HULL, March 24, 2019 — Hundreds of supporters of Special Olympics Massachusetts jumped into the ocean waters today off Nantasket Beach. Called the “Polar Plunge,” the event had been rescheduled from earlier in the year after bitter cold weather prompted officials from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation to have concerns about people being injured during the charity event. Although this year’s fundraising total was still being determined, last year’s plunge raised more than…

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BOSTON — 150 guests attended the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts’ reception to mark the start of its 100th anniversary celebrations. The event was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center was host by Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts President and CEO Darnell Williams and David M. Gibbons, executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Also in attendance were Governor Charlie Baker, Speaker of the Massachusetts House Robert…

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SOUTH BOSTON — The St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, an annual staple for the city’s political leaders, had a new host (state Senator Nick Collins), a new location (the Raymond L. Flynn Black Falcon Cruise Terminal), and many of the same reworked jokes. Or, just new versions of the old yarns. The breakfast featured Collins, Governor Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Steve Lynch, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, members of the Boston City Council,…

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BOSTON — 150 guests attended the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s special VIP pre-event reception on Friday, March 15, 2019 to mark the opening of “Gender Bending Fashion,” an exhibition that opens on March 21 and will be on view through August 25 at the Fenway museum. Among the special guests were Michelle Finamore, Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts, who worked on this groundbreaking show, the first major museum exhibition “to examine the long-intertwined…

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DORCHESTER — More than 200 guests packed the parish hall in the basement of St. Margaret’s Church to support the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry, which helps thousands of people make ends meet each year. Last year’s breakfast raised more than $100,000 in donations for the Food Pantry, which is located in the basement of this church, part of St. Teresa of Calcutta’s Parish, right next to where the event is held each year on…

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