Erroll Tyler doesn't give up easily. For six years the Melrose, Mass. entrepreneur has been battling the cities of Cambridge and Boston to get his amphibious-vehicle sightseeing company, Nautical Tours, off the ground and into the water. His case is pending in federal court; here's a look at how it got there.
The operator of a trolley that rear-ended another trolley should have been able to see the other vehicle was stopped 480 feet ahead, a federal investigator said Monday.
The operator of the trolley that rear-ended another trolley Friday night in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, has told investigators that he was text messaging at the time of the accident, which injured 20 people, a transit official said.
The tallest building in Boston sold for $660.6 million at a foreclosure auction in New York Tuesday -- about half the price it sold for just three years ago.
Heavy snow -- close to a foot in some cities -- blanketed much of the Eastern Seaboard on Monday and spelled a nightmare for morning commuters battling strong winds and freezing rain.
A snowstorm that could last up to 18 hours was on its way to southern New England, and Boston, Massachusetts, could be snowed under with up to 15 inches, the National Weather Service said Sunday afternoon.
Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history, but on a steamy hot summer day, one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor.
A small plane carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board
Research points to learning-related genes as a contributor to autism and suggests that early intervention in children can help fix genetic defects
Mikhail Glikberg remembers when he made a decent living as a taxi driver in Boston. He could work a 12-hour shift and take home up to $80 a day after expenses.
Erroll Tyler doesn't give up easily. For six years the Melrose, Mass. entrepreneur has been battling the cities of Cambridge and Boston to get his amphibious-vehicle sightseeing company, Nautical Tours, off the ground and into the water. His case is pending in federal court; here's a look at how it got there.
The operator of a trolley that rear-ended another trolley should have been able to see the other vehicle was stopped 480 feet ahead, a federal investigator said Monday.
The operator of the trolley that rear-ended another trolley Friday night in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, has told investigators that he was text messaging at the time of the accident, which injured 20 people, a transit official said.
The tallest building in Boston sold for $660.6 million at a foreclosure auction in New York Tuesday -- about half the price it sold for just three years ago.
Heavy snow -- close to a foot in some cities -- blanketed much of the Eastern Seaboard on Monday and spelled a nightmare for morning commuters battling strong winds and freezing rain.
A snowstorm that could last up to 18 hours was on its way to southern New England, and Boston, Massachusetts, could be snowed under with up to 15 inches, the National Weather Service said Sunday afternoon.
Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history, but on a steamy hot summer day, one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor.
A small plane carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board
Research points to learning-related genes as a contributor to autism and suggests that early intervention in children can help fix genetic defects
Mikhail Glikberg remembers when he made a decent living as a taxi driver in Boston. He could work a 12-hour shift and take home up to $80 a day after expenses.
On the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.
Can a piece of paper save a marriage? One suburban Boston couple figured it was worth trying so they entered into a legal agreement to manage a major source of tension in their relationship - money.
Secretly, I'm congratulating myself.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Boston (17 to 12), Columbus (27 to 22) BIGGEST FALL: Philadelphia (11 to 17)
BIGGEST CLIMB: Atlanta (28 to 21) BIGGEST FALL: S.J. (3 to 9), Boston (5 to 11), Philadelphia (11 to 17)
From Boston to Seattle, eight stores where you can buy smart -- and give back.
At least 200 people were evacuated from their homes, including 84 residents of an apartment building for the elderly, after a tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline erupted early Wednesday in a northern Boston suburb.
Faced with high-profile youth crime, Boston has started a controversial program allowing cops into homes to look for guns -- and gets surprising support
Attention Boston bachelors: Jessica Simpson is out to find love, and she's looking in your direction.
I'm glad to see that my match-ups for this weekend's Colts-Pats game got posted in time for rapid e-mailers to get a crack at them. The layout of the match-ups always poses a problem for the technicians in the office, a problem of "formatting," as they say. Actually I don't say it because I don't like to use a noun as a verb. Quite exciting actually. One of the computers blew and lots of little names were flung off the screen, onto the floor, where they were seen scurrying toward freedom. Andrew came through, though, and caught them all in his butterfly net.
