FROM BILL: I want to post this note to wish all a Happy Christmas with a hope that everyone travelled safely and are enjoying this special holiday. My wife, Ginnie, and I are very grateful for our ever-growing family, our amazing children and grandchildren, and the so many friends and neighbors who have been in our lives for so many years. We hope that you get to spend some time this holiday season with the…

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Randolph — The Randolph High School gymnasium was dedicated in the memory Dennis “DJ” Simmonds, a Boston Police Department patrolman who suffered a serious concussive head injury caused by a homemade bomb while pursuing the Boston Marathon bombers in Watertown in 2013. Simmonds, a member of Randolph High’s class of 2004, died about a year after the blasts (and after returning to work) from a cerebral hemorrhage. Officer Simmonds, who had been a standout high…

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BACK BAY — Hundreds braved the first snowfall of the season for the annual Santa Speedo Run, which raises money for Play Ball! Boston. The SSRun takes the runners, many in Speedos or other bathing suits, on a loop up Boylston Street and down Newbury Street back to the Lir restaurant in the Back Bay. The runners raised more than $76,000 as of the publishing time of this post. All photos are by Bill Brett.

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