Office space along the Interstate 495 corridor saw some growth in occupancy rates in the first quarter of the year, though not as much as in other parts of Greater Boston, according to a report by Richards Barry Joyce Partners.The area saw an increase in occupancy of 0.7 percent, resulting in a 20-percent vacancy rate. For the entire Greater Boston area, the growth rate was 2 percent and the vacancy rate ended up at 15.3 percent.The report noted that asking rents in the I-495 area have been falling, and it noted a particularly strong renters' market in Marlborough, where space is available at Continue reading >>>

Aspect Ratio: 1:78:1 Video Codec: AVC/MPEG-4 Resolution: 1080p/24 (23.976Hz) Audio Codec: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Subtitles: None Region: A (B? C?) Rating: Unrated Discs: 2 (1 x Blu-ray + 1 x DVD) Run Time: 248 Mins. Studio: A+E Networks Home Entertainment Blu-ray Release Date: April 17th, 2012 List Price: $24.98 Purchase Baseball’s Greatest Games on Blu-ray at CD Universe Shop for more Blu-ray titles at Amazon.com Overall The Film Video Quality Audio Quality Supplemental Materials Click thumbnails for high-resolution Continue reading >>>

  Editor's note: The following is an edited press release sent to West Roxbury Patch.com. The Boston Globe announced its annual winter High School All-Scholastic winners, recognizing 188 student-athletes as Boston Globe All-Scholastics, with 59 hailing from the Greater Boston area. The Boston Globe All-Scholastic athletes are chosen for each of the three high school sports seasons – fall, winter and spring. The winter sports include boys’ and girls’ basketball, ice hockey, indoor track, gymnastics, swimming, skiing, and boys’ wrestling. All All-Scholastics are selected by members Continue reading >>>

Boston, MA, April 01, 2012 --(PR.com)-- It was time for a change in early 2012 when The Touch, a jewelry design company in the Greater Boston Area decided to hold a contest. One of their most popular lines, interchangeable bracelets, was the center of a fan driven challenge. The bracelets are handcrafted in a way that you can change the top easily and often. Touch customers can recognize their designs instantly, but the collection’s name was not as familiar. The bracelets were referred to by all different names and descriptions, sometimes making it difficult to be sure of what the customer was Continue reading >>>

They say that laughter is the best medicine - and the folks behind the Greater Boston Comedy Relay are counting on that as they kick off their 2012 season with a very special open-mic comedy contest on April 11 at Tavern at the End of the World  in Charlestown, MA. Since 2009, the Greater Boston Comedy Relay has held its annual series of live comedy shows which have raised funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life program in New England. Partnering with well-established venues such as Nick's Comedy Stop, Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault, and Mottley's Comedy Club, Continue reading >>>

Actor Leonard Nimoy and Sir Winston Churchill didn’t know each other, but both were connected to a Boston-area children’s non-profit that has been doing work among immigrant families for more than a century. The Elizabeth Peabody House, which Nimoy attended and Churchill donated money to, is asking the public’s help in submitting the names of individuals who have done outstanding work among children and immigrant families in Greater Boston over the last year. “We are looking to find the inspiring stories of four local champions of children and immigrant families, and give credit where Continue reading >>>

Occupy Arlington plans to holds its third general assembly on Saturday, March 31, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Senior Center, 27 Maple St. Interested in issues, such as countering the impact of corporate greed, stopping the sellout of our democracy, finding solutions to disappearing jobs, making education and housing affordable? We want to hear your Voice and your Ideas for Change. Get involved in actions that we can take to promote change now. Make Arlington a vital part of greater Boston's growing Occupy movement. Occupy Arlington joins Occupy Boston, Occupy Cape Cod, Occupy Fall River, Continue reading >>>

If there is one thing the video game playing community loves more than Call of Duty, it is churning out rumors about the next CoD title release. Well, it looks like it's time to start up the ol' rumor mill once again. This time, for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 details and even a release date. What is obvious is that a sequel to the initial Black Ops title, launched in 2010, was inevitable and Treyarch would be the studio developing the game under the wing of Activision. Perhaps just as obvious, is that the game would be released sometime this year, probably around October or November. This Continue reading >>>

The Mystic Valley Salvation Army has expanded and reconfigured operations at its food pantry in Malden. In addition to offering more storage space, the new pantry will now allow Salvation Army patrons to choose their own items from the shelves. Patrons previously received grocery bags packed by volunteers, but Lt. James Labbe of the Mystic Valley Salvation Army said the new system is more efficient and user friendly. “Families from Malden, Medford and Everett were given a bag of groceries, packed by volunteers with balanced meals in mind from the stock on the shelves,” Labbe said. “The Continue reading >>>