EmailBOSTON -- Even though the Massachusetts Gaming Commission isn’t scheduled to award the sole destination resort casino license designated for the Greater Boston area until sometime in May, Suffolk Downs intends to host a live meet beginning sometime in the spring of 2014. “We plan to run this year,” said Chip Tuttle, chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs after competitors Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts made their final presentations before the MGC on Jan. 22 Track officials and the New England horsemen have not yet agreed on a purse agreement for the upcoming meet or settled on Continue reading >>>

Watch the live video of the presentations by Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts starting at 1:00 p.m.•••Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts, the competitors for the Greater Boston casino license, will pitch their billion-dollar projects to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Wednesday afternoon.MGM Resorts International, the sole applicant for a western Massachusetts license, will present its Springfield plan Thursday morning.The commission, which had intended to hear from all three gaming operators Tuesday, juggled its schedule because of the weather. The new schedule calls for Mohegan Sun, Continue reading >>>

Mohegan Sun could build a Greater Boston casino six months faster than a competitor could, tap a database of millions of New England gamers on Day One and save the Suffolk Downs racetrack and the 1,400 jobs it sustains, Mohegan executives told Massachusetts gaming regulators today.In a 90-minute presentation timed to the second, the Mohegan Sun Massachusetts team touted its $1.3 billion proposal for the city of Revere, referring only in passing to "the other applicant" for the one license the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is expected to award for Greater Boston.The other applicant, Continue reading >>>

Several parking bans in the Greater Boston area, including in Boston and Cambridge, are scheduled to be lifted this morning. Click the links below for the most up-to-date information. Arlington Belmont Boston'sparking ban is scheduled to end at 8 a.m. Those with cars in garages and lots should have move them by 10 a.m. in order to get the discount. Brookline Cambridge is ending its parking ban at 7 a.m. Chelsea Everett Malden Medford Milton Newton Quincy Revere Somerville Stoneham Waltham Watertown Winthrop Schools Click here for a complete listing of school closings. Courts Several Continue reading >>>

A wave of Arctic cold is dominating Greater Boston today as the latest winter storm winds down in most of the state, but is expected to generate blizzard-like conditions on the South Shore and the Cape Cod and the Islands for most of the day. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he was lifting Boston’s emergency parking ban at 8 a.m. after he stayed up much of the night monitoring the response to his first snowstorm. “The streets are good,” Walsh said. “Down to the pavement.” Six to seven inches of snow fell in Boston, Walsh said, and a few more were expected this morning. At the height Continue reading >>>

On Jan. 25 and 26, do good and eat well by dining at some of the Boston area’s most celebrated restaurants during the Greater Boston Food Bank’s 32nd annual Super Hunger Brunch. With nearly 20 restaurants, diners can choose sweet and savory dishes from menus designed especially for Super Hunger Brunch weekend. Prices are set at $25, $35 and $50 per person and for every dollar spent, three nutritious meals will be provided to our neighbors in need. In 2013, over 1,700 people participated in Super Hunger Brunch, raising enough funds to provide 183,000 meals to men, women, Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston Commercial Properties Inc. of Marlborough has announced three new commercial office lease deals in Westborough and Framingham, totaling more than 11,000 square feet.Hiperos LLC, a computer software company specializing in third-party management, signed a two-year lease on a 2,704 square-foot property at 176 East Main St. in Westborough. The office condominium building is located at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 30.A second Westborough deal brought Stellar Apparel to a 778-square-foot space at 57 East Main St., a three-year deal.Meanwhile, Disruptor Beam, a start-up Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts doesn’t build nearly enough new housing, and when it does, it builds the wrong kind of housing. Zoning puritanism drives up the cost of housing, and it forces residents to abandon the state. These are familiar complaints. But a new report from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council puts fresh data on just how bad the state’s housing problem is — and how much work it will take to build a competitive housing market in Greater Boston. MAPC argues that the region will need to construct 435,000 new homes by 2040, most of them multi-family units (condominiums, apartments, townhomes). Continue reading >>>

It’s safe to say John Fish already has a lot on his plate, running Suffolk Construction Co. and sitting on a long list of boards that direct Massachusetts business groups and nonprofits. But that list is likely to grow a little longer soon. The executive committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce board is meeting Tuesday morning, and I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts it recommends Fish to succeed Hill Holliday chief executive Karen Kaplan as the chamber’s next chairman in the spring. Fish owns a very big construction business that generates about $2 billion a year in revenue. He Continue reading >>>

Tonight: A slight chance of snow before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday: A chance of snow, mainly after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 18. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tuesday night: Snow likely before 1am, then snow between 1a.m. and 2 a.m., then snow likely with areas of blowing snow after 2 a.m. Low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -4. Blustery, with a north wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of Continue reading >>>