The Highland Street Foundation has joined the growing ranks of Boston’s philanthropic community in proudly supporting Off Their Plate, a grassroots organization that provides nutritious meals for frontline healthcare workers. The meals are prepared by chefs from local restaurants who have lost their jobs due to outbreak of the Coronavirus. The effort helps to provide sustenance to two groups of workers that play a critically important role in the City during this unprecedented time. For…

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SOUTH SHORE — Our man Bill Brett has been practicing his social distancing, but as life has taken him outside he usually takes along his camera or uses his phone. This lead photograph of the Divas With a Twist group singing was taken by Bill on March 7, 2020, at the River Club in Scituate, one of the last public concerts on the South Shore. Other images are from Hingham, Braintree and Marshfield. All photos…

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SOUTH BOSTON — Get ’em while you can. Jack Doherty’s College Hype team had already been working overtime to get the St. Patrick’s Day Parade T-shirts ready and NOW to get them “updated.” The SouthieApparel.com team needed to add a “canceled” to the shirts. We suspect that these Ts will be soon become a collector’s item. You can order from the “Keep Calm and Irish On” line via this link. For more information on all…

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SOUTH BOSTON (by way of Kentucky) — Bill, Carol and the whole Bill Brett Boston team want to wish Sister Evelyn a happy and blessed 105th birthday. This photo is from Bill’s fifth book “Boston: Irish,” which came out in 2014. Bill took this photo after spotting Sister Evelyn walking in South Boston. They talked and she told him about how she made her outfit. When they met, she was still living in South Boston…

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