iParty, the national party goods chain, is planing to open a store in Waltham.  The company is planning to open the store at the proposed Main Street Marketplace at 1030 Main St., according to a company press release that included announcements for other new stores in Massachusetts. The store will anchor the new complex, according to iParty and span 45,000 square feet.  “We are extremely pleased to add these two locations to our family of full-line party stores in the Greater Boston area. Although we already have a very strong presence in Boston, our customers in the Waltham and Haverhill Continue reading >>>

To empower local families to make healthier life choices, Stop Shop is hosting its second “Healthy Kids Summit,” which aims to educate families on important nutrition and exercise information to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Joining Stop Shop are community health experts from the YMCA of Greater Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission, which is working to increase physical activity and healthy eating through the new Boston Moves for Health campaign, the New England Dairy Promotion Board along with a special guest appearance by a Boston baseball player.  The event will be comprised Continue reading >>>

The philanthropic arm of Walmart Stores Inc. said Friday it will donate $779,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital, the latest in a series of generous donations to area charities that could bolster the Arkansas retail chain’s local reputation after several failed attempts to expand in the Boston market. Since the beginning of the year, the Walmart Foundation has donated more than $900,000 to Greater Boston charities, including $50,000 to the Greater Boston Food Bank and $25,000 to Boston Medical Center. In addition, the mega­retailer provided $5 million in funding to a Brandeis University-run Continue reading >>>

Brooke Daly, a community relations manager with The Computer Merchant, goes over a resume with Army veteran Arthur Grimes during the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Boots to Business’ event yesterday hosted by Chamber chief Paul Guzzi. The event connects employers with local veterans.

MONDAY: Ben Mezrich (“Sex on the Moon”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Marjorie Garber (“Loaded Words”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store TUESDAY: Jennifer Weiner (“The Next Best Thing”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Copley … Gina Apostol (“Gun Dealers’ Daughter”) and Pagan Kennedy (“The First Man-Made Man”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Carissa Halston (“The Mere Weight of Words”) and Jill McDonough (“Habeas Corpus”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Tim Chamberlain (“Our Valued Customers: Conversations From Continue reading >>>

Collaborative project hosted at the 2012 National Apartment Association Education Conference Exposition helps The Greater Boston Food Bank provide more than 2,400 meals to those in need Provo, UT (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 Property Solutions International, Inc., the fastest growing property management software provider in the nation, announced its recent contribution to The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), which was made in conjunction with a collective storytelling project the company hosted at the 2012 National Apartment Association (NAA) Education Conference Exposition in Boston, June 28-30, Continue reading >>>

BOSTON -- Massachusetts business leaders are launching a program intended to connect employers with military veterans returning from overseas deployment or active duty. The "Boots to Business" initiative will benefit some of the nearly 13,400 veterans who showed up for services at the state’s career centers last year. Only just over 5,200 of these veterans were employed. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says Massachusetts has seen a 13 percent increase in the number of veterans discharged from military service within the last three years. The Greater Boston Chamber of Continue reading >>>

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts business leaders are launching a program intended to connect employers with military veterans returning from overseas deployment or active duty. The "Boots to Business" initiative will benefit some of the nearly 13,400 veterans who showed up for services at the state's career centers last year. Only just over 5,200 of these veterans were employed. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says Massachusetts has seen a 13% increase in the number of veterans discharged from military service within the Continue reading >>>

As the U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is launching an initiative to connect companies with veterans returning home to a weak job market. Today’s kickoff of “Boots to Business” at the Boston Harbor Hotel aims to show companies the advantages of hiring veterans and introduce veterans to prospective employers and mentors. “Hiring veterans is a win-win,” said Jim Klocke, the chamber’s executive vice president. “They can bring great skills to a company, and companies can help them re-enter the workforce after they’ve completed a tour of duty.” For Continue reading >>>

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