As it vies for a Boston-area gambling license, Mohegan Sun has consistently denied it would try to steer high-stakes players away from Massachusetts and toward its flagship casino in Connecticut, where the company pays less in taxes. The company’s financing partner even suggested that a confidential marketing agreement bars the Connecticut casino from trying to lure away Greater Boston gamblers with enticing promotional offers. Continue reading below But that is not the case, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by the Globe through the state public records law. If the Revere Continue reading >>>

SALEM — “The Democrats could have trotted out an orangutan this time and I’d vote for him.” Behold, Seth Moulton’s biggest asset in his campaign to unseat longtime incumbent Congressman John Tierney: that even if this challenger were an ape, Salem resident Don Armell would still vote for him. Continue reading below That’s the way it is in the Sixth District these days. Tuesday’s primary isn’t really about the upstarts running to unseat Tierney, impressive though they may be. It is a referendum on Tierney himself. Sitting outside his house Wednesday, sipping coffee with friends, Continue reading >>>

As it vies for a Boston-area gambling license, Mohegan Sun has consistently denied it would try to steer high-stakes players away from Massachusetts and toward its flagship casino in Connecticut, where the company pays less in taxes. The company’s financing partner even suggested that a confidential marketing agreement bars the Connecticut casino from trying to lure away Greater Boston gamblers with enticing promotional offers. Continue reading below But that is not the case, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by the Globe through the state public records law. If the Revere Continue reading >>>

Now that it’s September, it’s unofficially oyster season in New England. Having grown up amongst Greater Boston’s idyllic fishing communities, I’ve abided by the old adage only eat oysters during months that end in ‘ber.’ September is no exception; except for the fact that oyster beds off the coast of Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard have been closed. On Wednesday afternoon, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Marine Fisheries announced the precautionary closure of the oyster beds in Katama Bay. The two departments Continue reading >>>

PRESS RELEASE September 3, 2014, Boston, Mass. – Exhibitors at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo donated more than four tons (8,400 lbs.) of consumer goods to be dispersed to various charitable organizations throughout the Greater Boston community. NACDS worked with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority’s (MCCA) Conventions C.A.R.E. (Community Assistance by Responsible Events) program, which is distributing the products to local nonprofit organizations to be dispersed to those in need. Conventions C.A.R.E. was established by the MCCA in 2010 to Continue reading >>>

BOSTON - Democratic attorney general candidates Maura Healey and Warren Tolman made their pitches to the Boston area business community on Wednesday, as they enter the final week of what is shaping up to be a tight race. "This is a job I believe I'm suited for," Healey, a former bureau chief in Attorney General Martha Coakley's office, said at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast. "I don't view it as a consolation prize. I don't view it as a stepping stone." Tolman, a former state senator, previously ran for governor and lieutenant governor. Tolman told the crowd that the race is about Continue reading >>>

Image via Shutterstock/Alita Bobrov Now that it's September, it's unofficially oyster season in New England. Having grown up amongst Greater Boston's idyllic fishing communities, I've abided by the old adage only eat oysters during months that end in 'ber.' September is no exception; except for the fact that oyster beds off the coast of Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard have been closed. On Wednesday afternoon, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Marine Fisheries announced the precautionary closure of the oyster beds Continue reading >>>

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is out against casinos in Massachusetts, saying she will vote to repeal the 2011 legislation that faces a voter referendum this fall, The Boston Herald reports. “I come to the question of gambling from a background in bankruptcy and what happens economically to families,” the Cambridge Democrat told reporters yesterday. “It’s a tough call here. People need jobs, but gambling can be a real problem economically for a lot of people. I didn’t support gambling the first time around and I don’t expect to support it (now).” MassLive reports that Continue reading >>>