The very first Building 19 location in Hingham. (Jared and Corin) Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings, but …
Read More »New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana: King’s Highway
Welcome to next installment in the New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana series. Previously we covered William Street, Kempton Street, Middle Street, Centre Street, Ashley Boulevard, Elm Street, Coggeshall Street, Mechanics Lane, Washburn Street and many others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they …
Read More »Pelletier Appliance Repair – a father and son business helping us out of tight spots
With today’s technology, we often don’t realize how much we rely on an appliance until it’s on the blink. Often, we don’t get reminded of how reliant we are unless we lose power in a storm or car accident. Within an hour we begin to look at one another cross-eyed, …
Read More »Foodie’s Guide to Regional Gastronomy: Linguiça and Chouriço
In this series, we hope to highlight and showcase in as interesting a way as possible, the stories behind our favorite, mouth-watering local dishes. While we’ll focus on greater New Bedford and the South Coast, we will occasionally “travel” to places like Plymouth, Providence or even Boston. I will attempt …
Read More »Who Remembers…Hot Wheels and Skate Plus?
Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings, but new businesses have replaced them. In other instances, the buildings or …
Read More »Who Remembers….Words & Music?
Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings, but new businesses have replaced them. In other instances, the buildings or …
Read More »New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana: Tarkiln Hill Road
Welcome to next installment in the New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana series. Previously we covered William Street, Kempton Street, Middle Street, Centre Street, Ashley Boulevard, Elm Street, Coggeshall Street, Mechanics Lane, Washburn Street and others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they can …
Read More »The History of New Year’s Day – from Babylon to the World, celebrating a new beginning
Did you know that humanity has been celebrating the year’s end for some 4,000 years? While the first historically documented mention of this special event is by the Babylonians, it is likely that it goes back further in time, mentioned in oral traditions. With the Babylonians it was a way …
Read More »Why we shouldn’t take the “X” out of XMas
Christ Pantocrator, a mosaic on the Cefalù Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy built in 1131.(pantheos.org) In a day and age where we have terminology like safe spaces, micro-aggressions, and triggers it seems that there is very little under the sun that couldn’t be considered offensive to …
Read More »Historic Perspectives: The Great Snow of 1717 and the Great White Hurricane of 1888
With the 2014-2015 winter we got positively inundated with snowfall. Unfortunately, New Bedford doesn’t keep track of snowfall stats beyond total accumulation, not allowing us to put it all in perspective. However, Boston which got similar snowfall amounts, does keep a variety of statistics which will allow us to gain …
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