Hingham — More than 3,000 Hingham voters packed Hingham High School the other day with some 1,800 voting to authorize the town’s Board of Selectmen to purchase the town’s municipal water system, which was operated by Aquarion, a privately operated subsidiary of Eversource. The $114 million purchase will put the water system under public ownership for the first time in 140 years, according to The Patriot Ledger. For more details, see the Ledger story, here.…

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BOSTON — 500 guests turned out for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation‘s annual Boston Hot Pink Party, which was held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at the InterContinental Boston hotel. The event swanky gala raised more than $2 million for breast cancer research and the BCRF has awarded more than $8 million in grants this year. New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Linda Holliday received the organization’s Carolyn Lynch Humanitarian Award for…

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BOSTON — Skål International Boston, an international association of travel and tourism professionals, held its past presidents luncheon today, April 18, 2019, at the Revere Hotel Boston. Terrilyn Haak, of the Mastro’s Ocean Club Boston and Skål’s current president, served as the event’s emcee. The luncheon brought together leaders of most of Boston’s hotels and major tourist draws. All photos by Bill Brett

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