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Charley’s Fund marks 15th anniversary with event at The Inn at Hastings Park

November 17th, 2019 Comments Closed

LEXINGTON — The Inn at Hastings Park in Lexington hosted an event to support and celebrate Charley’s Fund, a Duchenne muscular dystrophy nonprofit with the mission of accelerating drug therapies and care for boys living with DMD. A little over a year ago, Charley’s Fund opened the Duchenne Program at UMass Medical School in Worcester, which already sees more patients with DMD than any other clinic in the world. This month Charley’s Fund marks its…

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Game Changers

Bill Brett to speak about new book “Boston: Game Changers”

November 14th, 2019 Comments Closed

Bill Brett will speak about his new book “Boston: Game Changers” at two events in the next week. Books will be for sale at both events and Bill will be available to sign the books. Bill will be at the new Scituate Library, 85 Branch St., on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. Eric Engdahl will host Bill at the ReelHouse restaurant in Marina Bay, 552 Victory Road, Quincy, on Tuesday, November 19, 2019,…

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US Marine Corps celebrates 244th birthday with special lunch at convention center

November 13th, 2019 Comments Closed

SOUTH BOSTON — 2,500 guests attended the 244th birthday of the US Marine Corps at a special lunch held by the Semper Fidelis Society Boston at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Among those on hand to help in the celebration were US Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, and General David H. Berger, the 38th commandant of the US Marine Corps. The luncheon also included a…

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Recent Events

Irish tenor John McDermott joins pipers for the “Battle of the Bands”

November 12th, 2019 Comments Closed

NORTH STATION — It was a packed house for the Boston Police Foundation’s “Battle of the Bands,” which was held on Friday, November 8, 2019 at the recently opened Big Night Live concert venue in the TD Garden. The “Rising of the Pipes” 2019 featured live music from the Irish tenor John McDermott as well as the Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipes and Drums, the New York City Police Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, and…

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Children’s Well-Being Foundation holds fall fundraiser

November 11th, 2019 Comments Closed

QUINCY — More than 200 guests attended the Children’s Well-Being Foundation’s fall fundraiser and concert, which was held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Sons of Italy hall in Quincy. Founded in 2004 by Boston Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. George Whitelaw, the organization provides free medical care to children in Costa Rica. Chairman of the board Steven Brown of Hingham and Dr. Whitelaw addressed the crowd and shared medical histories of children that money raised…

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