Boston Business Journal - Fri Nov 20

The concentration of commercial real estate loans at several Boston-area community banks have soared past thresholds that typically invite extra scrutiny from regulators, highlighting the amount of potential risk still percolating on the institutions' books.

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA - Fri Nov 20

After talking it over with family and friends, Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett has decided against running for attorney general if, as now seems likely, incumbent Martha Coakley is elected to the U.S. Senate in January.

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA - Fri Nov 20

The company that owns the Brigham's Ice Cream stand in The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H., yesterday announced that the chain of eateries it owns will declare bankruptcy.