Home / Citybiznews / General Business / We Recommend... Doubleclick Rental Properties opens; new agency specializes in the residential real estate market in Greater BostonMEDFORD and BOSTON, MA -- Doubleclick Continue reading >>>

Associated PressAn MBTA train pulls into a stop on Commonweath Avenue near Boston University in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) By MATT MURPHY BOSTON — A key House lawmaker on Monday expressed some concern about tapping a statewide fund to bail out the MBTA, raising the possibility of diverting additional dollars to regional transit authorities that could force the T to reconsider higher fare hikes or deeper service cuts. Rep. William Straus, a Mattapoisett Democrat and co-chair of the Committee on Transportation, said that the Patrick administration’s plan to use a $51 million surplus Continue reading >>>

Four Greater Boston TV stations are racing to repair a mysterious malfunction that knocked them off the air on Sunday night. The affected stations are CBS affiliates WBZ-TV Channel 4 and WSBK-TV Channel 38; ABC affiliate WCVB-TV Channel 5; and PBS station WGBX-TV Channel 44. Over-the-air broadcast signals for all four stations were cut off at about 8 p.m. Sunday, due to an electronic fault that still hadn’t been diagnosed as of Monday afternoon. “We have crews on the tower at the moment trying to isolate exactly where the problem is and repair it,” said Paul Continue reading >>>

A Melrose band may soon gets its first big break! Patch is holding a Video Battle of the Bands contest in which local bands will square off for musical supremacy. The Patch Video Battle of the Bands is the chance of a lifetime for local musicians. This is a chance for you and your bandmates to show off your abilities as musicians and earn some terrific prizes. The grand prize winner will get to headline a gig at The Harp in Boston in June! Submissions are due by noon Friday, April 20. A few things about this contest: You must submit a performance video with an original song. No covers. All members Continue reading >>>

By Grant Brisbee - Editor Tweet Follow @sbnbaseball on Twitter, and Like Baseball Nation on Facebook. Apr 9, 2012 - The last time the Yankees started 0-3, they won 114 games and the World Series. There you go. That's something to print out and tape to the wall of your cubicle. Laminate it and carry it in your wallet. Tattoo it in backwards lettering Continue reading >>>

Nice try, but the sentiment failed to sway the sellers, who went with a higher offer, with seven bids to pick from, the story notes, pointing out such personal appeals were last seen during the housing boom. (As a side note, I question whether penning such a personal appeal is a hot idea, especially if it puts the seller on the spot. Selling your house is not a charitable transaction.) If there is any pattern to where the spring market is the hottest right now, it appears in part driven by job growth, which is clearly happening, at least higher up the income chain, in markets like Greater Boston, Continue reading >>>

LITTLETON -- Money is the culprit of most problems in Washington, at least in Vera Cohen's view. So, when the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporate campaign spending in 2010, a frustrated Cohen began scouring for ways to limit corporate influence on democracy. The clinical social worker would then find tens of thousands of upset Americans coming together under Move to Amend, a Eureka, Calif.-based coalition of organizations and activists who share a common goal: Passing a constitutional amendment that would override the court ruling. The seemingly daunting mission has galvanized Continue reading >>>

Home News Tom Bishop, left, and Jessica Long break from a training run Saturday at Red Rock Park. (Item Photo / Owen O'Rourke)   Lynn pair race in Marathon to redesign recess for school kids By Amber Parcher / The Daily Item LYNN — A week from today, two Lynn residents hope to have accomplished a physical feat they never thought possible while helping to bring more physical activity to thousands of children’s lives.Tom Bishop and Jessica Long will be running the Boston Marathon for Playworks, a national charity Continue reading >>>

By Matt Goisman, Globe Correspondent Somerville High School’s baseball and softball teams have much in common. Both are coming off losing seasons: 6-12 for baseball in 2011, 4-15 for softball. Both struggled especially in the Greater Boston League, going 0-8 and 2-6, respectively. And both kick off their season this week – softball Monday at Salem, baseball Tuesday vs. St. Clement at Trum Field – trying to focus on fundamentals. “Bunt, hit and run, play smallball, it’s always a good brand of baseball.” says first-year baseball coach Mike DiCato. He adds his team has enough power to Continue reading >>>

When Borderlands was released in 2009, it more or less slipped under the radar, but would slowly rise in popularity amongst players familiar to the first-person shooter (FPS) genre of games. Gearbox Software (Half-Life, Brothers in Arms, Duke Nukem Forever) offered up something different than the soon to become stale modern-era military shooters. Combining FPS elements with those of the time-tested role-playing game (RPG), Borderlands was a game that became difficult to put down. The game's sequel is one of the most anticipated games this year, bringing with it a similar cell-shaded style Continue reading >>>