BOSTON — 150 guests joined author Ben Mezrich in the launch of his 20th book, “Bitcoin Billionaires,” at a party at the Mandarin Oriental Boston hotel on May 29, 2019. In the non-fiction book, which was released on Tuesday, Mezrich writes about the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. At the center of this tome are bigtime Bitcoin investors the twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who readers first met in Mezrich’s “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook,” and…

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BOSTON — More than 300 guests attended the first night of Stand Up for Pits Foundation’s fundraising event at Laugh Boston. A second night of fundraising was scheduled for Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. The event was organized by Rebecca Corry. The area Pittie Stop and Pittie Love Rescue also participated.The Stand Up For Pits Foundation is nonprofit dedicated to educating, advocating and saving the lives of pit bull “type” dogs and has been…

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CEDAR GROVE — Several hundred people were in attendance on Monday morning for the Memorial Day service at Cedar Grove Cemetery. The featured speaker was Brigadier General John J. Driscoll, commander of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, whose remarks followed the procession of veterans and musical units from the John P. McKeon Post on Hilltop Street. Leading the way was the Boston Fire Department Honor Guard and the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipe & Drums. Boston…

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT This portrait of William T. O’Connell, who worked for years to build the Irish Famine Memorial in Boston Harbor was taken for Bill’s fifth book, “Boston: Irish.” Bill and his wife, Rita, worked for years to build the memorial. Both O’Connells died before the memorial was built. By Carol Beggy WINTHROP — Some 600 people gathered on a bright Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend to dedicate a permanent marker to…

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SEAPORT — 350 guests attended the Bay Cove Human Services‘ Changing Lives Gala on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in the Seaport District. One of Massachusetts’ leading human services organizations, Bay Cove honored former Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, with the 2019 Changing Lives Award for their collective efforts and impact in shifting the public conversation about mental illness and addiction. As an author and social worker, Kitty…

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