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6 Oktober-fans

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14 Fall River’s Little Portugal

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10 Easy Hikes

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18 New Bedford Waterfront

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20 South Coast Entrepreneurs

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COVER STORY

Oktoberfans

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Music, dancing, singing, feasting, and beer drinking.

It's Oktoberfest, prepare to have fun.

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hether you prefer an authentic Oktoberfest or an Americanized version, the South Coast can suit your interests during this inter nationally-celebrated season of

robust spirits.

The region will offer three Oktoberfest opportunities – one in Marion on Saturday, September, 12th, one in New Bedford on October 2nd, and an extended celebration at Redlefsen’s Rotisserie & Grille in Bristol that will begin on Wednesday, September 30th, and continue on every Wednesday and Thursday until October 29th.

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For Redlefsen’s, Oktoberfest is a high holiday.

The Bristol establishment strives to create an authentic German atmosphere ranging from food to entertainment to décor. The workers dress in traditional German outfits – most of the men wear the classic dress of lederhosen while the women wear drindles.

The atmosphere is welcoming to both families

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and groups of friends. According to Proprietor Jeff Guertler, the doors open at 11:30 a.m. and they don’t close until everyone has stopped having fun.

Wednesdays and Thursdays offer two tickets – a 6 p.m. seating geared towards families, and an 8 p.m. seating geared towards adults.

Redlefsen’s will have nine German draught beers on tap. Each beer has a specific glass to accompany the make of beer. They will also have the traditional glass litre boots for their Warsteiner beer. There will also be more than a dozen bottled German beers.

There will be entertainment by the Alpenblumen dancers and the German game known as Bench Dancing (which can be seen on YouTube). The opening night’s activities will include the ceremonial Tapping of the Keg, which will be performed by longtime Bristol resident Halsey Herreshoff.

Redlefsen’s will offer a menu of German foods including weinerschnitzle and sauer braten as well as ham hocks. For those who want a more American helping, they have the opportunity to enjoy half a roasted chicken or a fish dish of cod strudel.

The hall will resonate with the sounds of

accordion players who make their way around the room. Song books will be available so that guests may sing along.

“This isn’t just a night out, it’s a highly entertaining experience,” says Guertler. “People are locking arms, singing, dancing, and having fun. There’s a lot of raising of the mugs.

“With the costumes and performing we recreate the Oktoberfest atmosphere. Our slogan is that ‘It’s the best schnitzel in Bristol.’”

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The New Bedford Oktoberfest will celebrate its tenth year with a celebration at the New Bedford State Pier Ferry Terminal on Saturday, October 3rd. Some of the features are a collection of beers ranging from local to international and a lineup of top-notch talent. The festival will run from 3 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

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Many of the proceeds will go to help at-risk youth in the Greater New Bedford area. In its first nine

years the event has raised half-a-million dollars for the cause.

Regional beers being offered at the New Bedford event include Buzzards Bay from Westport, Spaten and Mayflower both from Plymouth, Narragansett from Providence, Fool Proof from Pawtucket, and Sysco from Nantucket.

“We want to help introduce people to the beers being made in this area,” says Nick Francis, Chairman for the event. “We want to build support for local businesses. As a local organization part of our mission is to directly contribute to the area in which we live and work. Bringing in local and regional beers is an extension of that mission.”

Beers will also be offered from outside the local region, such as Sam Adams Oktoberfest, and Autumn Brew from New Hampshire, recognized for its taste of apple pie.

New Bedford Oktoberfest is proud of its offerings of pumpkin-flavored beers including Shipyard Ale’s Pumpkinhead, Smuttynose Pumpkin from New Hampshire, and Curious Traveller Pumpkin from Burlington, VT. Two gluten-free beers will be available – Glutenberg Pale Ale and Johnny Appleseed Cider.

The festival’s entertainment will feature two of the area’s premier singer/songwriters, followed by an internationally recognized performer.

Rebecca Correia and Craig DeMello are South Coast talents who will do individual sets before pairing talents for a third set.

Correia and DeMello will be followed by Chadwick Stokes, lead singer of the popular band State Radio. Music will begin at 8 p.m.

