Photo by Bill Brett for his book “Boston: A Year in the Life” taken on the second day of the World Series in 2004. It was October 25 and that is a hunter’s moon up over the Back Bay as the Prudential Center beams with pride. The heavens were in perfect alignment for the Red Sox, and the city, just before game 2 of the 2007 World Series. This photo (and all of Bill’s work…

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT Photo of Lee M. Kennedy Sr., center, with his sons Lee Michael Kennedy, left, and Eugene Kennedy in a photograph taken for “Boston: Irish.” DORCHESTER — Several hundred guests turned out the other night to help Lee M. Kennedy Sr. and his sons Lee Michael and Eugene Kennedy celebrate the 40th anniversary of their construction firm, Lee Kennedy Co. The event was held at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the…

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SEAPORT — From the Boston Irish Reporter: “A couple who have spent decades helping Boston kids stay safe and achieve their dreams; a Catholic priest who ministers to the city’s most vulnerable; and a pioneering physician with roots in Dublin [are] the honorees at this month’s Boston Irish Honors luncheon, the season’s premier celebration of Irish-American achievement in Massachusetts.” The ninth annual luncheon, which serves as an anniversary celebration for the Boston Irish Reporter, was…

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QUINCY — More than 600 gathered at the Granite Links Golf Club to celebrate the life of Eileen Federico, a nurse who formerly service as the director of the Medical Department at the Boston Globe. Ms. Federico, of Braintree, was 61 years old when she died on Oct. 17, 2018. She was a third generation Globe employee. Trained as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, she was known for looking out for the then hundreds…

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