SOUTH BOSTON — Philanthropist Don Rodman’s children’s charity Rodman for Kids, which supports programs for young people in the community, at the 15th annual gala that was held on Dec. 2, 2017, at the World Trade Center, Boston. More than 2,500 guests attended the dinner and raised $1 million to support area non-profits that support children. Gov. Charlie Baker attended with his wife, Lauren, and the Tufts University co-ed a capella group, the Amalgamates, performed.…

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DORCHESTER — The Northeast Arc and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation hosted the inaugural “The Arc Tank” at which $200,000 was awarded to support projects and ideas that help those with disabilities. The event, a local take on the successful TV show “Shark Tank,” was organized to “support innovation in action, hearing ideas that will help positively disrupt disability services to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism and their families,”…

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BOSTON — The Revere Hotel hosted a solemn gathering on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, with survivors of the tragic fire that killed more than 490 people in the Cocoanut Grove dinner club. Revere Hotel Tim Brett hosted several survivors of the Cocoanut Grove fire including Marshall Cole, shown in these photos that were taken by Bill Brett. The raging fire started in the basement of the restaurant late on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1942, and quickly…

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