The Ramada Inn demolition has left some local businesses desperate for the rubble to clear and others praising the construction site for increasing their business.

Dan Schawbel, author of “Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Branding Your Future,” spoke as a Hearst Visiting Fellow, and offered tips on how to take advantage of the Internet and its global talent pool.

Several male Taylor Place residents participated in the Mr. Taylor Place Pageant on Thursday night.

A panel of professional journalists spoke about immigration and challenges they have encountered while covering news during an event hosted by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Association of Multicultural Journalists at the Walter Cronkite School on Friday.

I’ve never been to Boston, so I certainly cannot vouch for how accurate or true-to-life Ben Affleck’s vision of the city’s mean streets is in his latest directorial effort “The Town.”