Heading for the Massachusetts Turnpike, a Mercedes sedan closes in on the back tire of my bicycle with an aggressive honk. Less than a mile of Boston's streets have designated bike lanes, and Commonwealth Avenue - where I'm trying to avoid construction sites and deep trolley tracks - is not one of them. "Stay close to me - this traffic circle might get hairy!" shouts Andrew Prescott, one of my guides. Dodging rush-hour traffic isn't easy, and with a few hours still to go on his Paul Revere Ride to Freedom tour, I'm wondering if I'd be happier straddling a horse.
Receiver David Boston was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday, two days after police released results of a urine test that showed the eighth-year pro had a depressant in his system when he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence last month.
A urine test indicated Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver David Boston had GHB in his system when police found him passed out behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle last month and charged him with driving under the influence.
U.S. home prices fell 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest rate of decline since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987
State lawmakers are increasingly stepping into the void created by the failure of Congress to approve sweeping changes to immigration policy
Hedge fund Citadel Investment Group, LLC said Monday that it took over Sowood Capital's credit portfolio following speculation last week that heavy losses might force the smaller hedge fund to shut down.
The talk around Columbus, the site of the NHL Entry Draft, is that there will be a considerable amount of wheeling and dealing this weekend, and it won't just be anonymous picks swapping hands as teams try to move up in the draft order.
Note: All statistics are through Sunday.
There is no joy on Causeway Street, not even after a franchise-worst 18-game losing streak was finally halted Wednesday against Milwaukee at TD Banknorth Garden. Boston has fallen on hard times before -- witness the 15-win season of 1996-97 -- but even then there seemed to be a method to its madness. In 1997, it was an open secret that general manager M.L. Carr had installed himself as head coach in order to sink the team to where it could land the top pick in the draft, one Mr. Tim Duncan (hey, nobody said it worked out). In other words, Carr was trying to tank the season.
The Bruins Get: RW Chuck Kobasew, D Andrew Ference
Foreign-born workers have become a powerful engine of growth in the U.S., according to a report Tuesday.
As we have expressed to Boston and state public officials and law enforcement, we acknowledge our responsibility for the unconventional marketing tactic that we authorized, and apologize to the citizens of the greater Boston area, especially the citizens of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville and the customers of the MBTA, for any hardship they encountered last week. We understand now that in today's post-September 11 environment, it was reasonable and appropriate for citizens and law enforcement officials to take any perceived threat posed by our light boards very seriously and to respond as they did.
People are certainly talking about "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" after a publicity stunt that went spectacularly wrong, but marketing experts say paralyzing a city and landing two guys in court isn't the best way to build a brand.
Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing electronic light boards that caused a bomb scare Wednesday in Boston.
Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a middle-finger-waving moon man that triggered repeated bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday and prompted the closure of bridges and a stretch of the Charles River.
Bostonians are an odd lot. We take our traditions seriously, we're deeply loyal, and, on the whole, we're thrifty. All of which bodes well for the diner searching for a bargain.
Joanne Smith wants to make flying Delta swank again. In 2003 she helped launch mod offspring Song, known for lime-green planes and Kate Spade - attired flight attendants. But the budget service flo...
A woman whose altercation with passengers and crew led to the diversion of a trans-Atlantic passenger flight Wednesday will be detained and likely will face federal criminal charges, a U.S. federal prosecutor said.
If Boston were a stock, it would be Apple Computer: great highs, great lows. The year 2004 was a high: Our beloved Red Sox won the World Series, and our not-so-beloved Senator John Kerry didn't tot...
For more than 20 years Bill Rypka's career plans have been up in the air, and there are plenty of people alive today who can thank him and his colleagues for it.
If you want to know where real estate prices are headed in California's Orange County, the man to talk to is Gary Watts. The Mission Viejo broker has 35 years of experience and doubles as a spokesman for the O.C.'s Association of Realtors.
If you want to know where real estate prices are headed in California's Orange County, the man to talk to is Gary Watts. The Mission Viejo broker has 35 years of experience and doubles as a spokesm...
Urban Miyares returned from the Vietnam war in 1968 with nerve damage and diabetes. Blindness came later. When he couldn't find employment, it made him angry. So the New York City native founded a ...
