Boston Photographer
BOSTON — Dozens of riders took to the streets of Boston recently for the Hub on Wheels fundraiser for Boston Children’s Hospital. Teams of “Hope Riders” cycled in the city and are on track to raise more than $125,000 to support the hospital’s initiatives. PHOTOS BY BILL BRETT
NORTH END — Pizza lovers lined up to get a perfectly made pizza from Montilio’s Baking Company & Pizzeria, which had its historic pizza carts and oven in the North End at a recent festival. The carts, owner George Montilio told Bill Brett, are from the Italian island of Sicily. The larger of the carts is from the turn of the last century and has an Italian imported oven inside its bed. The smaller cart…
DORCHESTER — Jimmy Leahy found out just how important his EMT training is. Jim Leahy, a retired sergeant whose last assignment for the Boston Police Department was in the West Roxbury District Court, and his son Jimmy, a lieutenant on the Weymouth Fire Department, are both members of the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes & Drums. The younger Leahy recounted to Bill Brett that while they were at a Dorchester parking lot for a rehearsal on…
BACK BAY — 450 guests attended the Esplanade Association’s Moondance gala, which was held on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in a tent along the shore of the Charles River at the Esplanade. The swanky soiree raised $1.2 million for upkeep of the Esplanade. The gala’s co-chairs were Stephane and Brenda Bancel and Alexi and Steve Conine, who welcomed guests along with Esplanade Association executive director Michael Nichols. All photos by Bill Brett
ARLINGTON — A standing room only crowd packed the Regent Theatre in Arlington for a panel on substance abuse and the premiere screening of the short documentary “Shattered” about the life of former professional hockey player Kevin Stevens. The panelists included Stevens, two-time Stanley Cup champion and recovering addict, state Senator Cindy Friedman of Arlington, Dr. Michael Hamrock, addiction specialist from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, and Becky Savage, a self-professed hockey mom and educator, who lost…
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