BOSTON — Mr. Dooley’s Boston Tavern hosted some of Boston’s best-loved Irish music acts to raise money for local charitable efforts, including a Dorchester food pantry. It is becoming an annual tradition for Dooley’s to host its “Olde Fashioned Christmas,” a day-long lineup of acts that included The McTaggerts, Devri, Boxty, and Colm O’Brien. All photos by Bill Brett

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BOSTON — A sold-out Symphony Hall joined Red Sox skipper Alex Cora, former Sox player and announcer Jerry Remy and others for “A Company Christmas at Pops,” the annual holiday gala that celebrates the extraordinary partnership between the corporate community and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, through the BSO’s Education and Community Engagement programs throughout the year. More than $1 million was raised. Broadway star Laura Osnes (“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Bandstand”) performed…

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SOUTH BOSTON — The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) 5K race was held recently at Castle Island in South Boston to honor and support our veterans. Pictured in the photograph above are: Lou Pasquale, a WWII veteran who served in Okinawa, seen here kissing the hand of fellow veteran Mumtaz Qureshi as a sign of respect for his service and as a fellow comrade who survived the war. Boston Police Commissioner William Gross. The commissioner had…

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