Small fortunes have been made during the past few years by investing in rapidly rising real estate...buy, rent out, flip, repeat. But now stagnating home prices and a bad rental market threaten to end that -- and put the holdings of small landlords in jeopardy.
New uses for old drugs?
Some of the nation's frothiest housing markets are at growing risk of price declines, according to the most recent survey from PMI Mortgage Insurance Corporation.
Better than a spoonful of sugar
Delta Airlines announced that its subsidiary, Song, will offer more transcontinental flights beginning on September 6.
There's no better time to be a sports enthusiast in Boston than right now.
Boston's Logan International Airport reopened for flights Monday morning after closing for more than 24-hours due to the weekend blizzard that dumped more than two feet of snow across parts of southern New England.
The FBI has added the names of 10 more people to the list of those being sought for questioning in connection with a possible terror plot against Boston, Massachusetts.
State, federal and local authorities Wednesday were seeking four Chinese nationals wanted for questioning in connection with a possible terrorist threat to the Boston, Massachusetts, area, but they said the source of the information was "unknown and uncorroborated."
THE DUSTY FLATLANDS of the Texas panhandle seem a world away from society's great debate about human stem cells. But if you want to see how stem cells could transform medicine, a ranch near Dalhart...
WHEN THE BOSTON RED SOX WON their first World Series in 86 years this past October, sportswriters everywhere heralded an end to the infamous Curse--in which the ball club was supposedly jinxed afte...
The Democrats had their week in Boston. Now, it's the Republicans' turn in New York. The political stakes are enormous. That's because this is shaping up potentially as such an incredibly close contest -- perhaps even a repeat of what happened four years ago.
Thousands of protesters will face thousands of security officials at the Republican National Convention even before the event begins Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The morning after his address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, former President Clinton volunteered to this scripturally challenged reporter that his speech's most provocative line had been inspired by the Book of Isaiah.
Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
As the Democratic National Convention opens Monday, the city of Boston will be under an unprecedented $60 million security curtain.
Sen. John Kerry pulled a convention-eve surprise Sunday night, taking time out from his swing across the country to attend a baseball game in Boston between the Red Sox and their hated rivals, the New York Yankees.
Amid final preparations for the first political nominating convention since the attacks of September 11, 2001, security officials are preparing to lock down a huge area of Boston.
A state arbitrator has proposed a settlement of a thorny pay dispute between the city of Boston and its police union, which had raised the specter of picketing at next week's Democratic National Convention.
Thomas M. Menino usually is a happy warrior who has loved being mayor of Boston for the past 11 years, but he is plainly irritated these days.
Everyone knows cash and politics go hand in hand. But perhaps never in such an obvious way as the event sponsorship at the upcoming political conventions.
A federal judge Thursday denied a lawsuit brought by protestors and groups trying to get better access to delegates at the Democratic National Convention.
Pick up a newspaper, turn on the TV, listen to the radio and all you will hear about in the metropolitan Boston area is the Democratic National Convention.
The national political convention opening in Boston on July 26 will be my 17th.
It was time to hit life's little red "reset" button.
Court approval of same-sex marriage gave extra flair Saturday to the Boston Pride gay and lesbian parade, where men and women gyrated in tuxedos and wedding gowns atop floats and an oom-pah band played "Chapel of Love."
Boston worked hard to get the Democratic convention. And the nominee -- a senator from Massachusetts -- was threatening to spoil it.
Contributor Ed Welles is best known to FSB readers for his in-depth investigative stories--say, on health insurers that defraud small firms. But Ed recently allowed that he'd like an occasional cha...
Among the eight largest metro regions tracked by real estate research firm Fiserv CSW, zip codes in and around Los Angeles and Boston saw home values increase the most between 1998 and 2003.
Actuaries, not economists, are the truly dismal scientists. Consider some actuarial projections about the graying America of 2050: One in 26 of us will have Alzheimer's disease, compared with one i...
The best entry-level job at ChildrenFirst--and maybe one of the prime after-college gigs anywhere--is assistant to the chairman, Rosemary Jordano. It's a one-year deal with an option for two. The o...