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Another one-day Oktoberfest will take place on

Saturday, September 21st at the The Marion VFW. Located on Route 6, the event anticipates 800 visitors and will feature Spaten beer, brewed by L. Knife & Sons in Plymouth.

The day will include many traditional German foods such as bratwurst, knackwurst, German potato salad, sauerkraut, potato pancakes, and German pastries.

Beginning at noon and continuing until 9 p.m., there will be continuous entertainment, featuring two bands and one dance troupe. The Alpenblumen Musicanten will play authentic German music from noon to 3 p.m., followed by three hours of entertainment by the Alpenblumen Dancers. The entertainment will conclude with three hours of music from The Bavarian Brothers Band.

There are different ticket prices depending upon your interests. A $10 ticket is exclusively for enjoying the entertainment, while the food will be sold separately. There is a full dinner ticket for $8 and a smaller meal ticket for $6.

The event is sponsored by the Pythagorean Lodge AF & AM in Marion. Much of the proceeds will go to the Masonic Angel Fund which provides funding for young students who live in the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester.

“You don’t have to be German to enjoy Oktoberfest,” says Bruce Rocha Sr., Assistant Treasurer of the Marion event. “But it’s a nice opportunity for people of German heritage to show off their culture and pass it along to their children and grandchildren. It’s a good chance to extend your summer – the weather is usually cooler and more enjoyable.

“It’s festival time in New England.”

OktoberFacts The global epicenter of Oktoberfest is Munich, Germany, in the nation’s Bavarian region. It lasts 16 days – from late September through the first weekend in October. More than six million people come from around the world to attend the event, making it the world’s largest fair.

No matter where you celebrate Oktoberfest, the major focus is on beer. But it wasn’t always that way.

Oktoberfest got its start in Munich in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig. The festivities were made public and lasted for five days. The main event of the first celebration was a horse race. Celebrations were held annually and grew with each year adding an agricultural show, a carousel and swings, tree-climbing competitions, wheelbarrow and sack races, mush eating competitions, barrel-rolling races, and goose chases.

In time, metal amusement rides were added, and in 1908 they debuted a roller coaster.

Eventually beer was added to the event, yet only local beer was allowed.

Contemporary Oktoberfests have visitors consuming 1.5 million gallons of beer, eating 200,000 pairs of pork sausage and 480,000 spit-roasted chickens.

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Museum Day

By Joyce Rowley

Come see this model of the Titanic and more at the Fall River Marine Museum

Our national museum, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is always free. And on September 26, they want you to visit a local museum–on them!

As part of their annual Museum Day Live! they have collaborated with 1,400 other museums across the country to offer a free museum day to celebrate our natural and cultural history.

Here on the South Coast you can choose from one of six museums participating in the Smithsonian free ticket offer. Just visit their website, or write to them, and request a ticket good for up to two visitors to one of the museums they are sponsoring.

From east to west, here’s the Museum Day Live! participants:

Lookingglass

At the gateway to the Cape you can view handblown glass demonstrations at the Sandwich Glass Museum on Main Street, Sandwich. A lost art, as mechanization of the industry and then the development of lightweight, unbreakable plastics shouldered out the beauty of hand-made glass from our daily lives.

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But the 6,000 pieces in the Glass Museum’s permanent collection are extraordinary, dating back to the mid- to late-1800s, carefully crafted from the sands of Sandwich. If you don’t know how glass is made, or you’ve always wanted to see it spun into shape, this is the time to visit the museum.

DOWN BY THE WATER

It’s also a great time to visit Battleship Cove on Ferry Street in Fall River. A 50th anniversary celebration has been underway all year. In addition to the USS Massachusetts, visit the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, the USS Lionfish submarine, and a host of PT boats.

Right next door is the Marine Museum where there are scale models of the HMS Titanic from the 1953 namesake movie, and memorabilia from the Fall River Steamship line that ran until 1962 from Fall River to New York City.

