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WOBURN — More than 250 guests attended the Cummings Foundation’s annual $100K for 100 grant program announcement in which the Woburn-based organization awards $10 million each year to 100 area nonprofits. Gov. Charlie Baker attended the event, which was held at the 128 Trade Building in Woburn. The Cummings Foundation was started by Joyce and Bill Cummings in 1986 as a way to give back to the community. This place-based philanthropic initiative primarily supports nonprofits…

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PAINTING BY JANET LEE HARROLD, COPYRIGHT RESERVED. DORCHESTER — Today, June 3, 2019, marks the 55th anniversary of Bill Brett’s photographs appearing in the pages of The Boston Globe. And, he had a spread on Page B6 of his photographs from the South End Settlements’ gala. You can view them on this website or, in the Globe by clicking here. The team at BillBrettBoston.com is using Janet Lee Harrold’s beautiful painting of the old Globe…

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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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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 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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