Only a few years ago, estate planning boiled down to one question: How can I make sure that the wealth I've amassed through hard work and savvy investing won't be decimated by taxes when I die?
--Stuck at Logan for a few hours? Hungry? Looking for the real thing? No, not Cheers, you idiot! Listen, here's what you do. Take the shuttle bus to the airport subway stop (the No. 22 or the No. 3...
It's tough helping entrepreneurs untangle complex financial issues like estate planning and investing for retirement. That's the challenge Peter Simmons, president of Bingham Legg Advisers, a priva...
In April, we skeptically reported that after some setbacks, Tealuxe, a Boston-based chain of tea bars, was at a crossroads in its effort to bring tea to the masses ("The Next Starbucks?"). The situ...
Netting Credit Criminals
Boston is a charming contradiction of a city. It is steeped in colonial history yet more European than American in character. The city is home to a bewildering array of tribes: blue-blooded Brahmin...
The bustling construction activity in the photo at right shows just a portion of what Bostonians, with a mixture of pride and annoyance at all the detours, call the Big Dig. Known properly as the C...
Deep in the heart of every entrepreneur lies the secret and ever so slightly subversive desire to change the world. Not necessarily to stand reality on its head, but to take that one eureka! moment...
There's no such thing as a bad pizza. Nevertheless, only a few restaurants have reached the pinnacle of piemaking. The pizzerias below are all exemplary, and their products range widely, from the t...
It may be worldwide, but what does the web offer that's useful for managers? We surfed some popular sites and returned to shore with these verdicts.
Big usually isn't better if you want to improve your quality of life. this year, none of the 15 largest U.S. metro areas--home to 25% of the population--rank among our 15 best places to live. The t...
PACED BY HIGH-FLYING BANK AND technology stocks, shares of Boston-based companies were 1995's top performers. Beantown's stocks posted a stunning 51.8% average return, beating out those of the 23 o...
"Now the tinkle of ice pitchers is louder, the whine of wicker heightened. The lending-library waiting list is longer for Point of No Return. Here once more is the fixed reigning smile worn by the ...
NOW YOU CAN CALL BEANTOWN "BOOMTOWN." In the second quarter of 1995, stocks of firms based in Boston shot up 16.6%, outperforming those of the other 23 metropolitan areas in the exclusive Money/Nor...
-- RICH TEERLINK, 57, CEO of Harley-Davidson, on the downside of new management theories: "If you empower dummies, you get bad decisions faster."
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The news that the Massachusetts Turnpike might be privatized triggered unfond memories for the present writer, who has personally been keen to overturn the management of this toll road ever since L...
Meet Cicero and his understudy, ''B'' -- cockatoos currently appearing in Boston in the comedy La Bete and due to make their Broadway debut at the Eugene O'Neill theater on January 31. The birds ar...
The body count on Wall Street keeps rising. Prudential-Bache will fire about 120 of its 180 investment bankers. Merrill Lynch is cutting another 50 financiers, bringing its staff down by 125, or 18...
PETER MAYER, chairman of publisher Penguin Group, recently booked an overnight flight from New York to Paris on Air France, just so he could attend a meeting the next morning. Then, he says, ''my s...
What a difference a year makes. Last year, in our second annual survey of the best places to live in the U.S.A., Danbury, Conn. headed the list. This time, mirroring the shift in strength of the na...
ONCE UPON A TIME, Affiliated Publications was, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, ''a dowdy publisher whose fortunes were tied to the ((Boston)) Globe.'' Then the company, under CEO William T...
Boston's Combat Zone enjoyed a garish exuberance in the 1970s after zoning ordinances confined the city's sex-related operations such as peep shows and topless bars to the area. But the Zone, once ...
It comes as little surprise that house prices in New York City, up 22.3%, and | Boston, up 18.9%, boomed last year. But two other small northeastern cities were much hotter. Existing houses in Prov...
Single-digit mortgage rates should give the housing industry its best year since 1978, and in the hottest markets, including New York, Boston, Phoenix, and parts of California, skilled workers are ...
House prices around much of the country have risen roughly 10% to 12% in the past year -- with two notable exceptions: prices melted in the Southwest, while they puffed up in the Northeast. For exa...
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