Bank, and Karen Gagne, assistant vice president for Eastern Bank. According to Hospice, Gould, Trefry and Gagne bring incredible enthusiasm to the event and invite everybody in the community to unite on Sept. 22 in memory of those who have made an impact on our lives, and in honor of the caregivers who so lovingly provided care. The three-mile Walk begins Continue reading >>>

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By Ling-Mei Wong   Free citizenship clinics attract plenty of folks, as the Greater Boston Citizenship Initiative can attest. With seven large group workshops in 2011, each event drew 150 to 200 registered individuals eligible for U.S. citizenship. About 20 smaller clinics also took place, resulting in more than 2,000 citizenship applications completed in 2012. GBCI was launched by Boston-based Fish Family Foundation in May 2011. Immigration had long been a priority for the foundation and it identified naturalization as the best way to make a difference. “Currently Continue reading >>>

Software quality is about increasing value by increasing company understanding of the software it's producing. The mission of software testers is to gather information. Low-value work like discreet bug detection is too prominent in the software testing world. Don't focus on defects; those are low-value. Over-quantifying information is another way to provide low value. Focus on delivering value that the CEO can appreciate. These are a few of the major takeaways from the inaugural meeting of the Greater Boston Software Testing Interest Group. Monday, July 22, 2013 will mark the second monthly Continue reading >>>