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Tiffany McCasland Braves Shark Tank: Investors Bite on “The Chair Blanket”
Like many Boston College students, Tiffany McCasland, BC ’02, spent her time on the Heights looking for internships and preparing for a career in communications. McCasland never imagined that more than two decades later, she would be on national television pitching a product she helped develop to a panel of investors.
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Encore Boston Harbor employees ratify contract, ending 63-day strike
The strike, which began Sept. 4, included more than 1,300 housekeepers, cooks, servers, bartenders, slot attendants, and warehouse and receiving workers. More than 1,300 employees at Encore Boston Harbor voted to ratify a new contract on Thursday, ending a strike that began on Sept. 4. Teamsters Local 25 and UNITE...
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After five decades, Tory’s Jewelry prepares to close its doors
After five decades as a fixture in downtown Marblehead, Tory’s Jewelry is preparing to close its doors, marking the end of an era for the Washington Street shop and its generations of loyal customers. Owner Tory Kelley opened the business in 1976, turning her longtime love of jewelry into...
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HHS Sports Roundup: Boys soccer falls in penalty shootout
The Hopkinton High School boys soccer team’s impressive season came to an end Monday with a heartbreaking loss to visiting Brookline in a Division 1 state tournament game that went to an extended penalty shootout. After a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime, 21st-seeded Brookline scored on all seven...
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LETTER: Show the elderly some love over the holidays
The Edith Dodge Memorial Fund Board and their many volunteers will soon begin their 53rd year of bringing a bit of joy to our seniors during the many winter holidays. This movement has become a symbol of kindness and community, reminding older adults that they are treasured and never forgotten. I am writing this letter to ask Marbleheaders for help in making this year another success!
Nerdy Digest
Why Christmas Was Once Illegal in Boston
Few places in America carry as much festive expectation as New England in December. The image practically sells itself: snow on cobblestones, candlelit windows, church bells echoing off old brick. So it comes as a genuine surprise to learn that Boston, now fully at ease with tinsel and holiday markets, once made celebrating Christmas a ... Read more
Boston
Eng skips council hearing on Blue Hill Ave. project despite subpoena, citing family vacation
Councilor Culpepper said he plans to seek court enforcement of the subpoena that the council would vote on Nov. 18. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng skipped a Boston City Council hearing Friday at which he had been subpoenaed to testify about the controversial Blue Hill Avenue redesign, with the transit agency citing a “previously planned vacation with his family.”
Caught in Southie
A Southie Legacy: Pastor Burns Stanfield Retires After 35 Years at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Pastor Burns Stanfield delivered his retirement sermon at Fourth Presbyterian Church on Sunday, November 8, and will depart after 35 years of pastoring. Stanfield joined Fourth in 1991 and led the church in enriching the neighborhood through alms, the arts, and a robust array of youth programs. A lifelong musician, he began offering music lessons at the church around 1993. Over the next decade, this evolved into Fourth’s longstanding children’s and teens’ theater.
Axios Boston
Greater Boston renters need to make $181K to afford a starter home
A homebuyer needs to earn at least $181,000 a year to be able to comfortably afford a single-family home — and a lower-priced one at that — in Greater Boston, a new Boston Indicators report states. Why it matters: Homeownership remains out of reach for Greater Boston residents, especially Black and Latino residents, even as home sale prices soften, per the 2026 Greater Boston Housing Report Card released Tuesday. Catch up quick: Demand has outpaced housing supply for decades in Massachusetts, but home sale prices have increased on pace with (and sometimes outpacing) inflation. Those increases, plus increased interest rates, mean home prices are just starting to dip slightly even as the region's population growth and economy slow down. By the numbers: In 2021, interest rates were 3% and the median cost of a single-family home in a "low-priced town" was $553,500, per the report. Some 188,000 renters in Greater Boston earned enough to own a home in that scenario ($124,000 or more). Today, interest rates have more than doubled and the median for that home is $600,000. Now just 119,000 renters earn enough to afford a home ($181,000 or more). Data: Zillow via Boston Indicators, 2026 Greater Boston Housing
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Attend Second Annual Boston Frostival This Winter
If you missed last year’s inaugural Boston Frostival, good news — the event is back for its second year, with festivities kicking off next month. Once again, the multi-month celebration of all things winter brings tons of fun, with highlights including Saturday drone shows through December (at 6 and 8 p.m.); the Frostival Lodge open on Copley Square throughout January and February (hosted by Wayfair and offering sports broadcasts, culinary demonstrations and full bar services); and the Frostival Ferris Wheel running February–April.