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HULL — More than 250 people braved the icy waters of Nantasket Beach in Hull to raise more than $100,000 for Special Olympics Massachusetts. Saturday’s plunge was just one of several that will take place over the next few weeks that are expected to raise more than $500,000 for the charity. Photos by Bill Brett
MILTON — When we recently posted a photograph on Bill’s Facebook page asking for help in identifying people in a photograph, we got a great response. A few dozen comments and a dozen shares of the post with our notes, not only corrected some of our notes, but showed us a few things we hadn’t seen. The original post: “Calling all history buffs and eagle-eyed news hounds. Bill Brett’s friend Bob McAuliffe has this photo…
As he often does, Bill was sorting some of his file photos and came across this image from the Fourth of July celebrations in 1989. Bill took this photograph of then Boston Fire Commissioner Marty Pierce with the Boston Pops July Fourth celebration’s executive producer, David Mugar, at the rooftop party at 100 Beacon Street. Mugar oversaw the production of the July Fourth events at the Esplanade for 43 years. In addition to being a…
[Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on December 30, 2018.] BOSTON — More than 800 guests attended the 32nd annual Matzo Ball, which was held on Christmas Eve at Royale in Boston’s Theater District. A 2016 story in The Boston Globe about Matzo Ball founder Andy Rudnick says that he created the event because as a Jewish man he was tired of having no place to go on Christmas Eve. The article also states…
ROXBURY — Whittier Street Health Center held its 2021 Women for Whittier Holiday Tea at the Center in Roxbury. The event was hosted by CEO Frederica Williams. The women honored “Outstanding Champions” Evelyn Barahona, Roxann Cooke, Deborah Farley, Sandra King, Rebecca Lee and Penni McLean Conner. All photos by Bill Brett
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