DUXBURY — Anne Antonellis and Chris Barry, co-chairs of the Friends of the Duxbury Council on Aging’s 20th annual golf tournament, announced that more than $50,000 was raised at the event that was held on Monday, September 20, at the Duxbury Yacht Club. The picture-perfect day on the links was followed by a dinner and live and silent auctions at the Senior Center. Money raised through this annual event, along with funds from other events…

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HINGHAM — 150 guests attended the Donor Reception to benefit Father Bill’s & MainSpring (FBMS), which was held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at The Launch at Hingham Shipyard. The event was an alternative to FBMS’s annual FoodFest fundraiser, which was canceled this year due to Covid-19. The Donor Reception, FBMS’s second of the year, was an opportunity to bring together the non-profit organization’s generous supporters for a smaller, more intimate gathering. FBMS is the…

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MARSHFIELD — More than 250 guests attended a fundraiser to support the Pan-Mass Challenge and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which was held at Levitate in Marshfield on Saturday night. The event, now in its fifth year, is called Funk You Cancer. Event organizer Anthony Habayeb kicked of the event by thanking everyone for their support and welcomed everyone on behalf of the organizing committee which is made up of the Chin, Habayeb, Kaufman, Mazin, Panio…

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MARSHFIELD — A sold-out crowd of 300 guests attended South Shore Peer Recovery’s third annual “Recovery Rocks” fundraiser that was held at Salt River Farm on Thursday night in Marshfield. The Scituate-based South Shore Peer Recovery had a full night of events that included music by Border Road, the band Neighbors, and Lisa Jason. The night raised close to $200,000. Peer Recovery founder John Kimmett addressed the audience saying that all of the money raised would…

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BOSTON — Bill and his brother Harry took a (photo) stroll from the Faneuil Hall Marketplace to the North End, where the annual St. Anthony’s Festival was taking place. The scenes they spotted showed a city that looks to have rebounded, with tourists and diners and lots of traffic. Nary a face mask in sight, however. Diners in the North End sat just inches away from the traffic to eat their meals. But the Bretts…

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