Print this Article Email this Article FALL RIVER — A mobile food pantry bearing a variety of fresh, nutritious food will be set up from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Boys Girls Club for members and their families.The pantry, hosted by the Greater Boston Food Bank ad the Boys Girls Club, will offer free produce, dairy products and sources of lean protein. In Bristol County, "21.8 percent of children are ... at risk of hunger," the food bank said. Reader Reaction We reserve the right to remove Continue reading >>>

Commercial real estate refinancing is on the upswing. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor - Boston Business Journal Email Following years of tight lending practices, commercial lenders are loosening up the financial strings in Greater Boston allowing big landlords Continue reading >>>

Even as Massachusetts celebrates a dip in the growth rate of health care costs, state lawmakers are still working feverishly on cost-control bills. The critical question: How much health care spending should the state aim to cut? Two unlikely bedfellows, the state's largest employer group and a coalition of congregations, are putting the pressure on legislators to go deep.    In separate actions Tuesday night, The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and the state's largest employer group, Associated Industries of Massachusetts posted the same goal.  Health care spending has been growing Continue reading >>>

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(Courtesy Photo) Steve Murakishi (left), owner of JP’s Fire Opal boutique, presents a $748 check to Deborah Re, CEO of the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, at the store on Feb. 1. The donation came from Fire Opal’s holiday gift-wrapping program. Big Sister provides mentors to 73 JP girls. JP resident Diane Ivey recently was named the organization’s Big Sister of the year. <!--/* * The backup image section of this tag has been generated for use on a * non-SSL page. If this tag is to be placed on an SSL page, change the * 'http://d1.openx.org/...' * Continue reading >>>

Home / Real Estate News / We Recommend... BOSTON - Ready to undertake a $25 million renovation, the YMCA of Greater Boston has retained Jones Lang LaSalle as project manager for the retooling of its 100-year-old building at 316 Huntington Avenue into a contemporary, Continue reading >>>

The Wellesley Youth Hockey Pee Wee A2 team defeated the Brookline Warriors 6-1 to win the Greater Boston League championship on Sunday. The victory followed a 3-1 win over Somerville in the semifinals on Saturday.  The championship game pitted two evenly matched teams and Wellesley defense, led by Shahen Hagen, Will Jackowitz and Justin Allinson, kept Brookline at bay until the offense could get on track. When Wellesley’s offense did get going it was Brendan Dolan that spearheaded the attack as he netted a hat trick. Teddy Darcey was brilliant in goal in turning away 22 shots. Liam Moran Continue reading >>>

Fidelity Investments' [profile] Johnson family will be inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians next month. The Johnsons will be honored at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's 103rd Annual Meeeting Dinner on April 24, the Boston Herald reports. "The entire Johnson Family has demonstrated extraordinary business and philanthropic leadership in this region and across the world since Fidelity was founded 65 years ago," the pub quotes chamber president and CEO Paul Guzzi as saying. The Boston Globe and Boston Business Journal.nbsp Stay ahead of the news ... Sign up Continue reading >>>

Beer lovers have a new destination in Boston. The Yard House, a chain of restaurants with huge draft lists, opened its latest location, near Fenway Park in Boston, last week. I had a chance to go to the grand opening on Friday night and had a great time. The draft list is huge, and the food is good. And the location, phenomenal. The Yard House always has a huge draft list, and the Boston location is no different – they have 180 beers on draft. I’m pretty sure that is now the largest beer selection in greater Boston, at least on draft. The choices are also good. They have house beers (brewed Continue reading >>>

Mar. 18 will kick off Boston’s biannual food festival: Restaurant Week 2012. Put on by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Restaurant Week is a communal effort by the restaurants of Boston, over 200 of which participate and create fixed price menus at significant discounts to patrons. A two-course lunch is available for $15.12, a three-course lunch for $20.12, and a three-course dinners for $33.12 (12 cents are added as a reference to the year and many vendors remind patrons that these do not include beverages, tax, or tip). The tradition began in 2000, and has seen Continue reading >>>