A police chief, a baker, a tragedy, and a wedding
On Friday, Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau and baker Janet D’Orsi were married at the Boston Public Library, just blocks from where they first met.
In October 2010, Deveau was living in Watertown, D’Orsi in Stoneham, when the two met, by chance at Towne restaurant on Boylston Street in Boston’s Back Bay.
In April 2013, again just blocks from where they first met, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 260.
Days after the bombing, a firefight broke out in Watertown, where Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed and later where his brother Dzhokhar was captured.
While their courtship continued, Deveau’s days were consumed by the aftermath of the bombing.
Still, Deveau and D’Orsi told Boston.com they were drawn to the Back Bay. In 2014, they bought a place in the neighborhood.
“After the bombings, when Boylston Street was reopened, it was just amazing how the streets were just packed,’’ Deveau said. “We thought ‘Why don’t we move into the city?’ It was where we met – it was also where everything had just happened.’’
D’Orsi – owner of The Gingerbread Construction Company – said the wedding was “magical,’’ and that she and Deveau have “totally embraced’’ living in the Back Bay.
Deveau doesn’t look at the neighborhood as just a place where something tragic happened.
“It’s where we met. It’s also where three people died,’’ Deveau said. “It’s also the place where Boston came together.’’
After their wedding, Deveau and D’Orsi danced in Copley Square to the traveling piano man.
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