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BeanStock Festival held to raise money to support those with substance abuse disorder

July 25th, 2019 Comments Closed

BRAINTREE — More than 400 people attended the 2019 BeanStock Festival, hosted by the Sun Will Rise Foundation, to raise money to support those with substance abuse disorder. The concert and day of events took place on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at French’s Common in Braintree, MA. The 4th annual BeanStock Music Festival was a sober music festival (no drugs or alcohol allowed.) The bands that performed included The Amy Incident, The Spins, Lily Black,…

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It is a Happy Birthday for Brendan Tevenan

August 14th, 2018 Comments Closed

WEYMOUTH — My friend Paul Doyle set up a birthday celebration for a young man he knows, Brendan Tevenan, who works at Justice Hardware in Jackson Square in East Weymouth. Brendan, whose actual birthday is Aug. 15, is at the store on Mondays through his participation in the South Shore Support Services program. He was joined at the celebration by his brother Pat, seen in the photographs with the cake, Doyle and bagpiper Tom Sexton…

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Another look at a few of Bill Brett’s images from the Summer of 2018

August 4th, 2018 Comments Closed

People throw around the phrase “Best of” a lot so the team here at Bill Brett Boston will just say that what we have here are a few of Bill’s greatest hits from this Summer along with at least one from his archives. That is, through the first week of August, some of Bill’s great photos. All photos by Bill Brett

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Union Point hosts Moving Wall through July 29

July 27th, 2018 Comments Closed

WEYMOUTH — The Wall That Heals is at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station through July 29 as part of its nationwide tour. Weymouth’s Union Point is serving as one of the first hosts of a new, larger replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and mobile education center this summer. The Wall That Heals is 375 feet long and 7½ feet high at its tallest point. This new replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial…

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Thousands turn out to pay respects to fallen Weymouth Police Officer, bystander who were killed by gunfire

July 16th, 2018 Comments Closed

WEYMOUTH — The funeral Mass for fallen Weymouth Police Officer Michael C. Chesna will be said on Friday, July 20, at 11 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church, 392 Hanover St. (Route 139), Hanover, Massachusetts. The wake for Chesna, who was posthumously named a sergeant in the Weymouth Police Department on what would have been his sixth anniversary with the department, will be held on Thursday, July 19, at St. Mary’s from 2 to 7 p.m.…

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