This article is the second in a two-day series exploring the many activities in the Greater Boston area that embrace the fall season. Today’s article will take a look at the assortment of events and festivals that students may enjoy this autumn. Beyond the sightseeing and food, there are plenty of festivals occurring in the Boston area that ring in the season. One such festival is “What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention,” otherwise known as the Fluff Festival, which celebrates the marshmallow product that was invented in Somerville. The event, which takes place Continue reading >>>

The Foxborough Regional Charter School is one of the best in Greater Boston area, according to Boston Magazine’s Best Schools 2012 issue. The FRCS was ranked second out of 22 charter schools and 230 overall evaluated by Boston Magazine in the Greater Boston area. Among the charter schools ranked, only Salem Academy Charter School came in ahead of FRCS. Data gathered included test scores, number of AP classes, graduation rate, percentage of students who continue on to college, as well as the number of sports teams and clubs.  FRCS statistics included: Enrollment: 1,202 Student:Teacher Continue reading >>>

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BROOKLINE, MA--(Marketwire - September 24, 2012) - With a current Home Equity Line of Credit being offered for as low as 2.99% Annual Percentage Rate (APR)*, Brookline Bank continues its focus on providing Greater Boston homeowners with a range of home equity financing solutions, including home equity lines of credit and home equity loans. To make this low 2.99% APR home equity line of credit (HELOC) offer more accessible to homeowners, the bank has launched BrooklineBankHomeEquity.com -- an online destination for web, mobile and tablet devices. Visitors to BrooklineBankHomeEquity.com will Continue reading >>>

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce said it selected 59 women to take part in its leadership program. The year-long curriculum, conducted with Simmons College’s School of Management, is “designed to help participants enhance their leadership skills and become engaged in the region’s civic and business communities.” The participants are: Kelsey Abbruzzese, communications director, MassDevelopment; Carmen Albert, attorney, Hinckley, Allen Snyder LLP; Julie Banks, associate director of marketing, Citi Performing Arts Center; Meredith Baumann, manager, strategic communications, Blue Continue reading >>>

Dreyfus On Health Cost-Cutting Marathon: ‘We’re Barely To Framingham’ If you missed Andrew Dreyfus’ speech last week to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce you are forgiven: it wasn’t exactly Fifty Shades of Grey. To be fair though, the president and CEO of the state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, did make some good points about how hard it is to cut health care costs and the historic divisions that make it even harder, among other topics. To put the problem in perspective for a Boston crowd, Dreyfus (who Continue reading >>>

Foxborough High School is one of the top 50 schools in the Greater Boston area, according to Boston Magazine. The publication recently gathered data from more than 200 public high schools in the Greater Boston area to determine which schools are the best, and determined Foxborough is the 42nd best high school along Route 495. On the list of the Top 50 high schools, Weston High School came in at number one and Millis High School was ranked 50. Other area communities on the list include: Sharon High School – #8 Westwood High School – #13 Medfield High School - #18 Canton High School - #45 Walpole Continue reading >>>

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  With the autumnal equinox this past Saturday, fall is officially in full swing. The nip may not be in the air quite yet, but students around campus are already preparing for the season’s festivities. This article is the first of a two-part series exploring the many activities students can enjoy in the Greater Boston area during the fall season. Today’s installment will focus on traditional fall activities, including apple picking and leaf peeping; the second article, in tomorrow’s Daily, will look into popular events and festivals. Sophomore Massachusetts native Sean Fernald Continue reading >>>

It's been four days since more than two dozen buildings and public spaces across Boston, Cambridge, and beyond got smacked with posters of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama flashing cash like Biggie at a strip club. The life-size black-and-white images are hard to miss; from a lot near Malden High School to Jamaica Plain, both candidates appear to be laughing at the voting masses as a caricature lobbyist cracks a suitcase full of Benjamins. The Phoenix touched base with the artist troupe behind these wheat-pasted marvels – collectively known, according to the posters, as the Blank Administration Continue reading >>>