PLYMOUTH — Nearly 250 golfers enjoyed blue skies and a spectacular day of golf followed by cocktails, a buffet and live and silent auctions to benefit Friendship Home’s respite program and support services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. The tournament raised $140,000. Friendship Home held its 20th annual Golf Classic on September 11, 2019 at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth with the greatest showing of golfers, families, volunteers and Friendship Home members…

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DUXBURY — More than 500 guest celebrated under a large tent on Duxbury Beach on the evening of Saturday, September 7, 2019, to support the Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc., and mark the centennial of a dozen or so Duxbury residents coming together to buy the beach so that it would be preserved for future generations. The event raised $450,000. Longtime Duxbury resident Jim Fagan, the evening’s emcee, thanked the Duxbury residents for their continued support.…

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HINGHAM — Jay and Jodi Tolman and their “telethon team” hosted the 43rd annual fundraising event in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The event started in Jay’s mother’s Hingham backyard and raised $50. On Labor Day 2019, the telethon ran for several hours at the Congregation Sha’aray Shalom. All photos by Bill Brett

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BOSTON — Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito were on-hand to help the Hanover-based Brain Aneurysm Foundation raise brain aneurysm awareness at the 3rd annual Massachusetts State House Event and proclaimed September as “Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month” in Massachusetts. Also at Wednesday’s State House event were Foundation co-founders Deidre Buckley and Dr. Christopher Ogilvy along with BAF Executive Director Christine Buckley. As part of the awareness campaign, several Boston area landmarks were “painted…

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