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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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BACK BAY — 500 guests attended the 140th annual Awards Ceremony and Ball, which was held on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay. The evening’s emcee was WCVB NewsCenter 5 anchor Maria Stephanos, who helped Boston Fire Commissioner Joe Finn keep things moving during the awards presentations. The honorees included Channel 25 reporter Blair Miller, who has been covering the issue of firefighters diagnosed with cancer while on…

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT The BASE Boston has a new headquarters, just down the road from its previous location. The new clubhouse is at 150 Shirley St., Roxbury, right next to Clifford Park. The organization had and open house and college/career celebration on May 21, 2019. The BASE combines baseball and softball training and competition with academic and career resources to empower student-athletes to achieve their full potential both on and off the field. Founded…

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT SEAPORT DISTRICT — Bill Brett quipped that if he had to put his money on it, he’d bet that the crews from Boston Fire Department’s Engine 39 and Ladder 18, who would get the first emergency call in South Boston’s Seaport District, could get through this traffic on Seaport Boulevard. But the rest of us will probably just have to sit in hours of traffic. Where can these vehicles go? The…

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