BACK BAY — 500 guests, dressed in creative black tie attire, attended the Storybook Ball, the annual event that raises money to support MassGeneral Hospital for Children. This 19th gala, which was held on Oct. 13, 2018 at the Castle at Park Plaza, raised more than $2 million. The gala co-chairs were Jen and Mark Dolins and Sonja Kelly and Steve Tordone. Inspired by “101 Dalmatians,” Rafanelli Events transported guests across the pond and celebrated…

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SEAPORT – More than 1,700 people filled the World Trade Center Boston for the annual New England Council New Englander of the Year awards, which were given this year to General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Jeffrey Leiden, chairman, president and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Travis Mills; and US Representative Niki Tsongas. The dinner has been held each fall to recognize those who have made “significant contributions to…

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SEAPORT — 600 guests attended the New England Center and Home for Veterans’ 16th annual “Leave No One Behind” gala, which was held on Oct. 10 at the World Trade Center in Boston. The NECHV event marked the 100th anniversary of The Armistice when the guns fell silent on the Western Front, ending World War I, which was called the “Great War.” That Armistice Day became Veterans Day; a national holiday to honor all of…

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HINGHAM — More than 100 golfers turned out at the Black Rock Country Club for a tournament to benefit the Cardinal Cushing Centers, which work with those who are intellectually or developmentally disabled. The Cardinal Cushing Centers Chorus performed. Among the CEOs and Boston business leaders who hit the links were Paul Sullivan of Sullivan Tire, Ted English of Bob’s Discount Furniture, Mike Sheehan, Patricia Arube of Acumen Consultants, Brian Leary of Holland & Knight,…

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*UPDATED: More photos added to gallery. COPLEY SQUARE — The Charitable Irish Society held its annual Silver Key Awards Reception at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Oct. 4. The Society, which was formed in Boston in 1737, honored Paul Doyle and former state senator Linda Dorcena Forry at the event. The Society was started to “cultivate a spirit of unity and harmony among all resident Irish and their descendants in the Massachusetts Colony and…

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