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French Cultural Center celebrates Bastille Day with a Marlborough Street block party

July 15th, 2019 Comments Closed

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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Bill Brett captures images from the last day of live racing at Boston’s Suffolk Downs

July 3rd, 2019 Comments Closed

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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Edward M. Kennedy Institute hosts event on 100 years of Boston-Ireland relations

July 2nd, 2019 Comments Closed

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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Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester hold Summer solstice party

June 27th, 2019 Comments Closed

LOWER MILLS — 250 guests attended the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s 3rd annual Summer Solstice party on June 25, 2019 at Steel & Rye in collaboration with Yellow Door Taqueria in Dorchester’s Lower Mills. All photos by Bill Brett

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Comcast NBCUniversal awarded $127,500 in scholarships to 48 Massachusetts students

June 24th, 2019 Comments Closed

BOSTON — Comcast NBCUniversal awarded approximately $127,500 in scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year to 48 Massachusetts students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. Students are selected for their outstanding community service, academic performance, and leadership skills. The award, funded by the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, is a one-time, $2,500 scholarship to be used toward undergraduate education-related expenses. Since 2001, more than $33 million has been awarded to nearly 30,000 high school…

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