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Newton Native Wows Stephen Colbert with Dorm Restaurant Delicacies

Stephen Colbert booked one of New York’s hottest chefs as a guest for Wednesday’s episode of the Late Show–a Columbia University student who runs a […]

City Life

Insurify Launches to Take the Hassle Out of Comparing Car Insurance Quotes

Finding the best car insurance is now as simple as snapping a photo of your license plate, thanks to MIT spinout Insurify. The startup launched […]

Arts & Entertainment

Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend

DRINK Boston Beer Summit: Winter Jubilee Over fifty different breweries will be represented at this year’s Beer Summit Winter Jubilee. Featuring a vast collection of […]

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TBT: When the Word ‘Serendipity’ Was Coined

Ser·en·dip·i·ty \ser-ən-ˈdi-pə-tē\ noun 1 an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2 good fortune; luck   On January 28, 1754, a very important letter […]

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Arts & Entertainment

Coldplay Announces U.S. Stadium Tour

This post originally appeared on Vanyaland. Unfortunately, the Patriots won’t be going to see Coldplay in Super Bowl 50 next month. So, in what doesn’t […]

Arts & Entertainment

Listen to Night Lights’ Sparkling New Single, ‘Take My Hand’

This post originally appeared on Vanyaland. Last time we chilled out with Night Lights, the young rock band was playing our 2015 Boston & Beyond […]

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Unique Union Deal Lets MBTA Workers Pad Pensions

A new report from the Pioneer Institute found workers at the beleaguered Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority are cashing in with a major pension perk unavailable […]

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Study Details New Information About the Biology of Schizophrenia

Psychiatric disorders are notoriously poorly understood. Despite the fact that 13.6 million Americans live with a serious mental illness, concrete information about the biology of […]

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Boston’s Cue Ball Group Named One of America’s Best Small Companies

The Cue Ball Group, a Boston-based venture capital firm headquartered in Faneuil Hall, was named one of the best small companies in America by Forbes. Cue Ball—which […]

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Vintage Boston Menus Are Part of the New York Public Library’s Digital Collection

The New York Public Library has a massive digital archive—more than 670,000 items—that was recently bolstered by a trove of archival images of Boston. Yesterday, […]