DANVERS — When an expected 5,000 walkers step off for the 25th annual Walk for Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston tomorrow morning, the Tarricone family will be in front of their home, serving free lemonade just like they have every year since 2005. It's a wonderful gesture that's been well-received over the years by thirsty walkers. But this year the tradition will carry even more meaning for the Tarricones. Last month, Jean Tarricone's father, Robert Gudaitis, spent a week at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers before he died on Aug. 18 at age 80, only three weeks after Continue reading >>>

The Greater Boston Beverage Society has opened ticket sales for the First Annual Boston Cocktail Summit, to be held October 4-6, 2012. The three-day celebration of Greater Boston's cocktail culture is the first-ever city-wide cocktail event and is designed for industry professionals and consumers alike. Parties, trade exhibits, and seminars will highlight the city's fascinating history of mixology and will spotlight New England's breweries, wineries, and distilleries. The Boston Cocktail Summit will be open to the public and will allow local enthusiasts to celebrate, commiserate, learn about, Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — After a long delay, Democratic Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has officially endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren in her challenge of Republican incumbent Sen. Scott Brown. Appearing together at a rally in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood Friday afternoon, Menino said he withheld his endorsement of Warren until he got to know her better. “I got to know Elizabeth Warren, and now Elizabeth Warren’s got my vote, she’s got my help,” Menino said. Menino said that his endorsement will get the message across that Greater Boston voters Continue reading >>>

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Comcast/NBCUniversal President Kyle McSlarrow, Washington, D.C. for Comcast Corporation, and New England Patriots legend Troy Brown today announced year two of Internet Essentials, an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption program designed to help close the digital divide among low-income Americans.  In its first full year of availability, more than 100,000 families, or 400,000 Americans, gained access to the Internet at home, and Comcast continues to enhance the program with new features and processes designed to accelerate enrollment in the program.  Continue reading >>>

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Here's a piece I just wrote for the Globe West on the tough situation many prospective renters in the suburbs now face. It's a landscape in which available apartments are dwindling, rents are rising and landlords are going fee crazy. Both upscale suburbs and more middle income towns are seeing big increases, according to Zillow.com, which tracks both traditional apartments and homes for rent. Leading the pack are towns like Arlington, which saw asking rents post a more than 14 percent, year-over-year increase in July, to a median of $2,416. Wellesley saw asking rents rise 6.7 percent, to $3,547, Continue reading >>>

State Street sponsors the Spirit of State Street Alumni Volunteer Program which offers retired and former employees the opportunity to help others through community service.  

Elena Lydon, a local Braintree resident, volunteered at the Greater Boston Food Bank in Boston on September 12th. Along with retirees of State Street, she has been actively participating with many volunteer projects in the State Street Alumni Volunteer Program.

(NECN) - Thursday means it's time to go on the record-- this week, with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and its vice president, Charles Rudnick. Rudnick joined NECN’s Mike Nikitas to discuss the rise in the unemployment rate from 6.1 to 6.3 from July to August, and the fact that Massachusetts lost 4,800 jobs. How does the Chamber interpret this information?"It's hard to sugarcoat these numbers-- it's not good news," Rudnick said. "The unemployment rate ticked up, and what's more important than ... the specific numbers is that it's Continue reading >>>

Patrick — born on July 4, 2008, and named for patriot Patrick Henry — is a popular companion at hospice. He came to the agency two years ago, after being trained as a therapy dog. He spends most days at Kaplan House, but also travels with staff to see hospice patients at their homes. He’s so busy he has his own calendar of appointments. On nights and weekends, he lives with Diane Stringer, executive director of hospice, at her home on Cape Ann, where he loves to take dips in the ocean.

Sept. 20, 2012, Boston, Mass. – Arts patron and civic leader Ted Cutler today formally announced the creation of Outside The Box, a 10-day citywide multi-arts festival in Boston that will include multiple performance stages on Boston Common and other public spaces. The inaugural Outside The Box festival will run from July 12-21, 2013. “Boston and Massachusetts deserve to be thought of internationally as a performing arts city and state. Boston’s cultural institutions and the artists working out there are creating great things,” said Cutler, chairman and founder of Outside The Box. “Our Continue reading >>>