BOSTON — As the city readies for the annual July Fourth celebrations, we are pulling some of Bill Brett’s photographs to highlight the festivities at the Esplanade. The photographs of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and performers are from 2017 and Bill’s portraits of Rachel Platten are from the Team IMPACT gala in Boston this spring. Photos by Bill Brett and Sean Roderick Goss

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CHINATOWN — Lauren Baker, the state’s first lady and a longtime champion of education and programs for young people, was at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Chinatown the other day to help the Highland Street Foundation celebrate two of its programs for the young people and families of Boston and Massachusetts. The two Highland Street Foundation initiatives that Baker was celebrating were the TADpole 10, which encourages non-profit groups to utilize the Boston Common…

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DORCHESTER — Word is that the Archdiocese will announce on Saturday new assignments for area priests. First bit of news is that Father John Ronaghan will return to Dorchester to serve as pastor of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, which includes St. Margaret’s Church, which Father Ronaghan attended growing up. (He also attended the former St. Margaret’s School.) The parish’s current pastor Father John Currie will run three parishes, we’re told, including St. Peter’s and…

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