Outsourcing lunch is a hot-button topic in schools. But few have gone as far as a handful of North Shore private schools that have contracted with Dom’s Trattoria in Beverly Farms to offer restaurant-quality food to their students. Chef and owner Angela Dominick prepares child-friendly meals for...

After a decade of controversy, Newton North High School finally opened on Walnut Street in Newtonville. With a price tag of $197.5 million, it is the most expensive public school ever built in Massachusetts. At right is the Newton North football field. Read related story about the opening Share your...

‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” may be as close as the movies will ever get to seeing the world through the eyes of an over-caffeinated 23-year-old man-boy playing retro video games on a handheld and listening to a jangle-core iPod playlist while waiting for his girlfriend in an all-night...

Fantasia is in stable condition at a North Carolina hospital after taking an overdose of “aspirin and a sleep aid,” according to the manager for the former “American Idol” champ. American Idol - Fantasia Barrino - Drug overdose - Aspirin - North Carolina Originally posted here:  Manager:...

Work has been crazy the last few weeks which is why you haven’t seen the megalinks since the beginning of the New Year. I’m hoping next week will be easier. You have your Weekend Viewing Picks , of course.  National Starting with the Sports Business Daily, we have the full roster of...

Time to whip out the fake tan and hair gel. Two castmates from MTV’s oh-so-popular reality TV show “Jersey Shore” are fist pumping their way to the Boston area. On Friday, Jan. 22 at 10 p.m., the guilty pleasure’s self-proclaimed “guidette” Snooki, also known as Nicole...

A handful of director Robert Altman regulars including Elliot Gould, Sally Kellerman and Michael Murphy are slotted to celebrate the late filmmaker’s work this weekend with the first event hitting Boston University’s Tsai Performance Center at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. Sponsored by BU’s...

The official trailer for the made-in-Boston downsizing drama ” The Company Men ,” starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Rosemarie DeWitt, yesterday surfaced online. The clip, a montage of footage showcasing various Boston locales, is a nicely...

Here comes the bride? Anne Hathaway, known for her work in movies ranging from “The Devil Wears Prada” to “Rachel Getting Married,” has been tapped as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2010 Woman of the Year. Nope, her stint in the less-than-stellar, made-in-Boston flick ”...

Tom Everett Scott, an East Bridgewater native currently in Boston to promote the upcoming season of his TNT crime drama “Southland,” says he jumped at the chance to revisit his hometown roots. “It’s just like home. I never got to know the city of Boston as well of some of friends...