Cambridge, MA, December 16, 2011 --(PR.com)-- “Hope the Hungry” Food Drive will provide food for Cambridge's needy families through Pentecostal Tabernacle. Non-perishable food donations should be dropped off at Thelonious Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Ma, from now until Dec. 24th. Participants who donate three items or more in a single visit to Thelonious Monkfish will receive 10% off their meal. Additionally, Thelonious Monkish will be catering Christmas Eve dinner for forty-five at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. They are also donating 10% of all proceeds from the sale Continue reading >>>

The Malden High School Girls Cross Country team entered the 2011 season with a hefty weight on its shoulders: they hadn’t ever won a Greater Boston League cross country title and had just watched the 2010 boys’ team win its first in 40 years.  “The pressure isn’t in winning the first title, there’s no pressure if it’s never been done,” said Malden coach David Londino. “The pressure comes with knowing you have the talent to do so. The pressure comes with knowing you could possibly blow this if you’re not 100 percent dedicated a 100 percent of the time.” The girls cross Continue reading >>>

The board of Jamaica Plain Youth Soccer (JPYS) would like to thank our generous sponsors. Their ever-growing support enables more than 300 local boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 18 to learn fundamental soccer skills, have fun with their friends and perhaps become the next Hope Solo or Lionel Messi. Jamaica Plain Youth Soccer is a volunteer-run organization that aims to keep its expenses to a minimum and the quality of soccer playing high. JPYS is committed to keeping the program open to all interested youth by maintaining registration fees that are lower than other towns. We also do not Continue reading >>>

By Steve Adams Mass Bay Credit Union is the latest local credit union looking to relax its membership requirements and draw in a bigger pool of customers. The South Boston-based credit union – which has branches in Quincy, Medford and Weston – is seeking approval from the state Division of Banks to offer membership to anyone who lives or works in Boston or a number of suburbs, including dozens of communities south of Boston. The bylaw change would open membership to people who live or work in Norfolk or Suffolk counties, plus 17 other towns. The list includes Abington, Hanover, Continue reading >>>

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By Derek McLean, Town Correspondent The United States Postal Service is weighing whether to discontinue the Babson Park post office branch in Wellesley and is asking customers for their opinions. The Babson Park branch, located at 231 Forest St. on the Babson College campus, is one of 3,700 branches around the country, 43 in Massachusetts, which the Postal Service is considering closinb. Thirty-one of the Massachusetts branches are in Greater Boston. The mass closures are designed to help address a budget deficit of nearly $10 billion. But customers still have the chance to voice their thoughts Continue reading >>>

HAVERHILL — The city will receive $10 million from the federal government to replace the old railroad bridge across the Merrimack River — but it is too little money to do the job. U.S. Senator John Kerry and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas said this week federal transportation officials are awarding the $10 million for the bridge, which connects the western end of downtown to Bradford. Some city councilors have said they fear the bridge, built in 1919, is in such poor condition it will collapse. State officials said it is safe. Local officials are calling the $10 million a welcome down payment Continue reading >>>

Drawing on its new parent company’s resources, Genzyme Corp. plans to grow over time in Massachusetts and increasingly apply its business model to drugs that serve larger patient populations, its new chief executive said yesterday. Genzyme, formerly the largest biotechnology company based in the state, was sold in April to the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA. The $20.1 billion deal set off alarms at Genzyme’s Cambridge headquarters about its future in Massachusetts. Genzyme pioneered a system for developing drugs that treat rare genetic disorders, such as Continue reading >>>

Bruce Lerch checks in with an opening-night tribute to a coaching legend by one of his former players: Wednesday night was most certainly not your typical opening hockey night at the Ed Burns Arena in Arlington. Visiting Wakefield was looking to get started on another run that could take it at minimum back to the Div. 1 state championship game, if not contending for a Super Eight bid. Host Arlington played its first game as a member of the Middlesex League and welcomed back one of its own as former AHS and Princeton star John Messuri stepped behind the bench for his debut as head coach. But Continue reading >>>

With the 2011-12 Somerville High winter season about to begin, Somerville Patch will be previewing all seven of the Highlander teams. Unsure how the Highlanders did last year? Want to know who might impact the upcoming season? Just want to know when the first game is? Read on and find out. Boys Ice Hockey 2010 record: 11-8-1 overall; 4-2-0 in Greater Boston League The Highlanders came up a game short in the Greater Boston League championship last season, then lost to Triton in the first round of the playoffs. With 19 players returning this season, boys ice hockey coach Chuck Allen is looking for Continue reading >>>