Jan. 22, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The Providence College men's track and field team turned in several strong performances Sunday at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at the Gordon Track at Harvard University. Seniors Julian Matthews (Nelson, New Zealand) and David McCarthy (Waterford, Ireland) both challenged their respective personal bests. McCarthy, a First-Team All-American last winter, won the 3000-meters, crossing first in 7:56.76, just over three seconds shy of his p.r. Matthews, a Second-Team All-American last year in both indoor and outdoor track, finished the 800-meters Continue reading >>>

QUINCY, MA--(Marketwire - Jan 22, 2012) - Willard Veterinary Clinic is promoting pet health and wellness for animals from Dorchester, Quincy and other surrounding communities by offering a variety of pet services and providing pet owners with pet health information. In addition to general medical outpatient care, the holistic vet offers services that include small animal wellness, pet surgery, geriatric pet care, pet nutrition and extensive dental services. According to the clinic staff, the clinic also recently completed a visual re-design of its website to promote its philosophy of client education, Continue reading >>>

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On December 28, Milton resident Duncan Finigan, along with seven Roxbury Latin classmates and two faculty members, took part in a Habitat for Humanity build in Roslindale. They performed a variety of tasks on one of Greater Boston Habitat’s newer projects: a foreclosed home undergoing a complete renovation that will result in a 3-bedroom unit and a 4-bedroom unit. The building is currently in the early stages of renovation, and the work of the RL group focused on improving its structural stability and safety. The above release was submitted by John Spatola, Roxbury Latin. Continue reading >>>

Industry experts say 2012 is shaping up to be Boston’s strongest year for tourism and convention business since 2007 – and has the potential to set all-time records. Booming convention bookings, new direct flights from Tokyo to Boston, increased cruise ship passenger volume and the return of March Madness to the TD Garden are all expected to pack hotels and boost bottom lines of area businesses this year. The rebound in tourism and business travel will make booking a reservation at area hotels the most difficult since 2007, according to the industry researchers at PKF Consulting. “We Continue reading >>>

A few months ago, officials with ViaSat, a satellite communications company with an engineering office in Marlborough, knew the lease on the company’s 23,000-square-foot office would be up soon, so they began looking for a new space. The quality of their choices pleasantly surprised them. For just about the same rent, ViaSat officials were able to upgrade to an even nicer, newer and more conducive space for the company. “It was pretty much a no-brainer,” said Ken Gamache, general manager of Massachusetts operations for ViaSat, now happily located at 377 Simarano Drive in Marlborough, Continue reading >>>

Print this Article Email this Article NEW BEDFORD — Winter arrived fashionably late Saturday, bearing a house gift of a foot of snow in Fairhaven and Dartmouth, and turning city streets into a demolition derby with traffic accidents reported every couple of minutes all afternoon long.Yet as of early evening no serious crashes had been reported anywhere in SouthCoast. There were some spinouts, a multiple car crash on I-195 eastbound at the start of the storm, and Continue reading >>>

Could Boston have become one of the world’s megacities? For Bostonians who treasure their dense, walkable urban space, it may seem like a shocking idea. But that was the ambition of a Brookline lawyer named Daniel J. Kiley, who 100 years ago this month submitted a bill to the Massachusetts Legislature that would have totally transformed the city, swallowing every municipality within 10 miles of the State House to create a unified “Greater Boston.” Kiley’s bill proposed bringing 32 cities and towns — from industrial centers like Malden, Waltham, and Cambridge Continue reading >>>

Could Boston have become one of the world’s megacities? For Bostonians who treasure their dense, walkable urban space, it may seem like a shocking idea. But that was the ambition of a Brookline lawyer named Daniel J. Kiley, who 100 years ago this month submitted a bill to the Massachusetts Legislature that would have totally transformed the city, swallowing every municipality within 10 miles of the State House to create a unified “Greater Boston.” Kiley’s bill proposed bringing 32 cities and towns — from industrial centers like Malden, Waltham, and Cambridge Continue reading >>>

By Kat Hasenauer Cornetta - Contributor Tweet Sports radio stations in New England's smaller media markets are becoming a rare commodity. How do the remaining stations stay afloat in a climate where sports talk is going syndicated? Kat Cornetta investigates in the media roundup. Follow @sbnationboston on Twitter, and Like SB Nation Boston on Continue reading >>>