Most Americans are familiar with the Boston Tea Party. If you’ve recently graduated from school, the events may still be fresh in memory, but if you are…ahem, a bit longer in tooth, you may have lost many or most details. Assuming of course, that you aren’t a history buff and …
Read More »Who Remembers…The Ann & Hope Outlet?
Ann & Hope Outlets started in 1953 and never closed completely (Squirm114) Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings may still exist, but …
Read More »Who Remembers…Frates Dairy & Ice Cream?
Frates Dairy & Ice Cream at 2840 Acushnet Avenue (1930-2001) Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings may still exist, but new businesses …
Read More »Krav Maga South Coast To Offer 5-Week Women Only Self-Defense Course
Did you know that nearly two million women are assaulted each year in the United States, and more than half of women will be physically assaulted during their lifetime? As a woman, the matter of your safety is your own responsibility. In Krav Maga, there are no hard-and-fast rules, and …
Read More »13 Things To Do This Weekend (Nov 29-Dec 01)
Well, let’s start with the good news: it’s not supposed to snow this weekend! There is, however, a 40% chance of rain on Sunday. Temperatures will be below freezing on Friday and Saturday night, but above freezing on Sunday night. The days will be a bit chilly, so break out …
Read More »Who Remembers…Seven Vintage Commercials?!
It’s Fudgie!!! (AngusMcguyver) Remember all those commercials growing up that made us smile or laugh? There are hundreds of commercials like this and NBG has picked 5 in no special order. Some of these are guaranteed to get you singing along and have the song stuck in your head. All …
Read More »Who Remembers….Bozo the Clown?
Bozo the Clown (1946-2001) (Wikipedia) If you are creeped out by clowns, then leave fast! For the rest of us, we have fond memories of waking up on a school day, grabbing a bowl of milk and cereal and racing to the “boob” tube to watch our favorite shows before …
Read More »Five Places to Escape Your Unbearable Family
by Patrick Correia Throngs of diaspora will shuffle back to our own grey homes for the holidays. You’ll eat pork prepared 37 different ways and drink enough Port to think you can totally take your sister in a fist fight. You will lose. Try and get some physical activity in, …
Read More »Recycling Is Nothing New; Short History of Recycling
by Anne Staley The History of Recycling I always considered recycling to be a fairly recent phenomenon. Maybe that’s because we tend to associate recycling with environmental degradation, which we all know has become a problem of mammoth proportions in the recent times. So, imagine my surprise when while digging …
Read More »Who remembers…..Arlan’s Department Store?
Arlan’s Department Store (1945-1973) started at 95 Brook Street Before Wal-Mart, KMart and Target there was Arlan’s Department Store. This discount store chain was founded here in New Bedford in 1945 by brothers William, Herbert, and Lester Palestine and named after William’s son Arlan. The flagship store was located at …
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