(NECN) - The trending business topics in Boston right now  include a new Massport CEO, A multi-million dollar skycraper development, and a teachers union contract.We go on the record with Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce vice president Jim Klocke.  Klocke touches on potential replacements for the Filene’s Basement site in downtown Boston, the business reaction to a tentative contract between the Boston teachers union and the city and an update on the search for a new leader of Massport.Watch the attached video for the complete discussion. Continue reading >>>

Print this Article Email this Article Tribute to the late Tom "Denny" Lopes: To take place at the Verdean Vets Hall, 3-8 p.m. Sept. 23. Music, food, testimonials and more. Guest appearances by local musicians and vocalists. Tickets $25. For more information contact Marilyn Gonsalves, (508) 996-3965. 561 Purchase St., New Bedford.Greater New Bedford Civil War Round Table: The Civil War Round Table of Greater Boston will be sponsoring the Reenactment of Lincoln's speech at the Tremont Temple in Boston, 1:30-4 p.m. Sept. Continue reading >>>

SUNDAY: Erika Robuck (“Hemingway's Girl”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord MONDAY: Paul Auster (“Winter Journal”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre ($5 tickets) TUESDAY: John Edward (“Fallen Masters”) reads at the Brattle Theatre ($20 ticket includes admission and signed book … William Martin (“The Lincoln Letter”) reads at 7 p.m. in the Jones Room, Tufts Library, 46 Broad St., Weymouth … Justin Torres (“We, the Animals”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Linda Davis and Gish Jen (“Granta 120: Medicine”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Continue reading >>>

Boston Comedy Festival invades Davis Square, Sept. 14-22 BY SHAWN MUSGRAVE From Friday, Sept. 14 until Saturday, Sept. 22, Somerville’s Davis Square will be the comedy epicenter of Greater Boston as local venues host the 13th annual Boston Comedy Festival (BCF). The nine-day festival will bring national headliners, local comedy veterans and up-and-comers to stages at the Davis Square Theatre, the Somerville Theatre and the Burren. Featured acts range from the family-friendly and mainstream to the coarse and offbeat. The Continue reading >>>

By Canton Citizen Boston magazine named Canton High School as one of the best public high schools in Massachusetts in its September 2012 issue, ranking number 45 out of the top 50. Boston magazine crunched the numbers in an exclusive ranking of the 50 best public high schools within the greater Boston area, all 230 of them. Rankings were based on data gathered from consulting school officials and websites, as well as from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Determining factors of the district rankings include test scores, number of Advanced Placement Continue reading >>>

The following information was provided by Breakthrough Greater Boston: Breakthrough Greater Boston, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing underserved students to attend four-year college and to training the next generation of urban teachers, presented one of its teachers, Noah Jefferson, with the first-ever Elizabeth D. Hodder Award. The award was presented at the organization’s end-of-summer event, ‘Celebration,’ on Aug. 9. Named for Breakthrough Greater Boston’s Board Chair, whose visionary leadership reflects her lifelong dedication to education and teacher training, the Elizabeth Continue reading >>>

Getty ImagesAttention trendy bars in the greater Boston area: Tyler Seguin and Brad Marchand have now both signed contract extensions worth a combined $52.5 million. They will be dancing on you shortly, most likely sans shirts. After Marchand's 4-year, $18-million deal with the Boston Bruins, Seguin on Tuesday agreed to a 6-year, $34.5-million deal through 2018-19 -- a $5.75 million annual cap hit. Both contracts begin in the 2013-14 season, getting in under the CBA expiration wire and before their owner Jeremy Jacobs helps lead the NHL in a war against escalating player salaries. From the Bruins: The Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Sept. 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Lose It! has joined Boston.com and The Greater Boston YMCA to kick off the Hometown Wellness Showdown, a four-week health and wellness challenge. Participants from towns in and around Boston will compete against one another to help their town or YMCA earn the title of healthiest in eastern Massachusetts.The challenge, which runs through October 12, 2012, can be accessed at http://showdown.loseit.com and is free to join. "Points" will be awarded for logging exercise, eating fruits and vegetables, losing weight and a variety of other activities.Each Continue reading >>>