Two Massachusetts casinos received licensing Friday and plans for development are underway. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts received a unanimous vote Friday from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, officially granting each company a license to operate resort casinos in downtown Springfield and Everett, respectively. High competition for the sole license to operate a casino in the Greater Boston area resulted in Wynn Resorts receiving a license in place of Mohegan Sun, which had plans to open in Revere. MGC Commissioner James McHugh Continue reading >>>

FRAMINGHAM, MA--On Saturday, Nov. 15, the music fraternity of the Greater Boston area will get together to celebrate the music of Bharataratna M.S Subbulakshmi. A fundraiser concert for Ekal Vidyalaya, "Remembering M.S. Subbulakshmi" will feature the best of her Carnatic music and multi-lingual crossovers. One of the highlights of the event will be Subbulakshmi songs sung in over 10 Indian languages by Carnatic vocalist Deepti Navaratna and others. Shri Pravin Sitaram on the mridangam and Smt. Vidya Raman on the violin will join Navaratna in this tribute. The event will be held from 10:00 am Continue reading >>>

American Consumer Credit Counseling Receives $22,500 Grant from Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation to Support Housing Counseling Program PRWEB.COM Newswire PRWEB.COM NewswireBoston, MA (PRWEB) November 12, 2014 American Consumer Credit Counseling announced today that the industry-leading non-profit organization has received a $22,500 grant from the Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation to support the organization's ongoing housing counseling services. This funding will allow ACCC to help 300 additional families in underserved communities throughout Greater Boston and Central Continue reading >>>

After hosting Greater Boston the past 18 years, I’ll be stepping away from the anchor desk in just about five weeks. And before I go, we're inviting people back on the show who have special perspectives and who have elevated the discourse over the years. We’re calling it the Greater Boston version of "Emily’s List." Wendy Murphy is an adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law in Boston and a fierce advocate for women and children. She is also a former prosecutor and is never at a loss for words or without an opinion. Continue reading >>>

Nearly 800,000 square feet of industrial real estate was snapped up in Greater Boston from July through September, according to a report from the brokerage firm Transwestern RBJ.Rents rose slightly last quarter, but no new construction of warehouses or manufacturing sites was planned. Over the past year, warehouse rents have risen 6.8 percent in the Boston area, while asking prices for manufacturing space have gone up by 9.2 percent. Continue reading below Just two leases -- by Max Finkelstein Tire and Industrial Packaging Supply Inc. -- amounted to 182,000 square Continue reading >>>

Donegal Association of Boston recently held their 106th annual banquet at the Florian Hall, Dorchester Continue reading >>>

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis accepted the honor yesterday of having Boston’s South Station named after him, but he doesn’t expect anyone to call it anything but South Station and seemed to wonder why people even bothered to give him the honor. South Station is the largest railroad station and bus terminal in the Greater Boston area, and its second-largest transportation center after Logan International Airport. Officially, it has been renamed “The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station.” As it turns out, not even the maps and station signage Continue reading >>>

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