One year after it emerged as a leader in the collective healing process that followed the Marathon bombings last April, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization is embarking on a campaign to strengthen links among local congregations. The Rev. Burns Stanfield, president of the organization, began a meeting Sunday with a prayer of remembrance for the victims of the bombings. He recalled the importance of the city’s interfaith structure in the grieving progress. Continue reading below “That fabric took a blow, but it was not ripped apart,” Stanfield said. Interfaith leaders announced Continue reading >>>

The group introduced its project, dubbed the Congregational Organizing Initiative, during a meeting Sunday in the basement of Roxbury Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Burns Stanfield, president of the GBIO, began the session with a prayer of remembrance for the victims of the Marathon bombings. He recalled the importance of the city’s interfaith structure – what he called a “fabric” – in the grieving progress.

Israeli Stage and CJP partner to present Savyon Liebrecht's The Banality of Love on BU's campus as a campus-wide initiative to commemorate Yom Ha'Shoa (Holocaust Day). Some 400+ students are expected to attend from the Greater Boston Area. (CJP and Hillels will be providing shuttles for students attending school outside of Boston proper; 300+ BU Students will be in attendance as well as 100+ Students from the surrounding area schools). Free Admission. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Rosian Zerner, Holocaust Survivor from Lithuania, will talk about the importance of Holocaust Awareness before the play begins. THE Continue reading >>>

It is one of the major questions facing the state gambling commission: Which infamous Boston bottleneck will get the bulk of new casino traffic? Should it be Route 1A in East Boston? The often jammed-up commuter highway, and a key local road for East Boston, Revere, and Winthrop? Continue reading below Or should it be Sullivan Square in Charlestown, where residents have waited decades for a traffic fix? For all the differences between rival casino proposals by Mohegan Sun in Revere and Wynn Resorts in Everett, both have raised concerns from transportation experts that they could make the Continue reading >>>

Posted Apr. 5, 2014 @ 12:01 am

Middlebury, Vt. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s tennis team suffered the first loss of its trip to the east coast in nailbiting fashion on Friday afternoon against No. 10 Middlebury College.  Playing indoors at the Duke Nelson Recreational Center because of rain throughout the region, the Panthers picked up two wins in doubles before taking the match 5-4 with three wins in singles.  Middlebury improves to 9-2 with the win.  Gustavus sees its eight-match winning-streak come to an end and is now 21-4 following the loss. The Panthers took a 2-1 lead after wins at the No. 2 and 3 doubles positions.  Continue reading >>>

By Gerry Tuoti
Wicked Local Newsbank Editor


Posted Apr. 4, 2014 @ 7:09 pm

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Newton Studio Offers Beginner to Advanced Yoga Classes and Teacher Certification NEWTON, MA--(Marketwired - April 04, 2014) - Denver-based yoga company CorePower Yoga will open its 3rd studio in the greater Boston area on Friday, April 4. This marks the 95th studio opening nationwide for CorePower Yoga.  Located in Continue reading >>>

By Matt Murphy State House News Service BOSTON -- State Treasurer Steven Grossman, a Democratic candidate for governor, described his vision for a system of "trickle-up economics" that included promises, if he is elected governor, to launch a universal prekindergarten program in Massachusetts and put high-speed Internet connections in every classroom. Grossman delivered a campaign speech Thursday morning at the Boston Harbor Hotel to business leaders from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, challenging them to partner with him to achieve his goals, which include raising the minimum Continue reading >>>

From the brave new world of post-1 a.m. public transportation in Boston to an ascot-clad raconteur rhapsodizing from left field in 1969, this is what the week looked like from the WGBH Newsroom. • Edgar B. Herwick III rode the late-night T so you didn't have to. • Meanwhile, Peter Kadzis dug this 1969 Jean Shepherd commentary about, and from, Fenway Park from the WGBH archives. • Greater Boston turned its focus on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, with Adam Reilly reporting on the different responses produced by the bombing and inner-city shootings. Anne Continue reading >>>