DORCHESTER — Steve MacDonald may have thought he was showing up at Florian Hall for a TV interview, but the Boston Fire Department spokesman was actually surprised by Commissioner Joe Finn and about a 100 friends gathered to wish MacDonald well on his retirement from the department. MacDonald, the spokesman for the Boston Fire Department, has more than 31 years with the department. Among those on-hand to greet him were Mayor Marty Walsh, members of…

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COPLEY SQUARE — 800 guests attended the 10th annual Boston Winter Ball, hosted by the Corey C. Griffin Foundation. The gala was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel and raised more than $1 million. More than $4 million has been raised over the years. Founded in 2009 by Michael Huffstetler, Michael Kapos, and Alex Bain – the vision was to bring together like-minded Millennials to network and support their communities by promoting philanthropy and…

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Hollywood legend Jimmy Durante performed at the Wilbur in 1968 after a fire destroyed Blinstrub’s Village. PHOTO BY BILL BRETT Jimmy Durante, center, with US House Speaker John W. McCormack, left, with Thomas Eisenstadt, who was on the Boston School Committee and running for Suffolk County Sheriff. THEATER DISTRICT — Jimmy Durante, the famed vaudevillian and comic, made Boston a regular stop on his many national tours. His favorite stop, The Boston Globe’s Ernie Santosuosso…

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