DORCHESTER — More than 150 guests attended the 14th annual St. Patrick’s Day weekend breakfast to benefit the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry. The breakfast is held in the basement hall of the old St. Margaret’s Church, next to the actual food pantry that helps hundreds of local families each year. The breakfast has become an a “must stop” for state and local politicians and is among the hottest tickets on the political calendar. But…

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DORCHESTER — New England Council President and CEO Jim Brett was joined by Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy and dozens of volunteers helped distributed turkeys, gift cards, and bags of Thanksgiving groceries to about 225 families. The distribution was held on Nov. 19, the Saturday as usual, but when the Food Pantry’s team realized that the number of people in line exceeded the number that had registered ahead of time, they acted quickly to put…

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