Today's photo comes from Dunkin' Donuts. Here's what a spokesperson for the company had to say about it: "The Charlestown and Chelsea units of the Boys Girls Clubs of Boston were surprised with tickets to yesterday’s Bruins Stanley Cup Playoffs game by the Dunkin’ Donuts KidZone. The youth found out they would be attending only a day before the game and ultimately had the time of their lives watching the Bruins win in OT." -- Would you like to participate in our Photo of the Day feature? E-mail your photo to mattc@patch.com (or text it to 781.715.3584 or upload it to our community gallery), Continue reading >>>

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston announces a trio of Tony Award-winning musicals for its 44th consecutive summer season. A Chorus Line, the ground-breaking 1970s musical about unsung Broadway dancers putting everything on the line at an audition to be in a show, opens the season June 15-24. Bye Bye Birdie, the jubilant 1960s rock ‘n’ roll inspired parody of what happens to a small Midwestern community when an Elvis-like musical star swings through town looking for one last kiss before entering the Army, runs July 13-22. My Fair Lady, the timeless 1950s Lerner and Loewe classic Continue reading >>>

CSD Staff | Apr 13, 2012 | Comments 0 After an oil supply disruption leaves stations without gasoline, BP looks for new distributors. BP has terminated regional distributor Green Valley Oil’s contract, effective Friday, April 13, after some 218 BP stations faced supply disruptions in the greater Boston area. The 218 sites supplied by Green Valley Oil are in Massachusetts (122), Connecticut (55), New Hampshire (22) and Rhode Island (19). BP noted supply and logistics staff are working around the clock to identify new distributors and make the necessary changes to Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Apr 13, 2012) - After seeing a one percent drop in average asking rent for the Boston metro area at the close of 2011, prices have rebounded, according to data from the Boston RentJuice Rent Index. The analysis today released by RentJuice, which offers lease marketing technology to thousands of real estate property managers and brokers, shows a six percent jump in Beantown's average asking rent and a more modest hop (1%) in price per square foot. Currently, approximately 85 percent of total on-market rental inventory in Boston is being shared via RentJuice's online Continue reading >>>

Friday, April 13, 2012, 11:07am Greater Boston's industrial property market saw 520,000 square feet of positive net absorption in the first quarter, an "upbeat note," according to a Grubb Ellis market report.Buildings constructed since 2002 accounted for 615,000 square feet of positive absorption, while older buildings registered 95,000 square feet of negative absorption.The quarter was the seventh in the Continue reading >>>

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog If you find yourself in New England this weekend and are sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the Tea Party then come on down to Worcester, Massachusetts this Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. for the Worcester Tea Party Tax Day Rally. I have been invited to speak at this event. The featured speaker is Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. The Greater Boston Tea Party is also involved with this event and I will be spending some at their table for some chit-chat. For further Continue reading >>>

With thousands of spectators and runners crowding the streets from Hopkinton to Boston each Patriots Day, the Boston Marathon is clearly an economic boon for Massachusetts. But just how much? How about $137.5 million? That's the amount that the Greater Boston Convention Visitor Bureau estimates the annual event is worth to the Greater Boston area in 2012, when almost 27,000 runners will compete in Monday's race, which will also draw a half-million visitors along the 27.5 mile course and beyond. "The spending impact of the 116th Boston Marathon is the equivalent to our region hosting the NCAA Continue reading >>>

By NewsPublished Apr. 13, 2012Updated 23 hours ago comments Tweet Share The Boston Marathon is very good to its host city. Photo: Getty ImagesThe estimated figure should be the second-highest in the marathon’s history. The Boston Marathon is big for many reasons. It’s the oldest annual marathon; it’s got some of the best runners in the world competing. And, it’s also big in terms of money. According to a report on the Milford Daily News’ Web site, the annual event is expected to generate $137.5 million in revenue this year. Were this to happen, the figure would be higher than any Continue reading >>>

BOSTON -- BP gas stations in New England have run out of fuel. The company has taken action to address supply disruptions faced by a number of independent gas station operators in the greater Boston area, the company said in a statement issued late Thursday, by informing regional distributor Green Valley Oil LLC that it will terminate its contract with Green Valley effective April 13. BP announced in late 2009 that it was expanding its retail brand presence in New England through a supply agreement with East Providence, R.I.-based Green Valley Oil. East Meadow, N.Y.-based Getty Petroleum Continue reading >>>