Greater Boston Web Extra: J. Geils Shows off Guitars & Plays One

J. Geils, guitarist for the J. Geils Band that bears his name, sits down with Emily Rooney Feruary 4 for an entire episode of Greater Boston. We'll be posting outtakes from Geils home all week.  In this installment, J. explains why he'd be happy just strumming his guitar big-band style, and plays a bit. On His Influences: "These are some of my favorite guys: Freddie King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. [King]. That's Dwayne Allman, that's Barry Tashian, a good friend of mine, people might remember from Barry and the Remains. Here's Buddy guy Continue reading >>>

Scott Brown reportedly opts not to run in special election to replace John Kerry

By ROBERT RIZZUTO SHIRA SCHOENBERG Republican Scott Brown will not jump into the U.S. Senate race to replace John Kerry, the former senator confirmed in a statement Friday afternoon. Brown, who lost to Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November, has been considered the GOP favorite because of his statewide popularity and name recognition. But following a meeting of the Republican State Committee last night, word began spreading across Massachusetts that Brown was leaning against a run. Brown, a married father of two, talked of the strain campaigning put on his family in an interview Continue reading >>>

Brookline leads Greater Boston housing recovery

Brookline is poised to enjoy Greater Boston’s biggest home price gains in 2013, with other close suburbs and Boston itself likely to see modest increases as well, market tracker Zillow Inc. predicts. A new Zillow forecast predicts that Brookline will see the median house and condo value rise 4.3 percent to $544,440 this year ­— the largest percentage increase among 160 Boston area cities and towns studied. Brookline’s expected gains are also a full percentage point above the 3.3 percent median increase Continue reading >>>

ReServe Launches in Boston

Company News: Page (1) of 1 - 01/31/13 email article print page More Related Stories ReServe Launches in Boston   (January 31, 2013) National Nonprofit Deploys 55+ Professionals to Advance Community Impact BOSTON, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --ReServe (http://www.reserveinc.org), which matches 55+ professionals with nonprofits and government agencies that need them, launched today in Greater Boston. ReServe helps organizations of all sizes, budgets and missions tap into affordable talent Continue reading >>>

Wayland resident named division president at real estate board

The Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) announced the installation of new division presidents earlier this month, including Commercial Brokers Association President John Boyle of Wayland, who works at Cassidy Turley. GBREB is the oldest real estate organization in America with over 8,000 members representing the residential and commercial disciplines of the real estate industry and over 50 cities and towns in the Boston metropolitan area. Services include legislative and regulatory representation, professional development, certifications and training, mediation, arbitration, and seminars. Continue reading >>>

Lower corporate taxes will aid growth, Boston Chamber says

Corporate taxes in Massachusetts are the fifth-highest in the country, and should be changed to make the state more competitive, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce said in a report Thursday. While Massachusetts enjoys a number of draws for companies, including talent and some leading industries, “we are lagging when it comes to business cost structure, notably the corporate tax system,’’ according to Paul Guzzi, the chamber’s chief executive. The chamber suggested four areas where the commonwealth could reduce the corporate tax burden and put Massachusetts closer in line with other Continue reading >>>

Book: The Dabneys: A Bostonian Family in the Azores – Launching

TweetEmailSharebarTweetEmailThe launching of the anthology “The Dabneys: A Bostonian Family in the Azores 1806-1871,” will take place in a series of events to be held, February 16-21, in four Massachusetts and Rhode Island institutions. The anthology, based on translations of records originally compiled by Roxana Lewis in 1899, was privately published for the family as “The Dabney Annals”, depicting the Dabneys’ family stay on Faial island. The English translation is edited and prefaced by Maria Filomena Mónica, University of Lisbon Professor, Continue reading >>>

Chamber: State’s current tax code forcing firms to look away from Mass. for job …

Matthew L. Brown Reporter- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce has embarked on a campaign to change the state's tax code, arguing that a few modifications would encourage local, expanding companies to collectively add thousands of jobs here instead of other states. The chamber issued a report today called “Making The Massachusetts Corporate Tax Code More Continue reading >>>