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East Boston Latin Music and Dance Festival Returns With Day-Long Celebration September 21, 2024
The annual East Boston Latin Music & Dance Festival brings a day filled with Sonidos De La Gente (Sounds of the People) to East Boston Memorial Park Saturday, September 21, 2024. Now in its third year, the festival will feature a variety of local artists and dance groups spread across two stages from 1:00 - 7:30 PM. The FREE family-friendly event is organized by Sen. Lydia Edwards’ office in conjunction with ZUMIX, Veronica Robles Cultural Center, East Boston Main Streets, and the City of Boston.
Take your dog to this Boston Starbucks for free gift cards, pet portraits
You can get a portrait of your dearest dog and free coffee at a Massachusetts Starbucks this weekend. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s pet lifestyle brand Kismet is celebrating National Dog Day a few days early. While the fun holiday is on Monday, Aug. 26, the celebratory event at a Boston Starbucks is this weekend.
Patriots Mailbag: One more until they count
It’s time for the final Patriots Mailbag of the preseason! Here’s what fans are wondering heading into the final exhibition game. Saturday is the final real off day of the summer for the New England Patriots. They held their final training camp practice of the year on Friday, and now travel to play the Washington Commanders in the preseason finale on Sunday.
1 NBA team is slowly becoming infested with former Celtics
The Boston Celtics have clearly been doing something right. Obviously, everyone will look at their 2024 NBA Championship banner, set to be raised on October 22, as the primary evidence for that fact, but the truth bleeds much deeper. Boston has made the playoffs in 10 years straight, including six conference finals births. Almost every other team in the NBA would love to lay claim to that resume.
Zuiderdam Arrives in Boston for Homeporting Season
After offering Holland America Line’s 35-night “Voyage of the Vikings,” the Zuiderdam is returning to Boston today to kick off a late summer program in Canada and New England. Sailing between its homeport in Massachusetts and Quebec City in Canada, the vessel is set to offer a...
Kevin Garnett shares why Jrue Holiday-Derrick White combo makes the Celtics almost unbeatable: "They set the precedent in the East"
Kevin Garnett warns the Eastern Conference that they could not beat the Cs without someone to counter Jrue Holiday and Derrick White.
New rumor paints an uglier situation between the Patriots and Matthew Judon
If you thought the drama surrounding the Patriots and Matthew Judon regarding their lack of interest in offering a contract extension and ultimately trading him was over, you were unfortunately wrong. Despite the trade being nearly two weeks old, more details are being revealed by Patriots reporters and insiders regarding...
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s latest comments should terrify the NBA
Last postseason, as the national media toiled on television, radio, and in print, concocting imaginary storylines to force drama upon the Boston Celtics, they succeeded. Fans across the Twitterverse and other social media platforms took the bait hook, line, and sinker. But they were the only ones. The entire team...
10 Years Ago, One of the Biggest Stories in New England Was About Market Basket and Loyalty
There are very few times that I go into Market Basket and don't think about the incredible display of loyalty that the employees showed 10 years ago this summer. In the summer of 2014, Market Basket's Board of Directors decided to fire Artie T. Demoulas. The next day, many employees started to strike due to loyalty with Artie T. and demanded that he be reinstated as CEO. Every media outlet gave the same story, stating that it was a family fight between two of the store's big bosses: cousins Artie T. Demoulas and Arthur S. Demoulas, grandsons of Arthur Demoulas, a Greek immigrant who founded the chain years ago.
Barstool hosts tease Bill Simmons over Celtics rumor
The news cycle around Amazon founder Jeff Bezos potentially buying the Boston Celtics lasted less than a week, but that didn’t stop The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Fox’s Jason McIntyre from putting their tinfoil hats on and dreaming up an angle anyway. So when leaks from the Bezos camp confirmed he was not interested in Read more... The post ‘Pardon My Take’ teases Jason McIntyre, Bill Simmons over discredited rumor of Jeff Bezos buying Celtics appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Past Red Sox Pitching Target Handed Demotion By NL Contender
The Boston Red Sox were linked to left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery throughout multiple points this past offseason before the Arizona Diamondbacks landed him on a one-year, $25 million contract. Montgomery, fresh off a 32-start, World Series-winning campaign that began with the St. Louis Cardinals and ended with the Texas Rangers,...
Weber going to Bat for Those Disappointed and Frustrated with Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery has drawn criticism from residents over the last several years due to the discontinuation of beloved events, changed policies, removal of trees, lack of communication, and more, but for those yearning for an explanation, there might be one on the horizon. Ben Weber, District 6 City Councilor, who had residents reach out to his office about these issues, told the Jamaica Plain Gazette he had contacted cemetery leadership. Specifically, Weber, who called Forest Hills Cemetery one of Boston’s jewels, noted that the cemetery’s leadership has offered to take him and his office on a tour.
Former Boston Bruins Defenseman & Forward Struggling for Work
Last summer, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney signed several free agents on team-friendly deals that ended up being a big part of the 2023-24 success the Black and Gold had. A lot of those players inked one-year deals and became free agents this summer. Two of them are still looking for work one month ahead of training camps opening across the league.
New Hampshire's still an expensive rental market. A new law aims to prevent extra fees from adding up.
As rent prices continue to climb in New Hampshire, a new law aims to cut down on the extra costs — for background checks, application fees and more — that are making things even more expensive for prospective tenants. The new law requires landlords to provide justification for any fees they charge beyond the price of rent and a security deposit, and it requires landlords to return any excess costs without documentation back to the tenant. ...
Plymouth closing all public parks and fields from dusk to dawn amid town’s high risk status for EEE
Starting tonight, all public parks and fields in Plymouth will be closed daily from dusk until dawn in response to the town’s high risk status for Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE.
The New England cat show is coming up. Here's how you can go
You've heard of dog shows, but have you heard of cat shows? That's right. There's a cat show coming to town. The Cat Fanciers' Association will be presenting the New England Meow Outfit (NEMO) cat show. ...
Plainville, North Attleboro, Wrentham, Foxboro, Mansfield and Franklin respond to 5 vehicle crash that injured 7 including 4 children
PLAINVILLE — Acting Chief Robert Skinner reports that the Plainville Fire Department responded to a serious multi-vehicle crash on Route 1 Saturday night. At approximately 8:30 p.m., Plainville Fire received notification about a crash on Route 1 near Route 495. Upon arrival, paramedics came upon a five-vehicle crash with...
At least three shots fired around church and park
Investigators have recovered evidence indicating multiple shots were fired near St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 233 Harvard St., in The Port neighborhood of Cambridge. ShotSpotter technology heard three rounds fired at around 8:30 p.m., while a caller said they heard four or five shots fired at Sennott Park, according to scanner reports. The park is behind the church; in addition to shells found by police, an officer soon found a park garbage can that looked like it had been hit by gunfire.
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