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Beer Floats: Your New Best Friend For Summer

This post was co-authored by Lisa DeCanio & Alex Weaver ...
BostInno News

Everything You Need to Know to Get Caught Up For Season 4 of Arrested Development

With less than three days to go until season 4 of Arrested Development hits the Internet on May 26th, you have a lot of catching up to do ...
Your Town

New company picked to run MBTA commuter ferries between Boston, Quincy and Hull

For the first time in more than a decade, a new company will operate the MBTA’s commuter ferry service between Boston, Quincy and Hull, officials said.
Your Town

Rose F. Kennedy Greenway recognized by national urban park group

Boston’s Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway has been named a “Frontline Park” by the national urban park advocacy organization City Parks Alliance.
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Boston to hold Memorial Day observances across city

Several Memorial Day observances and services are scheduled in the coming days at public parks and cemeteries throughout Boston.
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Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Carousel

Carousels usually invoke images of horses of various shapes and sizes, adorned with flamboyant regalia, circling endlessly in trots and leaps to a backdrop of colorful lights and carnival music ...
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Same-sex marriage supporters celebrate 9th anniversary in Boston Public Garden

About three dozen supporters of same-sex marriage gathered in the Boston Public Garden recently to mark the ninth anniversary of its legalization in Massachusetts ...
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The MBTA: ruining weekends since 1897

The first portion of the subway line that would become the MBTA opened more than 115 years ago, and by the standards of that time, it's doing pretty well ...
Historic Boston Inc.

HBI Readying Proposal for Allston’s Charles River Speedway

Proposals are now being accepted by the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation (DCR) for the rehabilitation and reuse of the 1899 CharlesRiver Speedway Building ...
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Remembering fallen cyclists

The cyclist community is coming together to honor the fallen after a string of tragic deaths in Boston this year ...
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Bostons Duckling Day Parade 2013

Tia Connell of Boston led her father, Dan Connell, by the hand to go look at the real ducklings in the pond on Sunday ...
Historic Boston Inc.

How Do I Revive Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

HBI is pleased to present the next installment in actor, and Greek Revival enthusiast, Bronson Pinchot's blog series ...
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Downtown Boston Business Improvement District home tour

Downtown Boston is booming with new residential construction that will add hundreds of new apartments and condominiums to an area that has already seen a doubling of its residential population in just a decade ...
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Boston vs. New York Food Truck Throwdown

The 2nd annual Boston vs. New York City Food Truck Throwdown dominated the scene at the Greenway this Saturday ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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