The decision by the state’s top gambling regulator to remove himself from the debate over Greater Boston casino proposals is casting doubt among some observers and critics about the viability of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Stephen P. Crosby, chairman of the commission, said his past actions and judgment were becoming a distraction and a threat to the panel’s appearance of impartiality. Continue reading below Crosby’s decision Thursday came days after a Globe report about his attendance at a party celebrating the opening of the racing season at Suffolk Downs, which has joined Continue reading >>>

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Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston announces a trio of Tony Award-winning musicals for its 46th consecutive summer season at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452). South Pacific, the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece about love and stereotypes set against the backdrop of a lush tropical island during WWII, opens the season June 12-22. Me and My Girl, the joyously funny story of an unrefined cockney gent who must choose between love or money, runs July 10-20. The season closes with a drenching revival of Reagle's IRNE-award winning production of Singin' in the Rain from Continue reading >>>

How do you grow a tech company when you’re headquartered far from the talent hub of Greater Boston? Companies in places like Manchester, N.H., and Woodstock, Vt., are facing that quandary, after they’ve scooped up all the software developers they can find in those markets. The most creative solution I’d heard of in recent years came from HitPoint Studios, a videogame startup that had been located in Hatfield, Mass. (Exactly. Across the Connecticut River from Amherst.) HitPoint needed to hire game developers from the Boston area, so they rented a residence that they dubbed the HitPoint House, Continue reading >>>

This article is featured in this Sunday’s issue of the Globe Magazine. Now that the economy’s recovering, home values in many places are on the rise. “In Greater Boston it’s going gangbusters,” says Timothy Warren, CEO of The Warren Group, the Boston-based real estate tracking firm that provided the price data used here. The following 13 communities saw the biggest single-family home-price increases from 2012 to 2013. In three cases — Newburyport, Roslindale, and Somerville — the current median price is actually higher than in 2005, the former market peak. (To avoid skewed Continue reading >>>

State gaming commission Chairman Stephen P. Crosby’s decision to recuse himself from all matters connected with casino applications in Greater Boston leaves that panel with only four members participating in those critical votes, and calls into question whether the commission can continue to function effectively. Crosby should not be faulted for removing himself from a decision in which his impartiality had been called into question. But if the board proves unable to handle its complex job short-handed, Crosby will have little choice but to step aside and allow Governor Patrick to appoint a Continue reading >>>

The chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission removed himself Thursday from the debate over casino proposals in Greater Boston, acknowledging that his recent actions, including his attendance at a Suffolk Downs party, have raised questions about his impartiality. Stephen P. Crosby made the stunning announcement, then left the commission’s public meeting at which the remaining four commissioners unanimously rejected Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s bid to have Boston considered a host community for proposed casino sites in Everett and Revere. Continue reading below Walsh, who has tried unsuccessfully Continue reading >>>

Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts caught a break Thursday when Massachusetts gaming regulators rejected the city of Boston’s claim that it should be declared a “host community” for casino projects proposed in the Greater Boston cities of Revere and Everett, a designation that would have subjected the plans to referendum votes in Boston neighborhoods.The Massachusetts Gaming Commission ruled “in principle” that Boston’s status in both cases is that of a “surrounding community.”The decision, which the panel plans to formalize next week, may have extended the life of the competing Continue reading >>>

Leaves commission with even number of members Citing questions raised about his behavior and judgment, Stephen Crosby, the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, said on Thursday that he would no longer take part in the agency’s deliberations on Greater Boston casino matters. Crosby’s decision leaves the commission with an even four members on Greater Boston issues, raising the possibility of voting deadlocks in the future and also giving Mohegan Sun/Brigade Capital a possible advantage in seeking approval for its Revere casino proposal. Three of the four remaining commissioners Continue reading >>>

Reaching a decision “in principle,” Massachusetts gaming regulators have ruled that Boston is a “surrounding community” as regards casino projects proposed in the Greater Boston cities of Revere and Everett, meaning those projects will not face referendum votes in Boston neighborhoods.A “host community” designation for Boston would have required referendums in East Boston and Charlestown, where voters likely would have rejected the casino projects.The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s ruling, which the panel said it will formalize next week, favors Mohegan Sun, which has Continue reading >>>