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Alice Rossiter wins big on ABC’s “Shark Tank”

January 16th, 2018 Comments Closed

UPDATED 01.16.2018 BOSTON — 150 guests gathered to watch ABC’s “Shark Tank” with Brookline resident Alice Rossiter, who appeared on the show to pitch her business, Alice’s Table, which helps women start their own businesses. The viewing party was held at Pastoral-Artisan Pizza, Kitchen & Bar on Congress Street in Boston. The popular eatery is owned by Rossiter’s father-in-law, George Lewis. After presenting her business plan, Rossiter was peppered with questions by the residents sharks,…

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Chef Daniel Bruce hosts kickoff for the 29th annual Boston Wine Festival

January 13th, 2018 Comments Closed

BOSTON — 375 guests attended the opening night of the 29th annual Boston Wine festival, which was started by Chef Daniel Bruce of the Boston Harbor Hotel. Bruce and his team at the hotel will host 39 wine dinners with some of the top wineries and winemakers in the world from now until the end of March. For more information and tickets, check out the Boston Wine Festival website. “It is amazing to me that…

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Boston’s police and fire on the scene more than 50 years ago as they are today

January 11th, 2018 Comments Closed

ROXBURY– This photo was taken in 1965 at a fire on Harrison Avenue. The 21-year-old woman survived with the help of Boston Police Patrolman James Donovan. The Globe ran a version of the photo with underpants painted on. That was considered an OK thing to do in those days. (We’ve included the Globe clip below as well.) The Herald ran the photo with polka dot underpants painted on. The attached clip shows another version. PHOTO…

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Money being raised to help Dorchester family displaced in fire

January 9th, 2018 Comments Closed

DORCHESTER — A Go Fund Me fundraising page has been set up to help the extended family of 14 and their two dogs that were displaced in a multiple alarm fire on Allston Street in Dorchester on Saturday. You can help them via this link. According to Caught in Dot, the all of the residents go out of the building, but they lost all of their belongings. The cleanup of the street was ongoing as…

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Photos of Fires on Cold Nights from Bill’s files

January 7th, 2018 Comments Closed

BOSTON — Before Bill Brett headed to Dorchester on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, to see the cleanup of a multiple-alarm fire that drove several families from their homes, he stopped by the office and pulled these images from his archives. As best as he could remember for us, all three of these photos were taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s. They all show the added trials that firefighters face in the extremely cold…

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