BRAINTREE — 500 guests attended the inaugural ball to celebration Mayor Charles C. Kokoros, above left, being sworn in as mayor of Braintree. The swanky event was held at X1 Boston, which is located in Braintree. Kokoros was sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony that included US Representative Steve Lynch serving as emcee. Kokoros succeeds the town’s first Mayor, Joseph Sullivan, who was elected in 2007. All photos by Bill Brett

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REPORT: Smoki Bacon, a well-known part of and reporter on Boston’s social scene, has died. Smoki marked her 90th birthday with a party at her daughter’s Beacon Hill home in 2018, where Bill Brett took these photographs. Among those who turned out were Marvin Gilmore, who marked his 90th birthday a few years ago. Smoki and her husband Dick Concannon are well-known to so many through their TV show “The Literati Scene,” airing on Boston’s…

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DORCHESTER — More than 300 guests attended the New England Council Christmas party, which was held recently at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, located on Columbia Point in Dorchester. New England Council President and CEO Jim Brett welcomed the guests which included Lynne and Gary Smith, the New England Council’s Larry Zabar and his wife, Hope, Patrick Shaughnessy of Best Buddies, Craig Welton of Northeast Arc, and Carol McKean of Carol…

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