BOSTON, July 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Students at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology aren't the type to take the summer off. Those who comprise a group called Team HBV, while working well-earned and prized internships, are also dedicating their off hours to leading conference calls, sending emails and public service announcements, and distributing flyers in Chinatown and beyond -- all in an attempt to rally elected officials, community and healthcare leaders, and the general Boston population to join them, noon tomorrow, at Boston Common (Park and Tremont) for a creative Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, July 27, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — Students at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology aren’t the type to take the summer off. Those who comprise a group called Team HBV, while working well-earned and prized internships, are also dedicating their off hours to leading conference calls, sending emails and public service announcements, and distributing flyers in Chinatown and beyond — all in an attempt to rally elected officials, community and healthcare leaders, and the general Boston population to join them, noon tomorrow, at Boston Common (Park Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Students at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology aren’t the type to take the summer off. Those who comprise a group called Team HBV, while working well-earned and prized internships, are also dedicating their off hours to leading conference calls, sending emails and public service announcements, and distributing flyers in Chinatown and beyond — all in an attempt to rally elected officials, community and healthcare leaders, and the general Boston population to join them, noon tomorrow, at Boston Common (Park and Tremont) for a creative approach Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Students at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology aren't the type to take the summer off. Those who comprise a group called Team HBV, while working well-earned and prized internships, are also dedicating their off hours to leading conference calls, sending emails and public service announcements, and distributing flyers in Chinatown and beyond -- all in Continue reading >>>

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Stephen Cafferky, owner of People’s Choice Realty, said he's seen rents rise, but the double digits hikes are setting records. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email It’s getting so expensive to lease apartments in Greater Boston that even veteran brokers are shocked Continue reading >>>

gcbma wrote: Brookline is more desirable than most of Cambridge, and absolutely more desirable than any part of Somerville. None of them are "hip." Somerville is a run-down eyesore where college kids or recent grads go to live merely because they can afford to and only if they live near the Cambridge/Somerville border can walk/bike/subway to Cambridge. The closest area that Boston has that could be considered even remotely hip may be a narrow strip of the South End with the bars and restaurants, and even that is a stretch. Bynxers wrote: Brookline, hip? HAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA Sure. When Continue reading >>>

Hunger, unfortunately, is alive and well. To counter that growing problem, the Greater Boston Food Bank continues to distribute truckloads of donated foodstuffs to 190 municipalities within nine eastern Massachusetts counties. Starting in August the number of food-truck deliveries to Taunton will increase from three to four times a month, according to Gary Krist, GBFB’s manager of member services. “The need is so great,” Krist said, referring to recent reports that the census bureau’s official poverty rate for 2011 will be as high as 15.7 percent, compared to 15.1 percent in 2010. Taunton Continue reading >>>