Kaplan Construction Completes Library Renovations at Boston College

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BOSTON — Kaplan Construction, a general contractor and construction management firm providing comprehensive building programs to commercial, healthcare, multi-family, worship, institutional, and historic rehabilitation/adaptive reuse clients across Greater Boston, announced that it has completed two fast-track summer renovation projects for Boston College. The project was initiated and completed in less than three months in order to accommodate students upon their return in September. Kaplan Construction worked on two projects over the summer at the BC O'Neill Library, one of the center points Continue reading >>>

Business Digest for Nov. 4, 2014

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Follow Daily News Business Editor Bob Tremblay on Twitter @Bob Tremblay_MW.Greater Boston leases space in Hopkinton Bret O’Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties in Marlborough recently completed a leasing spree in the Hopkinton Technology Park where it represented O’Brien Investment Partners LLC in 40,500 square feet between seven leases over a span of 10 months: 100B South St., 6,000 square feet to Gentle Giant Ventures LLC; 12 South St., 5,000 square feet to Anachemia Mining LLC; 3 Ave. C, 3,000 square feet to Alkras Holdings LLC; 5 Ave. C, 3,000 square feet to Phosphorex Inc.; 3 Continue reading >>>

Spotlight on The Beautiful Bostonian

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Growing up in an era centered around social media, most of us use it as a platform for our creativity, our self-expression, and our way of putting ourselves out there for everyone to see. It's the perfect atmosphere for bubbly and magnetic girls like The Beautiful Bostonian, also known as Jazmyne Roulhac, a 21-year-old fashion and beauty blogger and vlogger studying Biology for her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Continue reading >>>

Is Somerville Really the “Next Cambridge”?

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For locals whose ideal Saturday involves re-reading “Infinite Jest,” listening to alt-J, and sipping an Americano out of a delightfully mismatched mug, a decision must be made: Cambridge or Somerville? Both boast their fair share of used bookstores, independent coffee houses, record shops, and vintage retailers. And although Cambridge has been a long-standing champion of flannel, the Greater Boston cultural landscape is changing. In the past year, Somerville has gone from “up-and-coming” to “arrived” as the enviable standard. Somerville is less often described as “the New Cambridge” Continue reading >>>

‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’ Will Explore Massachusetts this Sunday

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Over the years, Anthony Bourdain has taken us on extraordinary culinary adventures across the world. But this Sunday, November 9, the chef and TV personality will bring us right back home to the Bay State. Bourdain’s CNN Original Series “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” will explore Massachusetts, “where it all started,” states the show's preview. According to the Improper Bostonian, Bourdain spent the beginning of his career working in seafood restaurants in Provincetown, Mass. during his years at Vassar College. Catch a sneak peek of this Sunday’s upcoming episode, below: Besides Continue reading >>>

Mobile Food Market

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Offered by North Suburban WIC program/ Hallmark Health System

Donations will consist of fresh produce, dairy products, and other refrigerated food items. Offered FREE of charge.

Please bring a grocery cart or reusable shopping bag to transport food home.

A shuttle service will be provided from Medford City Hall to the Mobile Market starting at 11:30 a.m.

Offered in partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Boston mayor: Ballot questions will bring labor to the polls

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Related Coverage BOSTON (State House News Service) –  Boston Mayor Martin Walsh believes interest in three of the four ballot questions that will be decided Tuesday will drive labor voters to the polls and boost the Democratic ticket. Walsh, a former state lawmaker and former executive secretary-treasurer of the Greater Boston Labor Council, told the News Service Tuesday morning that initiative petitions related to casino gambling, the gas tax and earned sick time are driving labor interest. “That’s three big ballot questions going to mobilize labor to get out Continue reading >>>

Sotheby’s Margie Kern of Newton, Mass. Honored as a Top Performing Real …

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NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Margie Kern, the leading Newton MA real estate broker, has been named today as one of Boston's Top 20 Performing Brokers by BOSTON TOP 20, the real estate industry's most respected sales tracking company. Selection to this prestigious list is based solely on monthly closed residential sales volume for September 2014 verified by an independent third party. Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/156167 Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/156168 Kern has been a broker in Newton and Greater Boston for the past 29 years and, Continue reading >>>

Voters’ verdict today on Coakley, Baker

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Voters will choose Tuesday between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker to become the next Massachusetts governor, a vote that will spell redemption for one candidate and perhaps end the political career of the other.Both candidates packed their campaign schedules Monday with events in Greater Boston, but those activities were squeezed around the afternoon funeral for former Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino, which consumed much of what is usually a frenetic election eve. Continue reading below The gubernatorial race has been among the most closely fought in the country as Continue reading >>>