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It's been two decades since the transformation of the Star Store, a 19th century department store, into UMass Dartmouth's College of Visual and Performing Arts. The change helped jump-start a period of renewal for downtown New Bedford.
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The fall cranberry harvest is underway, and it’s shaping up to be a good one for growers in Southeastern Massachusetts. In recent weeks, cool nighttime temperatures have helped the berries develop a crimson hue.
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Highly engineered grease—that is Nye’s specialty. The company’s Fairhaven factory employs nearly 200 workers. And it oozes out the stuff that spins computer hard drives and smooths the power steering in nearly every American-made car.
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In a letter sent last week to the Somerset select board, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides outlined a plan to address residents’ concerns about metal dust and excessive noise generated by the operation.
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Businesses are still hunting for employees amid a labor shortage across the South Coast. In New Bedford Wednesday, the maker of Titleist golf balls held a job fair help fill nearly 100 openings in its manufacturing facilities. Laurie Sylvia, who does hiring for the company, said consumer demand for Titleist products is soaring, but a lack of workers means the company can barely keep up.
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About two hundred people gathered in Fall River Tuesday evening for a candlelight vigil to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. The event included musical performances and a release of about a dozen white doves to commemorate those who died by overdose in the past year.
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This past April, a fire in New Bedford’s North End killed two and displaced more than three dozen residents. It also destroyed the headquarters of one of the city’s grassroots non-profits: the Community Economic Development Center (CEDC), which serves New Bedford’s growing Central American immigrant population. Even without a permanent home, the organization hasn’t missed a beat in getting back on its feet and into the community.
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An outdoor pop-up market at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House in New Bedford Saturday will showcase Black-owned businesses from across the South Coast.
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Andrew Ferry milks 50 cows at his Pine Hill Dairy farm in Westport. He sells most of that milk to Garelick Farms, where it’s pasteurized (to kill bacteria) then distributed to grocery stores. But Ferry also sells raw, unpasteurized milk directly from his farm. Since the start of the pandemic, his raw milk sales have jumped by about 25%.
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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined Brayton Point LLC, which owns the Brayton Point Commerce Center in Somerset, for depositing construction materials into a pond on the company’s property.