Boston, MA 08/28/2014 (wallstreetpr) – According to reports, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has decided to offer six months of Amnesty Program and complimentary internet services in Boston and across the various cities of US. The announcement was made by Steve Hackley, Senior vice president of CMCSA’s Greater Boston Region on the occasion of starting internet essentials at the Boston Centers for Youth Families Perkins Community Center in Dorchester. Hackley was joined by Rookie Marcus Smart; Boston Celtics and Felix Arroyo; city of Boston Chief of Health and Human Services. It is Continue reading >>>

[PR Newswire] – BOSTON, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s Greater Boston Region was joined today by City of Boston Chief of Health and Human Services Felix Arroyo and Boston Celtics Rookie Marcus Smart to officially kick off Internet Essentials, Comcast’s innovative broadband adoption initiative, for this school year at the Boston Centers For Youth Families Perkins Community Center in Dorchester. At the event, Comcast announced it will include up to six months of complimentary service for any new family in Boston and nationwide that has not Continue reading >>>

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Posted Aug. 27, 2014 @ 2:24 pm
Updated at 2:27 PM

(DataXu at Tech Gives Back 2013) Members of Boston's tech community will be stepping back from their respective desks on Wednesday, September 10, to give back to the city that gives to them. The Fourth Annual Tech Gives Back is now two weeks away. Hosted by Technology Underwriting Greater Good, the event disperses more than 2,000 entrepreneurs and investors to 50 volunteer sites throughout Greater Boston to complete a combined 10,000 hours of community service. The projects range from sprucing up a school playground in Roxbury to lending a helping hand at a women's homeless shelter in Continue reading >>>

EVERYWHERE WE GO. EVERYWHERE WE GO. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW. PEOPLE WANT KNOW. WHO WE ARE. WHO WE ARE. SO WE TELL THEM. SO WE TELL THEM. THIS IS THE GREATER BOSTON YMCA AT HAL RESERVATION. GOOD MORNING, “EYEOPENER”! SO THAT’S WHO YOU ARE. A LITTLE LAST BLAST OF SUMMER AT THE GREATER BOSTON YMCA. SOME OF THEM BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, ALONG WITH OTHER SCHOOLS IN WORCESTER, HAVERHILL, WELLESLEY, OUR GOOD FRIEND IN PLYMOUTH. AND NATICK. YOUR BOYS ARE BACK. I HAVE A COUPLE GOING TO SCHOOL TODAY. WHEN YOU DO GET BACK THERE, WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOUR WAKEUP CALL.

Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:45 am | Updated: 11:37 am, Wed Aug 27, 2014. Magazine gives area schools high marks BY AMY DeMELIA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF The Sun Chronicle | 0 comments Three local Continue reading >>>

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Come say hello to Ed Siegel, editor of The ARTery on wbur.org, at the second annual Greater Boston Theatre Expo. WBUR is pleased to return as a media partner of the Expo, which takes place in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. The expo features more than 50 theater companies from Boston and the surrounding region. It’s a great way to find out what the area’s theater companies, from the largest to the smallest, are staging in the upcoming season. Some theaters will also be providing exclusive, Expo-only ticket offers and giveaways. “On a typical Friday night Continue reading >>>

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