QUINCY — Some 200 guests gathered the other night at Alba Restaurant in Quincy to celebrate the release of Quincy native Joe Keohane’s book, “The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World.” Keohane, a veteran journalist who now lives in New York, has been a writer and editor for several years. To read more about, or purchase a copy of, his book, click this link. All photos by Bill Brett

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On one of his day of travels, Bill Brett filled his tank at the station on Rte. 53 in Weymouth (near St. Albert’s church), which, he noted, pumps the gas for you. (It is a bylaw in a few Mass communities.) And he spotted this second gas station in Boston (at Mass Ave. and Columbus Ave.) The statewide average, according to AAA, is $3.20 per gallon, up about a dollar from 2020 and right about…

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DORCHESTER — St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children hosted a hybrid dinner and online event to raise money and gain support for their programs to benefit women and children. This 18th Diamonds of Dorchester was held at the Venezia Restaurant and honored former Boston Mayor, now US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. All photos by Bill Brett

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