Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 8th September 2020

Fed Golfers Take Swings, Trade Laughs, at Fall Tournament

While Mark Twain once argued that “golf is a good walk, spoiled,” the famous author never attended a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston golf tournament, where fun is the first order of the day. The bank’s most recent tournament, which took place on a picture-perfect, mid-September day at the South Shore Country Club in Hingham was more like a "good walk, spoiled” -- only by laughs, good-natured ribbing, whiffs, slices, hooks and, in the end, some pretty good golf.

Boston Baseball Magazine • 7th September 2020

‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ Lets Live Fastball Do Talking

If Raymond Chandler was a PawSox beat writer, relief pitcher Cory Bailey might have been pegged as the "Baby-Faced Assassin.” Unlike some of his fellow relievers, Bailey doesn’t look the part of the menacing closer. Boston’s Jeff Russell sports an intimidating goatee – and even Ken Ryan has toyed with facial hair this summer – but Bailey’s All-American, clean-cut appearance does little to strike fear into the hearts of opposing batters.

AAA Horizons • 3rd September 2020

‘Magic Moments’ Still Available In Bay State’s Vintage Movie Theatres

While Massachusetts doesn't boast the quantity -- or the quality -- of California's classic "movie palaces," there remain a number of retro movie theatres scattered around Eastern Mass., including Cape Cod and the islands, where you can still "enjoy a show."

Boston Baseball Magazine • 28th July 2020

Boston Baseball Opinion: Fenway Must Go

Progress, with a respectful nod to the past, is good. As much as I hate to admit it, the Red Sox seem to have actually done something right. HOK Architects of Kansas City and the Red Sox have designed a wonderful, comfortable new Fenway that retains most of the dimensions and quirks of the beloved original.

AAA Horizons • 3rd June 2020

Expect the Unexpected in Florida Keys

A unique strip of islands, the Florida Keys comprise a very delicate ecosystem, which has led to an ongoing struggle between business and environmentalists. In a way, this constant tug-of-war actually acts as a system of checks and balances, allowing neither commerce nor nature to gain the upper hand, which is why the Keys offer something for virtually everyone.

New England Sports Network (NESN) SportsCircuit Website • 31st May 2020

Mondor’s Midas Touch Transforms PawSox into Major Minor League Success Story

After amassing a fortune as a bankruptcy turnaround expert, Ben Mondor was lured out of an early retirement by a former Boston Brave to rescue the then-Rhode Island Red Sox. After some tactical business maneuvering, the Pawtucket Red Sox were born, and Mondor and lieutenant Mike Tamburro went on to build one of minor-league baseball's greatest franchises.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 23rd May 2020

Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council Provides ‘Second Opinion’

Surrounded by some of the world's most prestigious universities, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston relies on the region's top academic economists to provide different perspectives. The Boston Fed's Academic Advisory Council meets three times a year, and ensures that "group-think" doesn't impact the First District's policy recommendations.

AAA Horizons • 23rd May 2020

Museum Exhibit to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Historic Worcester Tornado

The Worcester Museum is collecting oral histories, artifacts and written witness recollections to paint a more vivid portrait of the F4 tornado and its after-effects. Hailstones the size of baseballs, 300 mph winds, and a debris field that stretched into Massachusetts Bay are among the hallmarks that made this twister the worst storm in recorded New England history.

Boston Baseball Magazine • 19th May 2020

Attorney Makes Convincing Case for Hoboken as Birthplace of Baseball

Perhaps best known as the birthplace of Frank Sinatra, Hoboken was the site of the first game of modern baseball. On June 19, 1846, members of the New York Nine and the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club met for the first known match of the 'gentleman's game' at the Elysian Fields, near the Hoboken waterfront.

Cape Cod Life Magazine • 6th July 2018

Dressed to Inspire, Astonish & Impress

The Heritage Museums & Gardens unveils "Cut!," a fabulous movie-costume exhibit. In addition to showcasing Captain Jack Sparrow’s costume from the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, the exhibit will shine a klieg light on more than 40 stunning period costumes worn by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Nicole Kidman, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell and Scarlett Johansson, among others.

AAA Horizons • 7th July 2018

New England Ghost Tours Offers a Spirited Tour of Boston

A gifted storyteller with a knack for names, Jim McCabe offers ghost tours of Downtown Boston that include hair-raising stories about the Parker House Hotel, the Hampshire House and the Boston Common Burying Ground.

Patriots Football Weekly • 10th July 2018

Titletown Restored

The Super Bowl is no exception to the grand American tradition of excess. In fact, the National Football League’s championship game typifies it. So it should come as no surprise that the NFL team that scored most excessively all season long, the Green Bay Packers, continued that timeworn tradition of American gluttony with a 35-21 Super Bowl XXXI victory over the AFC Champion New England Patriots in the Louisiana Superdome.

AAA Horizons • 23rd February 2019

Good Food, Conversation Abound in Bay State Diners

When one thinks of diners, two things come to mind: good food and good conversation. One usually surpasses the other, and rarely, if ever, do both reach the pinnacle of perfection.

Cape Cod Life Magazine • 9th July 2018

For JFK, Hyannis was Home, Haven and Political Headquarters

JFK Hyannis Museum exhibit focuses on President Kennedy’s Cape Cod connections, 100 years after his birth.

Inside Palm Employee Newsletter • 16th May 2020

Schiffer Models Stylish New Palm Vx

Palm partners with supermodel, actress, businesswoman Claudia Schiffer to introduce handheld technology to new audiences.

Live Tweeting of Mass. Eye and Ear fundraiser. • 27th March 2019

New Kids Rock Mass. Eye & Ear's Sense-Ation Gala

In one of my more enjoyable assignments while at the Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, I live-tweeted the New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) performance at the 2015 Sense-Ation Gala, the hospital's annual fundraiser.

Currents (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 2nd September 2019

Rosengren Discusses Fiscal Austerity, Inflation on CNBC

In a roof garden interview with CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman earlier this summer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren touched upon a number of topics, including fiscal austerity in the U.S., unemployment, regulatory reform and core inflation, among other issues.

New England Patriots Football Weekly • 10th September 2019

A Game of Inches and . . . Feet

Strolling across the Bryant College campus in baggy shorts, a polo shirt and a baseball cap, Matt Bahr could almost pass for someone half his age. Father Time has been kind to the Patriots placekicker, whose impish face belies his 39 years, but nowhere is Father Time's blessing more evident than in Bahr's right leg, which has earned him a more-than-respectable living the past 16 years.

Inside Palm Employee Newsletter • 17th May 2020

Palm's Pilots Help Drive Palm Economy

Although most Palm Pilots have been relegated to the Handheld Hall of Fame in recent years, there are several, different, Palm pilots who are still helping to drive the Palm Economy in Santa Clara. These new pilots – people like David Creemer, Hugh Thompson, Carl Yankowski and Lloyd Evans – all have their hands full pushing Palms out the door, but they still manage to find a few hours a month to engage in their other passion -- flying.

Breezes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Employee Newsletter) • 5th October 2019

Innovative Bank-Treasury Partnership has Changed how America Does Business

Launched last fall, the Internet Payment Platform (IPP) promises to be a groundbreaking Web-based tool that makes it much easier for federal agencies and their vendors to conduct business. While streamlining the order-to-payment cycle is an innovative effort for the U.S. Treasury, which owns the platform, what wasn’t so groundbreaking was the longstanding partnership that produced this evolving electronic marketplace.