“For Museum Day Live! we’re highlighting our exhibit ‘In the Navy: Warship Models,’ of about 15

scale model ships used during World War II to support Battleship Cove’s 50th anniversary,” said Maria Vann, curator for the Marine Museum. “On exhibit are posters from that period, and quotes of famous actors who served in WWII.” Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, and Don Rickles are some of those actors whose perspective on the war is an integral part of the exhibit, says Vann.

“My favorite is Don Rickles, who said, ‘I cried when they took me into the Navy. That was the last time I cried.’”

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“It’s a nice opportunity to try something new,” said Marjory O’Toole, museum managing director about the Museum Day Live! program at the Little Compton Historical Society Museum on West Main Street. “We’ve participated it for years.”

The historical society’s themed exhibit “House Histories” is accompanied by its newly released book, Stories Houses Tell on the lives of ten historic

Little Compton families. House Histories describe the role of women, children in the home and the crops raised in the 17th century.

Visitors can take a self-guided tour around the museum complex that contains five structures representing the architectural and historic development this quaint New England village: a late 17th century home, an early 18th century schoolhouse and barn, a 19th century Quaker meeting house, and a 20th century home.

Or they can have a guided tour of the Wilbor house, one of the ten house histories in the historical society’s book.

“September 20 is our Historical House tour that we give once every five years. We tour eight private homes and two on the museum complex,” O’Toole said.

GARDEN WALK

If you’re a fan of the 20th century robber baron era, you can visit Blithewold Mansion, Arboretum and Gardens on Ferry Road in Bristol, RI. Ornate architecture, fall blooms, gorgeous and views of Narragansett Bay give way to historically-accurate room decor taken from photos of the mansion’s 45 rooms at the turn of the last century. Bring the camera for photo ops, or yes, selfies, so you can picture yourself in the lap of luxury.

Blithewold arboretum and gardens were famous even 100 years ago. A meticulously-kept formal English garden is the backdrop for many a wedding. The Van Wickles, coal barons, were fond of the outdoors, and their legacy gardens live on. A recent addition is the “pollinator garden,” home to butterfly bush, milkweed for the traveling monarchs, and much, much more.

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On Museum Day Live! Saturday, the Audubon Environmental Education Center will be offering a wetlands exploration hike with a wetlands naturalist between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Other family events include nature craft-making, exploring biofacts, animal stories, and an animal interview.

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We’re not talking killer hiking here. We’re talking thoughtful walking —locations that provide a little exercise, some grist for the brain, the possibility for discovering something at least sort of magical.

The South Coast offers dozens of such spots. Here’s a few places ideal for a couple of hours of autumn walking to put on your local bucket list.

The Lloyd Center

The Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies (lloydcenter.org) at 430 Potomska Road in South Dartmouth offers a variety of terrain, much of it surprisingly hilly for coastal southeastern Massachusetts.

Located near the mouth of the Slocum’s River, which empties into Buzzards Bay, the property was donated to the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT) in 1978 and has been undergoing steady development ever since.

Roughly four miles of walking trails wind their way through an oak-hickory forest, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, and estuary. The most recent addition is the Lloyd Woods Trail across Potomska Road, which loops through maritime forest to the edge of the Little River marsh.

The trails are only the tip of the Lloyd Center iceberg. The center supports research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species. It also runs environmental education programs on-site and in schools throughout the area (with roughly 12,000 students taking part each year, says Liz Moniz, the Center’s Director of Education).

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And kayaking, canoeing and standup paddling excursions take advantage of the center’s water access.

Don’t miss the Nature Center building, the heart of the operation. Stop for a copy of the trail guide and to look around. There’s a touch tank and exhibits of wildlife and sea creatures.

The Nature Center sits atop a steep bluff, and its third-floor observation deck offers a dramatic view of the river, bay and some of the marshes in the center’s 82 acres.

Try out the awesome pair of naval binoculars that incredibly enhances the three-dimensionality of the scene, with gulls and cormorants, and egret sharply magnified in a field of view that might also include kayakers, fishing boats, breaking surf, and sprawling marshes.

