UPDATE, December 28, 2018: Happy 34th birthday, Pete Frates! BOSTON — As a crowd gathered outside Boston’s City Hall today, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh recognized Sept. 5, 2017 as Pete Frates Day in Boston. Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012, his family and vast collection of friends have been committed to find a cure for this devastating disease. Frates, a former Boston College baseball standout, is the force behind the Ice Bucket Challenge,…

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Photo by Bill Brett Just before Christmas, Bill took this photo of 313 Congress Street in Boston, which pretty much summed up the holiday transformation of Boston from daily bustle to holiday quiet. FROM BILL AND THE WHOLE TEAM: BOSTON — As we all start to get back into the daily schedule and look to a new year, the team at Bill Brett Boston wants to say “Thank you” for all your support and welcoming…

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QUINCY — I’m sharing a photograph I took of Robert Hale, Jr. and his team from Granite Communications in Quincy that I took for my book, “Boston: Game Changers,” which will come out in a few months. I’m posting this early peek of my portrait to offer my congratulations and a big thank you to Hale and his team on the news today that the Hale family has pledged donations to Brigham & Women’s Hospital…

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