Beware Greater Boston League, these Mustangs are on the move. As he heads into a new year, Medford High boys track coach Tommy Lynch is anticipating big things from his squad this season. “We had an enormous turn out of almost 60 participants [at tryouts],” said Lynch, who enters his third year as head coach, 19th overall with the program. And when you add into that equation a handful of established performers returning to the fold, this could be the team to watch this season. Leading the way for the Mustangs are senior tri-captains Nate Clement and Jeff Chambers. The defending Greater Continue reading >>>

Inspired by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library aimed at improving literacy among children, the PJ Library has been sending books based on Jewish values, traditions, and holidays free of charge to children in the Greater Boston area for five years. The program, founded by philanthropist Harold Grinspoon, sends out over 3,000 books each month to children aged 6 months-5.5 years in 37 communities in the Greater Boston area alone and is a national program as well. “The program is for people who self identify as Jewish and are interested in Jewish books,” JCC PJ library coordinator Debra Continue reading >>>

(Jeremy C. Fox for Boston.com) East Boston’s American Legion Playground, photographed in August 2011, is one of seven sites around Greater Boston selected for a $400,000 Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities Program grant. By Jeremy C. Fox, Town Correspondent The state has announced a set of grants to support the creation and enhancement of parks and recreation areas in seven communities in Greater Boston. The Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities Program grants — each worth $400,000 — will support improvements in East Boston, Chelsea, Lynn, Marblehead, Continue reading >>>

“This year we’ll be performing segments from a variety of classical ballets, including ‘Copelia,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ but we also have contemporary dances and patriotic numbers,” Umland said. “Our performers are local dancers age 8 to 18, and it’s a good experience for them to perform for the greater community rather than just for the audience of family and friends that our productions typically attract. The audience we get on New Year’s Eve tends to be very enthusiastic, and often expresses surprise at the caliber of what they can see out here in Continue reading >>>

The large winter storm that dropped inches of snow in the Medford is now headed towards the northeast, although no snow accumulation is expected in the Greater Boston area. According to the National Weather Service's latest forecast, several inches of snow are expected to fall in the western part of the state on Wednesday night, but with temperatures hitting a low of 32 degrees in Medford and reaching a high of 45 on Thursday, the snow is expected to change over to rain or icy rain in the city.  The National Weather Services has issued both a hazardous weather outlook and a high wind watch for Continue reading >>>

Boston area prices dipped by 1.4 percent in October, but are up 1.6 percent year-over-year. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter U.S. home prices fell 0.1 percent in 20 of the nation’s largest cities in October compared to September, Continue reading >>>

Tea Party activists are cheering the rejection of Boehner’s Plan B:“I want conservatives to stay strong,” says Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party. “Sometimes things have to get a lot worse before they get better.”Thus, the Party of No becomes the Party of Making Things Worse. Boehner has become an object of sympathy, not admiration. Obama has his highest approval ratings since bin Laden was killed. Things will get better, but not in the way Morabito thinks.  <!-- Continue reading >>>

Tea Party activists are cheering the rejection of Boehner’s Plan B:“I want conservatives to stay strong,” says Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party. “Sometimes things have to get a lot worse before they get better.”Thus, the Party of No becomes the Party of Making Things Worse. Boehner has become an object of sympathy, not admiration. Obama has his highest approval ratings since bin Laden was killed. Things will get better, but not in the way Morabito thinks.  <!-- Continue reading >>>

Almost every morning, staffers at Greater Boston Legal Services arrive at work to find a line of people waiting on the street outside their offices. These people are there because they need help: some because they’re being evicted, others because they’re chasing down child support payments, still others because they’re filing for divorce. Lawyers are expensive, and for millions of low-income people across the United States, nonprofits like Greater Boston Legal Services offer the best—perhaps the only—chance at professional help. Staffed by civic-minded attorneys and paid for with public Continue reading >>>

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