HINGHAM — 150 guests attended the Donor Reception to benefit Father Bill’s & MainSpring (FBMS), which was held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at The Launch at Hingham Shipyard. The event was an alternative to FBMS’s annual FoodFest fundraiser, which was canceled this year due to Covid-19. The Donor Reception, FBMS’s second of the year, was an opportunity to bring together the non-profit organization’s generous supporters for a smaller, more intimate gathering. FBMS is the…

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MARSHFIELD — More than 250 guests attended a fundraiser to support the Pan-Mass Challenge and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which was held at Levitate in Marshfield on Saturday night. The event, now in its fifth year, is called Funk You Cancer. Event organizer Anthony Habayeb kicked of the event by thanking everyone for their support and welcomed everyone on behalf of the organizing committee which is made up of the Chin, Habayeb, Kaufman, Mazin, Panio…

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SOUTH BOSTON — A number of Medal of Honor recipients were on hand for the rededication ceremony for the South Boston Vietnam Memorial to mark the monument’s 40th anniversary. Before the events in Medal of Honor Park in South Boston on Sunday, a memorial Mass was said at St. Brigid Church. “I’m thankful that this great country entrusted me with this medal. I wear it for the great Marines and those phenomenal Navy corpsmen that…

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MARSHFIELD — A sold-out crowd of 300 guests attended South Shore Peer Recovery’s third annual “Recovery Rocks” fundraiser that was held at Salt River Farm on Thursday night in Marshfield. The Scituate-based South Shore Peer Recovery had a full night of events that included music by Border Road, the band Neighbors, and Lisa Jason. The night raised close to $200,000. Peer Recovery founder John Kimmett addressed the audience saying that all of the money raised would…

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BOSTON — Family and friends turned out to celebrate Carol and Ed Celeta’s 60th wedding anniversary at a party at the Boston Harbor Hotel. The couple were married at St. Theresa of Avila in West Roxbury on August 5, 1961. The fete was hosted by the couple’s children: Jimmy Celeta, Judith Celeta, Edward Celeta, and Nancy Balzano. Also attending the party were grandchildren Kristina, John, Anna, Emma, and Mia, and great-grandchild John. All photos by…

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