BOSTON, July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On June 18, the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS(R) (GBAR) named Michael DiMella, managing partner at Charlesgate Realty Group in Boston, as the 2013 Greater Boston REALTOR(R) of the Year at the association's Annual Awards Brunch at The Museum of Science. DiMella has been a REALTOR(R) since 2004. He is the President-Elect of GBAR and serves on the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS(R) (MAR) Board of Directors, as well as several other GBAR, MAR, and National Association of REALTORS(R) committees. The REALTOR(R) of the Year Award was Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, July 3, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joanne Taranto, a sales agent at Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in Weston, was presented with the REALTOR® Spirit Award at the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® (GBAR) Annual Awards Brunch held on June 18 at The Museum of Science in Boston. Taranto's can-do attitude and loyalty, honesty, and dependability with both colleagues and consumers makes her a deserving recipient of  this honor.The REALTOR® Spirit Award was created to acknowledge the unsung heroes of the REALTOR® organization. These individuals pay much attention Continue reading >>>

“Fiddler on the Roof,” one of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s top-five-selling shows of all time, is back by popular demand July 11-21, starring Boston television personality and IRNE Award winner Scott Wahle as Tevye. Reprising the role that earned him critical acclaim 10 years ago, Wahle leads a cast of 45 in this musical based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories. Donna Sorbello, the IRNE Award-winning actress who starred as Mrs. Higgins in last season’s “My Fair Lady” at Reagle Music Theatre, returns as Tevye’s wife, Golde. With a book by Joseph Stein Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amy Tierce, Regional Vice President of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation in Needham, was named the recipient of the Greater Boston Association of Continue reading >>>

Boston-Area Federations Merge to Improve Finances print tell a friend A federation north of Boston merged with Greater Boston’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies in an effort to bring financial stability and expanded programs to the region’s Jewish organizations. The idea of merging the 75-year-old Jewish Federation of the North Shore and CJP has been floated for years as JFNS has suffered declining fundraising and reduced allocations to community agencies. “This is an exciting, important and meaningful time for all of us,” said Barry Continue reading >>>

Restaurants, supermarkets, and stores devoted to health and fitness helped the local retail real estate market along the road to recovery over the last 12 months, KeyPoint Partners LLC said Tuesday. A commercial real estate services firm headquartered in Burlington, KeyPoint has just issued its annual report on the sector. The KeyPoint Report for Eastern Massachusetts/Greater Boston 2013 examines supply, occupancy, absorption, and retailer expansion and contraction for retail properties in the region. “This was a recovery year,” KeyPoint Partners vice president of research Bob Sheehan said Continue reading >>>

When airline pilot and writer Patrick Smith started taking questions from the traveling public through his Salon.com series, Ask the Pilot, he was amazed by how many people were terrified of turbulence.  "It's uncomfortable; it's annoying, but no: it's absolutely not going to rip the wings off the airplane," he told Greater Boston's guest host Gail Huff, who said it was her biggest fear when flying.  "People have this idea during rough air that the plane is pitching and rolling and dropping hundreds or thousands of feet. If you were in the cockpit, even Continue reading >>>

Watching the "Whitey" Bulger trial has been like reading an intricately written crime novel. There are details, there is testimony- each side builds its case often without emotion. What can be forgotten in the day-to-day proceedings is the effect that Bulger's drug dealing had on Boston. Author Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in the South Boston housing project close to where James "Whitey" Bulger sold drugs. On Greater Boston, MacDonald took WGBH's Gail Huff on a tour of the neighborhood where the gangster still looms large.  "He was the cause of a lot of people's deaths Continue reading >>>

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The 26th annual Walk for Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston will be held on Sunday morning, Sept. 22 at St. John’s Prep, 72 Spring St., Danvers. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the walk will begin at 9 a.m., rain or shine. People of all ages are welcome to participate and encouraged to form walking teams in memory or in honor of a loved one. To establish a team or obtain a sponsor form, call the Walk Office at 978-223-9787 or visit hnsgb.org/walk.    Continue reading >>>