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BACK BAY — Hundreds of guests, many in costumes or festive dress, attended the French Cultural Center of Boston and Cambridge’s annual Bastille Day block party on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay on Friday, July 13, 2019. A section of Marlborough Street was closed down for the evening celebration, which includes dancing on the city’s street, marks Bastille Day, the national day of France, which is officially celebrated on July 14. The music was…

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EAST BOSTON — Our own Bill Brett made his way to the rail, trackside of Suffolk Downs in East Boston on June 30, 2019, for the last day of live racing at the 84-year-old track. Live horse racing was held on three weekends this year with June 29 and 30 rounding out the lineup. Simulcast racing, with races from tracks around the country, is slated to continue at Suffolk Downs. Once a grand track and…

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DORCHESTER — A packed house turned out on Monday night, July 1, 2019 for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute’s program to celebrate former Irish Prime Minister Éamon de Valera and a century of this country’s work with Ireland in “1919-2019: de Valera in Boston and 100 Years of Ireland-U.S. Relations.” The speaking program included: a keynote by noted de Valera biographer, RTE journalist David McCullagh, who shared the history of de Valera’s visit to Fenway…

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HULL — 200 guests attended Sunset Point Camp’s centennial celebration that was held on June 22, 2019, at the Camp in Hull. Don Rodman was the event’s chairman. Run by Catholic Charities, Sunset Point Camp has, for 100 years, provided a dream vacation at the seashore to over 40,000 low-income, at-risk children aged 6-13 from Greater Boston and the South Shore without regard for their race, nationality, or religious affiliation. Nearly 450 city-based boys and…

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