This year is the 44th Annual Whaling City Festival, an event with fun filled family oriented activities, live music, Finelli Amusements, professional wrestling, car and bike show, great food and more. The organization’s new president Allen Richard, is looking to take the festival into a new direction, adding new events, …
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UFC 146 MAIN CARD 265#: Junior Dos Santos (14-1) vs. Frank Mir (16-5) wins by TKO in RD2! 265#: Antonio Silva (16-3) vs. Cain Velasquez (9-1) wins by TKO in RD1! 265#: Dave Herman (21-3) vs. Roy Nelson (17-7) wins by KO in RD1! 265#: Shane Del Rosario (11-0) vs. …
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The “bug” of the sea, the favorite of many a “seafoodie” and the crustacean that evokes drooling at its mention, is our friend the lobster. The word lobster comes from the Old English loppestre, which interestingly enough is related to the O.E. word for “spider”, loppe. It is also related …
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Welcome to the second installment of New Bedford Streets: A Piece of Americana. If you missed the inaugural article, please read, as that article sets up the entire series and covers William Street. I’d like to reiterate the importance of reader feedback, correction, and contributions. By all means, let us …
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A neglected piece of nostalgia and Americana is the origin of street names. We give directions, our home address, or mention events that happened on particular streets with no afterthought. However, many street names have deep history and/or interesting stories behind them. How did they come about? Are they randomly …
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Yesterday I caught up with tattoo shop owner Jeremy Gaudreau, a local businessman that recently opened his shop “Living Canvas” at 1881 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford. He opened his doors four months ago and business is already booming. Why open a shop in New Bedford? There are about a …
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The 44th Whaling City Festival is coming to the Veteran’s Memorial Buttonwood Park in New Bedford’s west end from July 13-15th, bringing the ever familiar musical acts, festival foods, local vendors, merchant booths, amusement rides and more that people have come to love. The new Whaling City Festival president Allen …
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Ultimate Fighting Championship 145 takes place Saturday April 21st, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Maya calendar comes to an end on December 21, 2012 and according to the ancient Maya the world is supposed to come to a cataclysmic end, right? Wrong. There isn’t a single document, script, writ, sculpture or mention by a single ancient Maya that states this. This is a …
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UFC 143 MAIN CARD 170#: Nick Diaz (26-7, 1 NC) vs. Carlos Condit (27-5) wins by Unanimous Decision! 265#: Roy Nelson (16-6) vs. Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1) wins by Unanimous Decision! 170#: Josh Koscheck (16-5) vs Mike Pierce (13-4) wins by Unanimous Decision! 135#: Renan Pegado (27-1, 1 NC) vs. Scott …
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