Anti-gay law: Bad for business — Seattle and Boston chambers

The federal Defense of Marriage Act, up for U.S. Supreme Court review, creates economic inequities and unfair tax burdens and is bad for business, the CEOs of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce argue in an opinion piece. “Both our chambers see marriage equality as a series of big pluses — from attracting and keeping the best and brightest employees, to adding to the economy’s bottom line,” Maud Daudon (Seattle) and Paul Guzzi (Boston) wrote in the Boston Herald. The two argued a Continue reading >>>

Teen Takes Artificial Heart to School as She Waits for Transplant

Kyah DeSimone loves hip-hop dance, basketball, sleepovers and fashion. But the 13-year-old Bostonian carries a weight on her shoulder that few middle schoolers can imagine: the black purse that powers her partial artificial heart, and the looming prospect of a heart transplant. Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at age 10, Kyah lived with the slow stretching of her heart until it became too weak to pump. In October 2012, she was rushed Continue reading >>>

Teen Waits for Transplant With…

Kyah DeSimone loves hip-hop dance, basketball, sleepovers and fashion. But the 13-year-old Bostonian carries a weight on her shoulder that few middle schoolers can imagine: the black purse that powers her partial artificial heart, and the looming prospect of a heart transplant. Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at age 10, Kyah lived with the slow stretching of her heart until it became too weak to pump. In October 2012, she was rushed Continue reading >>>

Teen Takes Artificial Heart to School as She Waits for Transplant

Boston Children's Hospital(NEW YORK) -- Kyah DeSimone loves hip-hop dance, basketball, sleepovers and fashion.  But the 13-year-old Bostonian carries a weight on her shoulder that few middle schoolers can imagine: the black purse that powers her partially artificial heart, and the looming prospect of a heart transplant.Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at age 10, Kyah lived with the slow stretching of her heart until it became too weak to pump.  In October 2012, she was rushed from a friend's sleepover to a local hospital."I'm a nursing student, and I knew it was heart failure when Continue reading >>>

Boston to host charity concert for Syrian Armenians

PanARMENIAN.Net - In response to the plight and predicament of the Syrian Armenian communities, the Greater Boston Armenian Community has organized a benefit concert to provide much needed humanitarian assistance, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator reported. Titled “The Benefit Concert for the Syrian Armenian’s Relief Fund,” and featuring many renowned artists and local cultural organizations, the event will be held on Saturday, April 20, at the National Heritage Museum. Tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan and his wife, mezzo-soprano Victoria Avetisyan, will perform, joining soprano Knarik Nerkararyan, Continue reading >>>

FCC Affirms Fine Against WMJX For Contest Rule Violation

Fined The FCC has affirmed its $4,000 fine against GREATER MEDIA 's GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC. for a contest rule disclosure violation at AC WMJX (MAGIC 106.7)/BOSTON. The station ran a contest involving a car giveaway that turned out to be a two-year lease rather than ownership and required a winner to qualify in a credit check, which was not disclosed on the air.  Promos for the contest also did not directly refer listeners to the station's Continue reading >>>

Two Sides to Boston’s Proposed Energy Scoring Ordinance

By: Matt Conti T he City of Boston has proposed an energy scoring ordinance that would rate condominiums, apartments and commercial buildings with an eye toward impacting property valuations so that property owners are incentivized to invest in energy saving technologies. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board has come out strong against the proposed ordinance. We present both sides of the debate. Mayor Menino Announces Filing of Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance Large Commercial and Residential Buildings Would Disclose Energy Usage in Order to Encourage Investment Continue reading >>>

Benefit Concert for Syrian Armenians Planned in Boston – The Armenian Mirror

LEXINGTON, Mass. — In response to the plight and predicament of the Syrian Armenian communities, the Greater Boston Armenian Community has organized a benefit concert to provide much needed humanitarian assistance. Titled “The Benefit Concert for the Syrian Armenian’s Relief Fund,” and featuring many renowned artists and local cultural organizations, the event will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Heritage Museum of, 33 Marrett Road. Tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan and his wife, mezzo-soprano Victoria Avetisyan, will perform, joining Continue reading >>>