The Salvation Army’s getting into the jewelry business this year, thanks to some very generous donations. Inspired by the Salvation Army wedding and engagement ring donation earlier this month, another Bostonian has given to the non-profit charity organization by parting with a piece of expensive jewelry. This time a Brookline resident dropped an envelope containing a diamond cross pendant into a bell-ringer’s kettle in an effort to give back to the community that welcomed her and her family. “Since relocating, people have been so warm, friendly, kind and accommodating to us, and I Continue reading >>>

CARRIE FISHER is to co-star in Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s new Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe. The former Star Wars actress will play the eccentric Bostonian mother mother of Delaney’s character. The six half-hour episodes, about an Irish woman and an American man who struggle to fall in love in London, also feature Ashley Jensen from Extras as Horgan’s ‘largely awful’ friend. THE finale of The Office, in which Dawn and Tim finally get together, has been named the best Christmas special ever by Radio Times critics. Comedy dominated the list with The Good Life’s 1977 Christmas Continue reading >>>

CARRIE FISHER is to co-star in Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s new Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe. The former Star Wars actress will play the eccentric Bostonian mother mother of Delaney’s character. The six half-hour episodes, about an Irish woman and an American man who struggle to fall in love in London, also feature Ashley Jensen from Extras as Horgan’s ‘largely awful’ friend. THE finale of The Office, in which Dawn and Tim finally get together, has been named the best Christmas special ever by Radio Times critics. Comedy dominated the list with The Good Life’s 1977 Christmas Continue reading >>>

Peeples from ABC’s Nashville tops the bill tonight in this encore performance of Boston’s 73rd annual Official Tree Lighting Ceremony on Boston Common. Hosts Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour bring us the lighting of this year’s massive tree, a gift from Nova Scotia. And you can enjoy music from Peeples, Motown the Musical, and Nova Scotia's own rockers, the Stanfields. Plus, Jimmy Tingle has his Bostonian’s rendition of A Visit from Saint Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas. Continue reading >>>

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  Excited by reports reaching Boston in 1850 of gold and new settlements in the West, a merchant named Gardiner outfitted a ship for trading along the Oregon Coast. A Capt. Coffin commanded the vessel, named the Bostonian, and Gardiner’s nephew, George Snelling, took charge of the expedition. The ship went around Cape Horn without incident, but on Oct. 1, 1850, the Bostonian wrecked on the bar while attempting to enter the Umpqua River.  Most of the cargo was salvaged and brought to the site known for years as “Gardiner’s City,” in honor of the uncle back in Boston.  Later, “City” Continue reading >>>

11th Annual Issue of the Magazine Honors 25,000 Risk Takers Who Captivated the Nation by Standing Behind Their Leader Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB) December 19, 2014 The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected the 25,000 employees of Market Basket, who put their jobs on the line to support ousted company president Arthur T. Demoulas, as 2014 “Bostonians of the Year.” They will be featured in a special edition of The Boston Globe Magazine on December 21, and online at bostonglobe.com/magazine. The magazine will also include profiles of nine other Bostonians receiving Continue reading >>>

2014 Bostonians of the Year: Honorable mentionsNine more of 2014’s most remarkable citizens. Pardis Sabeti, Stephen Gire, and teammates shed light on Ebola The team at the Broad Institute and Harvard sequenced the deadly virus’s genome, providing rapid yet accurate facts and analysis. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Stephen Gire (left) and Pardis Sabeti Continue reading below In a year when the twin forces of hysteria and misinformation made the deadly Ebola virus even more ferocious, Harvard computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti, research scientist Continue reading >>>

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