This year the 111th Boston Marathon will be run, as usual, on Patriots Day. April 16th. The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) will be producing the event with over 500,000 spectators, as they have since the Marathon began in 1897. The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world - the modern marathon was revived by the Olympics in 1896, but is only run once every four years. As we were looking to......

Once upon a time in a land far, far…oh. No. It was Brockton. Back in 1890 James Edgar of Edgar's Department Store in Brockton sported a white beard and a belly laugh, he suited up as Santa Claus for an appearance in his Brockton Store. It wasn't Macy's, it wasn't Coke, it was a store in "The City of Champions" where the department store Santa was born. In the interest of full disclosure it appears......

Ever wonder what makes a city tick? That is exactly what the Boston Behind the Scenes webcast attempts to answer. This is a new webcast and only has a couple of episodes, but even so, it has already proven itself exciting. The latest episode of Boston Behind the Scenes talks about Mike's Pastry. Bostonist knows we don't have to tell you how good the cannoli are. You will find it interesting to learn a little......