Markets are still pricing the possibility that geopolitical tension could keep energy costs and interest rates elevated. Bloomberg reported that a U.S.-Iran standoff pushed oil volatility higher, with Brent crude trading near $105 a barrel, while the S&P 500 gave back its monthly advance and the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.1 percent in the session. The
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New England is moving closer to the center of the national political conversation as campaigns look ahead to the 2026 Senate battle. CNN’s recent election coverage has highlighted New Hampshire and Maine as states that could help determine control of the chamber, with candidates and party strategists paying close attention to independents, turnout and the
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New England’s upset of Buffalo delivered the kind of early-season jolt that can change the mood around a team. Fox News Radio reported that the Patriots defeated the Bills, with Drake Maye answering a difficult stretch with a bounce-back performance. Former Patriots stars Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman also discussed the win and what it
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Boston’s postseason ended quickly, but the 2026 Red Sox still gave the region a baseball season worth remembering. The Associated Press reported that New York beat Boston 9–2 to complete a two-game Wild Card sweep, with Max Fried setting the tone and Cody Bellinger and Jasson Domínguez supplying home runs. The result sends the Yankees
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The 2026 midterm conversation is turning again toward the price of everyday life. CNN’s recent campaign coverage described President Trump promoting diesel relief and a direct-cash idea at a Nebraska rally, while Democrats and Republicans alike face pressure to explain how they would lower the cost of energy, housing and basic goods. The political challenge
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US Stocks Press Toward Records as Cooler Hiring Eases Inflation Fears
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Markets received a fresh reminder this week that the Federal Reserve is still fighting the last mile of inflation. Minutes from the Fed’s September meeting show that most officials believed another increase in the benchmark interest rate could be needed before the end of the year. Policymakers said price growth remains too elevated and has
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Boston Made’s two newest brands were built side by side: a live guide to the Grand Strand and a community parking marketplace. Here is how they came together.
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The first local internet was mostly a list: names, addresses, hours, and a phone number. Useful, but thin. The second act can be richer. A local website can explain why a place matters, what it is connected to, who it serves, and what to do next. It can help a visitor understand a neighborhood before
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The old picture of a company is easy to draw: one name, one office, one product, one org chart. That picture is losing its usefulness. The next Boston company may look more like an ecosystem. A research practice can feed a product studio. A product can create a community. A community can reveal a problem
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Small teams are often told to think bigger. The better advice is to build stronger underneath. A serious small team knows which work deserves a human, which work should be automated, and which work should disappear entirely. It creates systems that preserve energy for judgment. It documents the decisions that future teammates will need. It
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BOSSTOX has released a new subscription intelligence product that tracks the evidence behind the AI infrastructure buildout — power, cooling, compute, networking, and the companies making it possible.
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On January 15, 1919, a massive storage tank failed in the North End, sending a deadly surge of molasses through the neighborhood.
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Boston Made Brands has opened a formal channel for outside companies to submit themselves for merger, acquisition, consolidation, or restructuring consideration — a new corporate development capability built to move fast without cutting corners on process. Submission to NDA, Automatically Any business owner can submit their company for consideration at brands.bostonmade.com/mergers-acquisitions. The moment a submission
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A barbershop owner in Dorchester learns two very different kinds of smart — building wealth deliberately with Bosstox, and unlocking it honestly with Lumo — in the first chapter of Boston Made’s new fiction series.
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Boston Made, Inc. is officially welcoming Kingswell Strategic Ventures into its family of brands — a strategic advisory and venture partnership arm built to help established companies find their next chapter. Why Kingswell Kingswell Strategic Ventures works with founders and operators who have built something real and are weighing what comes next — whether that’s
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Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel Project moved a highway underground, reshaped downtown, and became synonymous with the promise and peril of megaprojects.
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The Boston Made Reader — the network’s Kindle-style reading app at reader.bostonmade.com — now pulls live posts from across the entire Boston Made portfolio into a single, scrollable feed. One Feed, Every Brand Instead of checking each site on its own, readers can now open the Reader and see the latest from Boston Made, Boston
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From Indigenous homelands and Puritan settlement to revolution, immigration, industry, catastrophe, sport, and reinvention, Boston is a city built in layers.
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Fenway Park has survived wars, championships, heartbreak, redevelopment pressures, and generations of Boston memory.
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Boston Made, Inc. is spotlighting Paxton-Digital, the studio and technology partner quietly powering the engineering, design, and infrastructure behind the Boston Made family of brands. The Engine Behind the Brands From bostonmade.com to the Boston Made Reader to the newest storefronts joining the family, Paxton-Digital is the studio building and maintaining the shared technology backbone
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In November 1872, fire swept through Boston’s commercial district, destroying hundreds of buildings and reshaping downtown.
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In March 1776, American forces fortified Dorchester Heights and made the British position in Boston untenable.
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The 1854 arrest of Anthony Burns transformed Boston into a fortified stage for America’s escalating conflict over slavery.
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Boston’s merchants and sailors connected New England to an Atlantic economy that brought wealth, risk, exploitation, and global influence.
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Mass Irish immigration transformed Boston’s neighborhoods, churches, politics, labor force, and identity.
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Boston’s abolitionists turned newspapers, lecture halls, churches, and streets into arenas in the national struggle over slavery.
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Months before Lexington and Concord, a British move to secure gunpowder triggered a massive militia mobilization across Massachusetts.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill proved that colonial forces could stand against British regulars, even in defeat.
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“ Gentlemen, this is no humbug. Dr. John Collins Warren Founding Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital (1778–1856)
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Paul Revere was far more than a rider: he was a silversmith, engraver, businessman, messenger, networker, and master of revolutionary communication.
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George Washington arrived outside Boston in 1775 to turn a collection of provincial forces into an army capable of confronting Britain.
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On April 18, 1775, lanterns, riders, church towers, boats, and alarm networks carried the news that British troops were moving.
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Britain answered the Tea Party by closing Boston’s port and tightening control over Massachusetts—measures that helped unite the colonies.
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On December 16, 1773, protesters destroyed East India Company tea in Boston Harbor and transformed a tax dispute into an imperial showdown.
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A tax on printed materials helped turn Boston’s constitutional arguments into street politics and organized resistance.
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The Sons of Liberty turned resistance into a network of merchants, artisans, printers, political organizers, and street power.
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The Seven Years’ War stretched from North America to Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia—and its aftermath pushed Boston toward revolution.
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In 1768, British troops arrived in Boston to enforce imperial authority, placing soldiers and civilians in a tense daily confrontation.
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On March 5, 1770, a confrontation on King Street ended in gunfire and became one of the Revolution’s defining propaganda battles.
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