Making the Scene

Check out these photos and see who was at this year's 200 Foundation Fundraising Gala Wednesday night.

Each year the James Beard Foundation selects the chefs it considers the best from 10 regions across the nation, honoring them with awards often dubbed the "Oscars" of the food world. This year's list include Patrick Connelly of Boston's Radius.

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A retired Naval officer has taken the helm of a local company that designs camera systems for protecting ships and ports.

Framingham State College’s economics and business development department will honor a Bose Corporation executive during its annual award ceremony next week. Rob Ramrath, Bose Corporation’s chief information officer, will be given the department’s "Businessman of the Year Award,” and will be a guest speaker, according to Abdul Momen, with the school’s economics & Business Administration department.

Staples Inc. Chairman and CEO Ronald Sargent was awarded compensation valued at $30.3 million in 2007, as the world's largest office products supplier continued to put distance between itself and its lagging U.S. rivals, Office Depot and OfficeMax.

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Tom Melville officially took the reins this month at New England Cable News, the nation's largest regional news network, in his new position as news director.

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Natick-based Boston Scientific Corp.'s top executive received about $2 million in compensation in 2007, a year when the company's stock lost a third of its value amid slumps in two key medical device markets and lingering problems from a 2006 acquisition.