Back on the ground, the trails offer plenty of hilly terrain to put a bit of punch into your hike. The Hardscrabble Farm Loop Trail, the longest trail, works its way roughly around the western perimeter of the center and passes a kettle hole and the remains of an old building.

The loop trail ties into other routes, the Chaypee Woods, Osprey Point, West Swamp, and Lloyd Woods Trails.

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The Osprey Point Trail drops away to a view of Slocum’s River, passing a sassafras tree and a Wompanoag shell midden along the way.

The Chaypee Woods Trail features a kettle hole and bird blind on the way to a salt marsh along Potomoska Road where you’re likely to find heron, egret, cormorants, osprey, and other wildlife.

The flat West Swamp Trail works its way through red maple, cedar, and aspen woods, while the Forest Management Trail demonstrates how the environment there is being managed to encourage growth of shrubs, young trees, and wildlife populations.

The short Katharine Nordell Lloyd Wildflower Trail within the traffic circle near the main building hosts plants native to the area such as azaleas, blueberries, and dogwood.

There are also feeders that attract a variety of birds throughout the year.

If you’re thinking about bringing your dog along, read the dog regs at lloydcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/ dog-policy.pdf.

Just up Potomoska Road apiece from the Lloyd Center is the parking area for the Dartmouth Nature Resources Trust’s Frank Knowles/Little River Reserve. A two-mile hike will take you across the boardwalks over the Little River marshes all the way to Cornell Farm on Smith Neck Road.

Altogether, this path links up to nine miles of trails.

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation

Teetering along the border of Mattapoisett and Fairhaven, the Nasketucket Bay State Reservation includes more than 200 acres of easy walking through pine forest, and some rougher going along the rocky shore of Nasketucket Bay. The site’s parking lot is located on Brandt Beach Road in Mattapoisett.

The best views are along the mostly rocky shoreline toward Wards Rock off Shaws Cove, and of Pea Island further out in the bay. In winter you’ll see lots of ducks on the water, so bring your binoculars. Attentive

birders might also find a variety of species in the pine forest.

The mile-long Shaw Farm Trail was opened in August, which connects to the Nasketucket State Reservation from the Phoenix Bike Path, right at the Fairhaven/Mattapoisett line near Shaw Road. The trail runs along the back side of the DeNormandie Farm, providing closer access to birds that avid birders previously had to scope from Shaws Cove Road, several hundred yards away.

The Nasketucket Bay State Reservation is popular with dog walkers.

There are no bathroom facilities. Keep in mind you might encounter mosquitoes, deer flies, ticks, and poison ivy on any of these trails in the woods and marshes. Go prepared. As the old saying goes, is a moment’s pleasure worth the price of a long regret?

Newport’s Cliff Walk

The 3.5-mile Cliff Walk is a National Recreation Trail, an urban hike along the oceanside bluff fronting Newport’s famous mansions. The setting is dramatic at any time, but in late summer and fall, keep your eye on the weather reports. Schedule your walk when an offshore hurricane is radiating swells across the Atlantic Ocean, particularly from the southeast.

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Cruising Fall River’s Little Portugal

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Boston, San Francisco and other cities have Chinatowns. Want pasta and more? Providence’s Federal Hill, Boston’s North End, and New York’s Little Italy say, “Mangia!” And don’t forget Detroit’s Greektown and Little Ethiopia in Washington, D.C. for more worlds of flavor. all River once had its own Italian section around Columbus Park, and the Ukrainian Home is greatly missed (although Patty’s Pierogi’s is trying to fill the gap). But if you know where to go, you can still visit England (Hartley’s pork pies), Lebanon (Sam’s meat pies), and Italy (Marzilli’s or Marcucci’s).

You can even find Cambodian, Dominican, Indian, and other international treats on the streets of the city. And Chinese… there are plenty of Chinese places. Most with chow mein sandwiches, few with real Asian dishes.

But today, Portuguese restaurant dominate the Spindle City. Just a listing of the places would fill this magazine, and can be found in the north and south ends, up the Flint, but especially on Columbia Street.

