Jared Wickerham/Getty ImagesPaul Pierce has embraced the bench efforts of players like Mickael Pietrus and Keyon Dooling.In a series so loaded with star power, so packed with future Hall-of-Famers, it's been those other guys -- the role players, the bench mob -- who have so far been able to step in and have a fair say as to who emerges victorious in the Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics can live with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade's individual and collaborative greatness beating them, the same way Miami can do nothing but tip its cap when Rajon Rondo explodes for a triple-double or Kevin Garnett Continue reading >>>

Following four years without financing, construction starts or even feasibility studies for hotels, the Hub’s lodging industry finally has room to grow. “It seems like the gates are open and people are rushing to get to the front of the line to build hotels,” said Pat Moscaritolo, CEO of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. After the 480-bed Hostelling International Boston debuts June 22 on Stuart Street near the Theatre District and the 12-room Chandler Studios Boston opens in August in the South End, a host of large hotels are on tap. They include the 120-room, $32 million Continue reading >>>

TEWKSBURY (CBS) – A 14-year-old boy who had been missing since Thursday afternoon was found safe on Friday. Anthony McNeil was found around 7:00 p.m. walking on Pleasant Street alone in Tewksbury. Police say he was in good condition and was being reunited with his father. McNeil, an 8th grader at the Wynn School, reportedly called his father after school on Thursday and told him he was going to walk over to Livingston Street to watch the baseball games going on there. Anthony asked his father to pick him up around 5:30 p.m. Police say the boy’s father made several trips to the fields Continue reading >>>

Alexandria Real Estate Equities , Inc. ( ARE ), a real estate investment trust (REIT), recently entered into long-term agreements with six prestigious life science and technologies companies, to lease a total of 187,000 square feet of space at 'Alexandria Park at 128' located in the midst of Route 128 submarket of Greater Boston. Alexandria Park at 128 is an eight-building science and Technology Park, spanning approximately 345,000 square feet. Strategically located near Hartwell Avenue, the property is well connected to various residential areas, restaurants, shops, and convenient Continue reading >>>

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE - Snapshot Report), a real estate investment trust (REIT), recently entered into long-term agreements with six prestigious life science and technologies companies, to lease a total of 187,000 square feet of space at ‘Alexandria Park at 128’ located in the midst of Route 128 submarket of Greater Boston. Alexandria Park at 128 is an eight-building science and Technology Park, spanning approximately 345,000 square feet. Strategically located near Hartwell Avenue, the property is well connected to various residential areas, restaurants, shops, and Continue reading >>>

On Wednesday of this week at Fowler library, take in the Afternoon Film Series which is showing films based on books. “The Lincoln Lawyer” is airing on June 13 on the lower level meeting room.On Thursday, June 14, join the Thursday Authors Series with Wendy Swart Grossman this week at the main library. Grossman is the author of “Behind the Wheel: A Mother’s Journey of a Year on the Road,” and will be offering signed books after her talk.Sunday, June 10 is the last day you can see the student art show at the Concord Art Association. Some striking pieces in all media this year. Across the Continue reading >>>

He also helps his dad do small things around the house and accompanies him to the grocery store and hospital, but sees those activities not as work, but as ways to bond with his dad. Many other students might not see living on their own while balancing school and work as an “opportunity,” as Puerta called it, but he said he tries to have mature and optimistic view of the world. “I know that I’m working really hard and I know it’s going to pay off. Everyday I wake up and learn something new,” said Puerta, pointing to school, work, and just observing city life as learning opportunities. While Continue reading >>>

If you and your significant other are churning out 60 hour work weeks and hustling to take care of young children as well, there's a finite amount of time for anything beyond the work/family treadmill. Yes, there is a fair amount of info to be found online, but the Boston-area is one of the trickiest real estate markets in the country to navigate. We have one of the oldest and arguably ill-maintained housing stocks of any major metro market, combined with still-inflated prices that have yet to feel the brunt of our crazy, half depressed economy. I am not going to get into the debate over whether Continue reading >>>

Family Service of Greater Boston (FSGB), based on Heath Street, has received a $40,000 grant from the Aramark corporation, and FSGB CEO Randal Rucker received the company’s Building Community Executive Leadership Award. The award and grant is one of three announced by Aramark last month. “By supporting breakthrough programs that prepare hard-to-employ individuals for work, the Aramark Building Community Innovation Awards highlight and support best-in-class programs that are proven to put people to work and serve as  best practice examples of new, creative solutions that help families succeed Continue reading >>>

By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent Caritas Communities Inc. celebrated the renovation of 128 units of affordable housing in Central Square Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Cambridge Family YMCA. The $10 million project renovated the largest licensed lodging housing for men in Cambridge, which is located at the Y at 820 Massachusetts Ave. The renovations included new bathrooms, elevators, heating systems, a new roof and masonry repairs. Funding was provided through private equity, public lending and tax-exempt bond financing, according to Caritas Communities, a non-profit organization Continue reading >>>