On Labor Day, the inside of the Park Plaza Hotel looked a lot like Dorchester Avenue: Marty Walsh signs were hanging from nearly every available surface. The Greater Boston Labor Council’s breakfast drew several mayoral candidates, including City Councillor At-Large Felix Arroyo, former School Committee member John Barros, former state Rep. Charlotte Golar Richie, District 8 Councillor Michael Ross and District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey, all of whom worked the room. But it was a Marty Party, with even the waiters and waitresses wearing “Marty Walsh” stickers on their lapels as they Continue reading >>>

Craig Douglas Managing editor/online vertical products and research- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Below is the full text for the Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book for the First District (Boston), published Wednesday, Sept. 4: Economic activity in the First District continued to expand at a modest pace. Most contacts reported low-to-moderate single digit year-on-year growth rates. Higher Continue reading >>>

Milford, Mass. — Selectmen here Wednesday night approved Foxwoods Massachusetts’ beefed-up bid to win the Greater Boston casino license, voting 2-1 to sign a “host community agreement” next week with the developers of a $1 billion resort that would be built off Interstate 495.The chairman of the Board of Selectmen, William Buckley, dissented, as he did a month ago when selectmen voted to begin negotiating the agreement.“We’re very pleased; it’s the outcome we wanted,” Scott Butera, Foxwoods Resort Casino’s president and chief executive officer, said.When selectmen Continue reading >>>

WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 4, 2013 -- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will expand its operation in the Greater Boston area by serving as resident theater company of BabsonPage Content 1WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson College and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) today announced that the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will expand its operation in the Greater Boston area by serving as resident theater company of Babson, the recognized world leader in entrepreneurship education and the only school dedicated to advancing Entrepreneurship of All Continue reading >>>

Boston Pride Announces Latin@ Pride Week Held September 21-28 Boston, Mass – Boston Pride announced last week that the theme for the 2013 Latin@ Pride week is, “Unidos, Empoderados, y Siguiendo Hacia Adelante.” The theme; United, Empowered and Moving Forward, represents the importance of having an inclusive environment for LGBTQ Latinos to come together with their community and allies to empower each other. Latin@ Pride 2013 will be held from September 21st through September 28th. “Latin@ Pride Week exists to provide educational and social events for the Greater Boston Latino Continue reading >>>

Commonwealth Shakespeare Expands with Babson College PRINT EMAIL COMMENTS (0) LARGE MEDIUM SMALL The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) will expand its operation in the Greater Boston area by serving as resident theater company of Babson College, announced the two organizations."We recognized a unique opportunity to expand our reach while continuing to fulfill our core mission in Boston," said Steven Maler, Founding Artistic Director of CSC. Babson College is the recognized world leader in entrepreneurship Continue reading >>>

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The Canton Police Department, the Greater Boston chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA and the Red Cross will co-host a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6,  at the Canton Public Library, 786 Washington St.

The event will mark the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In last two years, the organization’s 76 chapters have collected 23,500 pints of blood during their Muslims for Life campaign.

Hundreds of Massachusetts residents may have been inadvertently exposed to measles, a highly contagious disease, while visiting two hospitals in Greater Boston last month, state health officials said Tuesday evening. The alert covers anyone who may be showing early symptoms of the disease, which resembles a cold at first, and visited Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston between August 17—23 or MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham on Aug. 23 and 24. Two people infected with measles, who apparently had no connection to each other, went to those hospitals for medical care, said Dr. Alfred Continue reading >>>

Hundreds of Massachusetts residents may have been inadvertently exposed to measles, a highly contagious disease, while visiting two hospitals in Greater Boston last month, state health officials said Tuesday evening. The alert covers anyone who may be showing early symptoms of the disease, which resembles a cold at first, and visited Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston between August 17 - 23 or MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham on Aug. 23 and 24. Two people infected with measles, who apparently had no connection to each other, went to those hospitals for medical care, said Dr. Alfred Continue reading >>>