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5 Things: Delfino Restaurant 6-Course Meal to Benefit One Fund Boston
Do you know what Boston was originally called?
- Saturday is the first day of the Roslindale Village Farmers' Market! Each participating business is offering their own unique deals and specials as a way of saying "thanks" for another year of shopping locally! 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Adams Park. Davey the Clown is back opening day at 10 a.m. and, Opposite People, a local band (see attached photo) that plays a mix of Afrobeat, Funk and Bollywood will perform at 11 a.m.
- Roslindale resident and Boston Marathon bombing hero Carlos Arredondo threw out a first pitch with the victim he saved, at the Tuesday Red Sox game. Arrendondo will be cutting a ceremonial ribbon at the farmers' market on Saturday at 11 a.m.
- Delfino Restaurant six-course dinner on Monday, June 3 will benefit the One Fund Boston. $125 per person with tickets being sold in pairs.
- Talk to the folks at the GreeningRozzie table at the Roslindale Village Farmers' Market to join the citywide day of action to save energy, money and our planet. Sign up to get a tree planted for free on your property or on the street in front of your home!
- Did you know that Boston was originally named Shawmut by the local Native Americans? It was founded on September 17, 1630 and named after Boston, England, a town in Lincolnshire from which several prominent colonists originated, according to the City of Boston's website.
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