Boston Scenes

 

Tiger Woods reacts after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green to force a playoff against Rocco Mediate during the fourth round of the U.S. Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course on Sunday, June 15, 2008 in San Diego. In a dramatic Monday playoff that needed 19 holes to be decided, Woods bested Mediate to capture his third U.S. Open title and his 14th major championship. (AP photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

 

A young girl watches as the Sturbridge Militia marches by, playing fife and drum music at Old Sturbridge Village. The village celebrates July 4 with all the muster and tradition of the 19th century, plus fun and games for the entire family. After daytime activities conclude at 5 p.m., the village reopens with more music and family games, followed by a spectacular fireworks display. (Photo courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village)

 

(From left): Annette Hines, president-elect of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers (MAWL), and first lady Diane Patrick were among those present to honor Judge Joyce London Alexander Ford when the MAWL presented the judge with its Distinguished Jurist Award at its annual dinner, held June 11. (Photo courtesy of Marie Claire)

 

Gov. Deval Patrick (left) and the United Way’s Kristen Pineo (third from left) celebrate awards received by Enid Cordero of Randolph (second from left) and Yoeal Efram of Cambridge, both 12, at the recent Dream in Science event. Cordero and Yvelande Merisier of Dorchester (not pictured) were chosen from a field of hundreds as winners of this year’s Young Science Award. Efram accepted the Science Club of the Year Award on behalf of the Cambridge Community Center, which was recognized for its increased commitment to scientific exploration by both staff and youth. (Janet Stearns photo)

 

Mayor Thomas M. Menino (center), flanked by Bear Stearns’ Norman Lang and John Markey of Mintz Levin, was in attendance last week for Project Hope’s fifth annual breakfast to benefit the organization’s work. The multi-service agency helps low-income women and children in Roxbury and Dorchester gain access to education, jobs, housing and emergency services. (Photo courtesy of Project Hope)

Fourth-graders Marcos Tejeda (left) and Destiny DeJesus from the Holmes Elementary School in Dorchester tell renowned primatologist Jane Goodall about what their class learned in hands-on science projects about animal behavior. The science projects were part of the school’s partnership with the Boston Schools Environmental Initiative, a project of Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center. Goodall met with about 450 students during a two-day visit. (Photo courtesy of Mass Audubon)

 

All 11 members of the inaugural class of Babson College’s POSSE Program, shown here with college president Brian M. Barefoot (center) in this fall 2007 photo, graduated this year, confirmation of the program’s success on the Babson campus. The graduates, in alphabetical order: Raul Acevedo, Luilly Andrade, Olga Brik, Jolanta Brodka, Sterling Charles, Betty Chen, Jenny Estevez, Shellana Henderson, Nishal Jamnaprasad, Rashida Malcolm, Daniel Torres. (Photo courtesy of Babson College)

 

Roxbury student Eric Cabral (left) shakes hands with Shawmut Design and Construction CEO Thomas Goemaat after receiving the company’s inaugural Construction Management Career Scholarship. A senior at John D. O’Bryant High School of Mathematics and Science, Cabral will receive up to $5,000 for each of four academic years while studying construction management at an accredited post-secondary school. (Photo courtesy of Shawmut Design and Construction)