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 FENWAY — This week’s airing of the documentary “Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Live” on PBS stations has prompted a number of people to ask Bill about his various photos of the great Red Sox slugger. Bill likes this one, which he took on May 14, 1991, when Williams was back at Fenway to mark the 50th anniversary of the season in which he batted .406, the highest batting…

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BOSTON — As the city readies for the annual July Fourth celebrations, we are pulling some of Bill Brett’s photographs to highlight the festivities at the Esplanade. The photographs of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and performers are from 2017 and Bill’s portraits of Rachel Platten are from the Team IMPACT gala in Boston this spring. Photos by Bill Brett and Sean Roderick Goss

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