It started with an idea to have a wine tasting with some friends. It’s grown into an LLC with a formal company name and large inventory of wines. Swampscott resident Maia Gosselin has long had an insider’s view on wine as managing editor of Massachusetts Beverage Business, a magazine that covers beer, wine and spirits for the trade. And now, under Sip Wine Education, LLC, Gosselin is taking her wine around to area homes for tastings in a business that’s creating a buzz in the area. “Maia’s wine tastings are not only a fun night out with friends, but a really great way to learn Continue reading >>>

The Herald opened up its doors last night to its new state-of-the-art offices in the Seaport District and guests raved about the look, the energy of the newsroom and ... the exposed brick ceiling. • • • “Just walking into the room today, I think it’s just a beautiful, modern facility. It just seems extremely well-suited. ... I’m excited.” — House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo • • • “It’s light, it’s bright and I love the pictures. The photographers at the Herald are the best. The space screams of Boston, it screams of New England — it says that the Boston Herald is as Continue reading >>>

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Patch will be starting collecting entries for our Video Battle of the Bands contest starting on April 9. The contest will pit bands from nearly three dozens communities in Greater Boston, the North Shore, Merrimack Valley, South Shore and Cape Cod and the Islands. The contest will work this way: We’ll ask local bands to upload a video of themselves performing an original song starting on Monday, April 9. We’ll collect entries over two weeks. On Monday, April 23, we’ll kick off a regional competition across Eastern Massachusetts. Voters will be able to comment and tell us their favorites. Voting Continue reading >>>

Two years after the Great Recession of 2008 started turning around, local food pantries and their primary provider, the Greater Boston Food Bank, are still straining to meet the needs of chronically long lists of clients – among them, retirees on fixed incomes, part-time workers, and families with children.

The competition will include a total of 13 teams from Arlington, Bedford, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional, Lowell, Scituate, and Sharon high schools, as well as Lawrence Humanities and Leadership Development High School and Notre Dame High School, also in Lawrence.

Home » World News SEP presidential candidate Jerry White campaigns in Boston By Kate Randall 29 March 2012 SEP presidential candidate Jerry White campaigned Tuesday in Boston, Massachusetts. A team joined White at Ruggles station in the afternoon, where the candidate had the opportunity to speak with high school students, workers and other commuters passing through the busy MBTA stop. Jerry White with students from O’Bryant School of Math Science in Roxbury The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is Continue reading >>>

Boston City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting Investment in Our Communities!On March 28th, the Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking the Governor and state legislature to implement tax reform that raises significant new revenue while protecting low and middle-income families and seniors from big increases. Such revenue is needed to invest in the locally-provided services that make Boston a world class city.The resolution was sponsored by At-Large Councilor Felix Arroyo (pictured at right), with City Council President Stephen Murphy as the first co-sponsor. Continue reading >>>

Twenty years ago, Bill Foley walked into the job of Waltham High athletic director facing a much different landscape. The school’s athletic teams were forging their way in the Greater Boston League following the recent dismantling of the old Suburban League. While they enjoyed some success on the fields and courts of the GBL, major projects loomed on the horizon as the city’s athletic infrastructure crumbled and its demographics changed. Over the course of two decades, Foley oversaw those dramatic changes. From the renovation of Leary Field, J. Lee Gould Track and Yetten Baseball Diamond Continue reading >>>

Lincoln, NH – New England Disabled Sports (NEDS) has announced that founding member Dr. Robert A. Harney was recently inducted in the National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame.  To bestow this honor, the Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA, , Kirk Bauer, JD, made the induction presentation. Dr. Harney, an orthopedic surgeon based in the greater Boston area, has been instrumental in expanding New England Disabled Sports into one of the premier disabled sports centers in the country, located at Loon Mountain ski resort in Lincoln. Dr. Harney has also provided national leadership and has served Continue reading >>>