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Corvex Management LP and Related Fund Management LLC are seeking shareholder support for their efforts to remove the board.

A group of Newton residents is exploring the creation of more places where Fido can frolic freely.

The MBTA Monday announced the beginning of consturction for its Key Bus Routes Improvement Program, which will impact 15 bus routes throughout the service area during the summer months.

In one of the biggest suburban deals in recent years, National Development and Charles River Realty Investors have closed on the purchase of New England Executive Park, a 10-building office campus in Burlington, Mass.

It may or may not be easy being green, but there's one business in town we can ask about it.

Donald Berwick of Newton, a former top Obama administration health care official, has announced he will run for Massachusetts governor in 2014, according to the Boston Globe .

Seana Gaherin has a vision. "I kept thinking about this really long table and everybody in the neighborhood that had a business feeding the neighborhood," Gaherin explains.

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Newton parents may not have to shell out as many dollars for school activities next year.

Roger MacDonald, Director of Information Technology explained that the program started in Boston a couple of years ago, when the city partnered with See Click Fix .

After so many rain-soaked days, everyone was out in downtown Wellesley Saturday-and Park on Patch was there to pick up the parking tab.

Editor's Note: We'll be back in Newton for next week's Home of the Week. This custom rebuilt contemporary has been expertly transformed into one of Waltham's most impressive pieces of modern real estate.

They are hounds, not dogs. They aren't barking, howling or yipping, they're "giving tongue."

The showcase is put on by Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy and tickets will be available at the door for $20.

By their own admission, they're not exactly two peas in a pod. In fact, they are a bit of an odd couple.

The Newton North Class of 2015 wants to help. The class is holding a car wash fundraiser today from noon to 3 p.m. at NNHS .

After entering the lobby of the SuperLux theater in Chestnut Hill, patrons can make their way to theaters that offer plush reclining seats with footrests, drinks, and appetizers and entrees from Davio's restaurant next door.

Pianist Kirstine Song will play a variety of pieces from Bach to Mozart. 2. Local artists are invited to apply for display space at this year's Celebrate Newton Crafts Fair on Dec. 8 at Newton South High School.

John Krasinski Bachelor's English Literature, , Krasinski was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of a Polish-American father, internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski, and an Irish-American mother, Mary Clare .

After a particularly tough year for the West Nile virus in 2012, Massachusetts health officials are bracing for what could be another busy summer for the mosquito-borne illness.