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Students from Northeastern University and Emerson College will contribute neighborhood news to Your Town, Boston.com‘s network of hyperlocal news sites, under terms of separate agreements with both universities.

There are currently 50 Your Town sites up and running, covering neighborhoods or towns in and around Boston.

The Boston Globe regional editor David Dahl said:

We’re delighted with this collaboration. It provides Your Town readers with even more local coverage and enriches the educational experience of Emerson and Northeastern students.

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With snowpocalypse after snowpocalypse drilling the Atlantic states this winter, what better time to launch a new health and wellness online destination? Boston.com stepped up to the plate with Health & Wellness, which offers news and information on health, fintness, nutrition, and the medical industry, including content from Boston.com and The Boston Globe.

Health & Wellness is also the home of blogs Daily Dose, where reporter Deborah Kotz focuses on consumer health news and advice from Boston-area medical experts, and White Coat Notes, which will cover news and happenings in the local medical community. A weekly email newsletter is available, as well.

Reader comments are highlighted on Health & Wellness, and users can participate in discussion boards and live chats with local doctors and experts.

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Your Town the local community network of sites from Boston.com, is now in 17 Boston neighborhoods, as the six sites that went live earlier this year — Allston-Brighton, Back Bay, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, South Boston, and South End — were joined by 11 new sites.

The Your Town sites feature neighborhood event listings, library locations, fire-station locations, public health resources, voter information, City Council meeting information, the ability to report public works issues such as potholes, local MBTA schedules, real estate listings, and companion iPhone apps that include navigation help.

The 11 new neighborhoods are Beacon Hill, Charlestown, Downtown, East Boston, Fenway/Kenmore, Hyde Park, Mattapan, North End, Roslindale, Roxbury, and West Roxbury.

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