The following is a press release from the Arlington Trojans. It has been lightly edited. The Arlington Trojans will be hosting an open tryout Saturday, May 19, from noon to 2 p.m., at Summer Street Park in Arlington. The Trojans compete in the Intercity League, a wood-bat baseball league that showcases some of the most talented collegiate and amateur baseball players in the Greater Boston area. Getting ready to enter his third season as head coach of the Arlington Trojans, Joe Hart has been working all off-season to put together an extremely competitive baseball team that hopes to make a run at Continue reading >>>

By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff Speaking to both state and national audiences, Governor Deval Patrick today defended the idea of government promoting near universal health care, even as he called on lawmakers, health care providers, and the business community to work jointly on controlling its cost. The twin targets reflected his role both as leader of the state and a top surrogate speaker for President Obama. The Democratic president is defending his federal health care overhaul from criticism by Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who enacted the state’s Continue reading >>>

Golf Town, Canada's largest specialty golf retailer, and Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:GOLF), announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which Golf Town will acquire Golfsmith, a leading specialty golf retailer in the United States, for US $6.10 per share in cash. Golf Town is owned by OMERS Private Equity and operates 54 stores across Canada and 7 stores in the greater Boston area. Golfsmith has been in business for over 40 years and is a speciality retailer of golf equipment and related apparel and accessories. The transaction will result in Continue reading >>>

Could it be "game over" for Curt Schilling [stats]’s video game company already? Rhode Island economic development officials are reportedly are trying to keep 38 Studios afloat just three months after the former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher’s first video game release. Gov. Lincoln Chafee himself spent the weekend working with company executives on "keeping 38 Studios solvent," according to the Providence Journal. The Ocean State lured 38 Studios away from Massachusetts last year with a $75 million loan guarantee. 38 Studios had received nearly $50 million in cash from the loan as of mid-March. “We’re Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts House Democrats unveiled an economic development package yesterday they say will spur momentum in the state’s strengthening recovery without breaking the bank. Put forward by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, the multipart proposal largely extends or provides funding for a number of existing programs that foster workforce training and assist research at state universities. The bill would set up a program that matches stipends for interns at technology startups. “This is an excellent bill that does a lot with a little — the speaker was very cognizant of that,” said Dan O’Connell, Continue reading >>>

Positioning job creation at the top of his “to-do-list” with just over two months remaining on the legislative calendar, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and top House Democrats outlined a bill Monday afternoon that DeLeo said would allow the state to “directly compete with and outshine many of our closest rivals.” The bill includes a new $50 million innovation investment fund to support research and development at universities and research centers where House leaders say the state’s economic strengths lie. Projects would need to secure at least $3 for every $1 of state funding provided Continue reading >>>

Officials are expected to gather in Fall River on Wednesday for a momentous occasion: The groundbreaking for a new $28 million University of Massachusetts Dartmouth bio-manufacturing center. The facility, called the Massachusetts Accelerator for Bio-manufacturing, is believed to be the first facility of its kind in the United States. The center allows startup companies to conduct research, test and scale-up their products or partner with other startups. The unique nature of the facility is expected to be a big draw to the SouthCoast Life Science and Technology Park at Fall River. The facility Continue reading >>>

By Matt Byrne, Town Correspondent Beginning next month, the City of Somerville's governmental cable TV station will switch its broadcast to channel 22 for Comcast subscribers, the city said last week. Programming will change over June 5. The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees broadcast technology and policy, ordered the shift to accommodate an unrelated but legally required channel reshuffle. The change will effect other access channels in the greater Boston TV market, said Tom Champion, city spokesman. Customers of RCN will see no change to their channel lineup, Champion said. Continue reading >>>

5/14/2012 8:58 AM ET (RTTNews) - Golf Town, Canada-based specialty golf retailer, will acquire GolfSmith International Holdings Inc. (GOLF: News ) for $6.10 per share in cash, the two companies said Monday. The companies noted that the transaction will create the world's largest specialty golf retailer. The offer price represents a 29.5 percent premium to Golfsmith's closing stock price on Friday of $4.71. The boards of directors of both Golf Town and Golfsmith have approved the transaction. Golf Town, owned by Omers Private Equity, operates 54 stores across Canada and 7 stores in the greater Continue reading >>>

Here's what I found leafing through the real estate records of Banker Tradesman. If you are looking for small town living under $200,000, your best bet is to start driving around some of the little-known hamlets scattered across Central and Southeastern Massachusetts. OK, if you work in Boston or even in an outlying suburb, you may be in for a long haul each morning. But there are a bunch of towns under this threshold, which is not necessarily all that cheap given you need to be pulling down roughly $70,000 a year to buy a $200,000 home. By contrast, if you want to get closer into Boston under Continue reading >>>