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“They’ll make new interactions or new friends today with someone that they’ve never met before that might live right down the street,’’ she said. “That’s the awesome thing, this is the age that they’re still workable. Too many times we focus on the problems we have, but the good of the city is so much bigger than the problems we have, but we never really focus on the good kids, the good things, and everyone involved. So I’m all about it.’’

Email PDF Print Brookline, MA (PRWEB) February 24, 2012 JJManning Auctioneers, a leader in the accelerated marketing and disposition of quality real estate, is pleased to announce the sale at auction Continue reading >>>

In Eastern Massachusetts, one in nine people uses a soup kitchen or a food pantry. One in nine. I recently attended the monthly operations meeting of the North Shore Hunger Network, a 20-year-old group of people representing agencies from Amesbury to Beverly committed to serving the food insecure. Eileen O'Shea, director of Community Outreach for the Greater Boston Foodbank, was there that day, along with representatives from Our Neighbor's Table in Amesbury, Acord in Hamilton, Beverly Bootstraps, The Adventist Church in Beverly, Haven from Hunger serving Peabody and Salem, and Gloucester's Continue reading >>>

Robert Verrier Robert Verrier, the enigmatic and gifted managing partner of Chelsea’s Architectural Team, has been elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. For an architect, the award is the equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize for journalists. It is a major honor given to a small fraction of the nation’s working architects. “I am humbled to have been elected to the AIA’s College of Fellows,” said Verrier. “It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized as an AIA Fellow, and one that reminds us that our mission goes beyond designing buildings. It is a life-work commitment Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Sappi Fine Paper North America announced today the release of The Standard Volume 5, a popular guide to designing for print. The latest volume focuses on how Special Effects can make the printed page offer a more dimensional, tactile and interactive experience for audiences. Uniquely inspirational, The Standard demonstrates how using printing techniques can serve as a creative tool to make images and editorial messages more powerful and impactful. (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120223/NE58181)(Logo:  Continue reading >>>

Despite postal workers opposing the closure of the Shrewsbury facility, the U.S. Postal Service announced they will be closing the local processing center. The operations of the Shrewsbury facility will be split between the Boston and Middlesex-East Processing and Distribution Center in North Reading, according to Telegram.com. In January, postal employees met in Marlborough to discuss the cuts and learn about the study being conducted by the postal service. Kelly Arpin held a sign asking management to "Do the Right Thing," and said she wants the U.S. Postal Service not to close the Central Massachusetts Continue reading >>>

By Colleen Quinn STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 21, 2012….The state’s network of transportation services that gives rides to elderly and disabled residents is “fragmented,” and “ripe for fraud, waste and abuse,” according to a new report from the Inspector General’s office. Inspector General Gregory Sullivan sent a letter last week to state transportation officials and the MBTA board of directors with 12 recommendations to cut costs and consolidate services for the T’s RIDE program. The IG’s office spent more than a year looking at RIDE services run by Continue reading >>>