The city’s director of veterans’ services, Francis P. Senesi (right), announced that the city’s fundraiser for the Memorial Day Parade raised $10,000 to help the city defray the cost of this year’s parade. Senesi asked Frank Santangelo (left), the city’s superintedent of buildings and grounds, to help him pick the winning ticket for a $50 gift certificate from the Target store at 180 Somerville Ave. Other prizes included a one-night stay at the Quintana Inn and a grill.

In addition to a performance by the Metropolitan New York U.S.O Troupe, sponsored by this paper, attendees enjoyed great food, drink and conversation at the affair held tonight at Assembly Square’s Good Time Emporium.