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Plan to shutter newsstand pierces heart of Harvard Sq. - CAMBRIDGE - John Kenneth Galbraith bought a copy of Le Monde there every day. Julia Child searched for obscure Italian and German cooking magazines, and Robert Frost once stopped by - it actually was a snowy evening - to get directions to a reading. Over

Boston College Will Stop Offering New Students E-Mail Accounts - Many students don?t even want a college e-mail address these days because they already have well-established digital identities before they arrive on campus. That?s the conclusion that officials at Boston College came to in a recent review of their

Ramirez joins Boston in trade for Crisp - BOSTON ? The Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen Wednesday by acquiring reliever Ramon Ramirez from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for center fielder Coco Crisp. Right-hander Ramirez, 27, is a power pitcher who went 3-2 with one save and a 2.64

Towns west of Boston among communities statewide receiving funds from MTBE settlement - Eight area communities are among 83 statewide that are receiving settlement money from a lawsuit related to the presence of a gasoline additive in public drinking-water supplies. The settlement amounts for the local towns - Bellingham, Dover, Holliston,

Brockton business told fake grass not 'green' enough - It may be green, but not in the eyes of city officials. Three brothers who own the Prestige Car Wash on Pearl Street in Brockton thought that installing $20,000 worth of artificial turf would satisfy a city ordinance that requires green space between the

25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2008 - Keyse Angelo - Keyse Angelo Age: 28 Occupation: Jewelry designer/owner of Flauxy Residence: Jamaica Plain How do you think coming from Brazil affected your sense of style? I was used to having all of my clothes homemade in Brazil. My aunts and my grandmother were

Iconic Harvard Square newsstand may close - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The iconic Harvard Square newsstand, Out of Town News, could soon close as it struggles along with the rest of the newspaper business. Laura Samuels of Hudson News, which runs the kiosk, said the company just received a 60-day lease

UMass Boston Conference: Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families After Disasters - From Sunday, November 16 through Wednesday, November 19, The University of Massachusetts Boston will be hosting the inaugural event of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters, a working conference in which international experts

50+ Exhibitors to Demonstrate Latest Content Management Solutions at 5th Annual Gilbane Boston Conference - Mapping to the events conference tracks, vendors will showcase a wide variety of solutions within the following categories: Web Content Management (WCM); Enterprise Search, Text Analytics, Semantic Technologies; Collaboration, Enterprise Wikis & Blogs;

Snow Equipment Stolen From N. Andover School - pm US/Eastern ReportingPaul Burton NORTH ANDOVER (WBZ) It's already cold enough to snow, so it's important for people to have their snow removal equipment in place, but schools in North Andover now have to find a way to come up with thousands of

Consumers Begin To See Change In Grocery Bills - pm US/Eastern ReportingPeg Rusconi BOSTON (WBZ) The Consumer Price Index (CPI), our nation's best-known gauge of inflation, dropped a full percentage point in October, which is its biggest drop in its 61-year history. Consumers are feeling it in some

Many Local Dealerships Debate Over Auto Bailout - pm US/Eastern ReportingKaren Anderson NORWOOD (WBZ) Brian Clay wishes he could get more people into his Chevy showroom. 'Over the past few years, they've made big strides in hybrids and fuel economy and people just don't realize it.' That's why he

Brockton Elementary School Goes Green - pm US/Eastern ReportingMish Michaels BOSTON (WBZ) There is a new trend when it comes to education -- green schools. In these eco-friendly classrooms, the environment is not only part of the lesson plan, it is core to the way the school functions. The

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Ramirez joins Boston in trade for Crisp - BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen Wednesday by acquiring reliever Ramon Ramirez from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for center fielder Coco Crisp. Right-hander Ramirez, 27, is a power pitcher who went 3-2 with one save and

Rwandans in Boston vow to die for Rose Kabuye - Rwandans and friends of Rwanda living in Boston State of the United States of America have expressed their anger at the recent arrest of Rose Kabuye. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda living in Boston State of the United States of America have expressed

Child-abuse expert: Photos of Haleigh Poutre show repeated abuse - By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff SPRINGFIELD - Displaying hospital photos of Haleigh Poutre's battered body shortly after she fell into a coma in 2005, a child-abuse expert today depicted the girl as the victim of systematic abuse that included cigarette

Boston gets $1 million to prevent teen violence - One of the nation's biggest healthcare foundations announced today that it is committing $1 million to curb teen violence in Boston by teaching adolescents to forge healthier relationships. The grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was awarded to

TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate's One Boston Place Awarded First LEED-EB: OM Gold Certification - By Betsy Kraat NEW YORK--TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate announced today that One Boston Place in Boston is the first building to earn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold designation from the United States Green Building Council

Boston Firm Buys Multifamily Portfolio for $36.4M - Urban Strategy America Fund, of Boston, purchased a 723-unit multifamily portfolio from Creative Management & Realty Co. Inc. for $36.4 million, or about $50,346 per unit. The portfolio consists of six assets in the Greater Waterbury area of Connecticut.

VIA Demos First VIA Nano Processor Board at ESC Boston 2008 - - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and embedded platform solutions, today announced it will be demonstrating the first VIA Nano processor-based Mini-ITX board this week at the Embedded Systems

Out of Town News, Harvard Square landmark, may close - (Essdras Suarez/Globe Staff) Richard O'Connor, at the cash register, has been working at the iconic newsstand for 25 years. By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff Out of Town News, the newsstand that has offered a cornucopia of newspapers and magazines as a

Iconic Harvard Square newsstand may close - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The iconic Harvard Square newsstand, Out of Town News, could soon close as it struggles along with the rest of the newspaper business. Laura Samuels of Hudson News, which runs the kiosk, said the company just received a 60-day lease

Reliever Ramirez joins Boston in trade for Crisp - BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen Wednesday by acquiring reliever Ramon Ramirez from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for center fielder Coco Crisp. Right-hander Ramirez, 27, is a power pitcher who went 3-2 with one save and

Quincy?s New Year?s eve event cancelled - The city?s First Night, as well as the one-time ?New Year?s Eve Family Fest,? is no more.

End Of An Era: Boston's Out Of Town News To Shutter - Out of Town News, an iconic newsstand in Boston's Harvard Square selling newspapers and magazines from all around the world, is shutting down, citing competitive pressure from people reading online. Fittingly, I didn't learn about Out Of Town News

Green building conference hits Boston - COMMERCIAL, FABRICATION : GREEN Boston gets greener this week, as tens of thousands of construction and design experts hit town for conferences that showcase building techniques that are environmentally friendly.

Studio funding $25 million MIT story lab - Boston Business Journal - by Jackie Noblett Related News The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory announced the creation of a multimedia storytelling research center, funded through a $25 million donation by a Plymouth movie studio.

Iconic Harvard Square Newsstand May Close - Kiosk On National Register Of Historic Buildings UPDATED: 4:07 pm EST November 19, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The iconic Harvard Square newsstand, Out of Town News, could soon close as it struggles along with the rest of the newspaper business. Laura

Prison Worker Accused Of Stealing Money, Firearms - In State Funds UPDATED: 3:14 pm EST November 19, 2008 BOSTON -- A lieutenant with the Department of Correction was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing $100,000 in state funds, firearms and other items from the department for his own use. Gary