Both of these stores feature religious statues and Casa Luso has clothes, curtains, table linens and some of the bright shiny vases and decorations that would fit perfectly into Avó’s (Portuguese for grandmother) parlor. You know – the one you could never sit in.

Across the street, some empty storefronts would be the perfect place for a welcome center – or better yet, a small museum dedicated to the

Portuguese in Fall River. Perhaps the Holy Ghost Museum group would consider locating there, or maybe Bristol Community College’s Luso Centro or the new AHA! group could set up volunteers to direct people to other Portuguese landmarks like the Gates of the City and to other stores and restaurants in town.

Irene’s Fashion opened in 1966 in the same location where Chaves’ Market began.

Today, a small store front contains many of the statues and other decorative items, while the main store is stocked floor-to-ceiling on three levels with racks and racks of baby clothes, First Communion outfits, women’s wear, curtains, runners, table cloths, and more.

A picture of the late Irene Braga, the store’s founder, hangs on the wall and her daughter, Carol Braga, runs the stores with women focused on customer service. The store has a website (irenes-fashion.com) as well as a Facebook page, where one comment says it all: “Perfect store to buy fancy clothes. I love it.”

Despite a trend for people to dress down for Easter or when (and if) they go to church, there are still many who want a well-made, pleated, smocked, or ruffled Baptism outfit, or a little boy’s suit or girl’s fancy dress.

“We have our customers,” Carol said, “We have a little bit of everything.”

And while the Portuguese neighborhood is becoming diversified, Spanish, Italians, and “a lot of Cape Verdeans” join Americans who shop for special outfits, ornate table runners (mostly from China, but good quality, she says) and blankets from Spain.

Across from Irene’s, Santo Christo Church towers over the area. Opened in 1927, it contains a replica

A Cultural District

Columbia Street, or the Columbia Street Cultural District, as it is officially known, has the potential to be Fall River’s “Little Portugal.”

It even has its version of calçadas Portuguesa, or Portuguese pavement in which small, flat pieces of usually black and white stone are arranged to form a pattern or picture. These are common in Portugal and the Azores, as well as in most of what were their colonies, including Macau in China.

There’s a free parking lot on Columbia and Hunter streets, just past Milliken Boulevard. It’s right near Irene’s Fashion and down the street from Casa Luso.

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Columbia Street fuses the old and new into something completely unique.

of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres or the Holy Christ of the Miracles. The original is in a convent in Ponta Delgada in the Azores.

The church traces its origins to a mission named for St. Anthony, who many associate with Padua but who was born in Lisbon. A statue of the saint stands in a square across the street from the church.

Tony’s Bakery is nearby, and the aroma of sweet bread usually fills the street like incense. It’s worth a visit to grab a loaf, which is also available in many local stores.

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Sagres is back

Past Nobrega’s Market and Oliveira’s Funeral Home, Sagres Restaurant sparkles in the summer sunlight. Destroyed by a fire in July of 2013, the new restaurant reopened in June after two years of demolition and construction.

Victor DaSilva was rushing around the fairly busy dining room taking care of the early afternoon lunch crowd one Friday recently. On weekends and most nights, the place is packed.

“It’s been very good,” he said, “It’s getting back to normal.”

Victor is the son of Antonio DaSilva, a chef from Lisbon who opened the original Sagres in Fall River in 1974. It was the city’s first Portuguese restaurant and although a bit more expensive than many others that followed, it was and continues to be known for its waiters and more upscale feel.

The new Sagres could easily fit in on the Boston waterfront or the Providence Riverway. Its mostly blue, white, and yellow décor seems drawn from the famous Portuguese azulejos, or tiles.

In fact, one of the few things left from the original restaurant is a tile sign bearing their name in the foyer.

There are walls filled with wine bottles in cases, and half-walls create an intimate feel. Instead of walking through the bar into the restaurant, like in the old Sagres, there is a separate bar with TVs and a mural of Lisbon’s Castelo de São Jorge.

Although not open yet, a second floor function room features a high ceiling and unobstructed views. Victor suggested that they may offer special nights featuring Fado or traditional Portuguese music upstairs. Although with its outdoor deck overlooking the street, it would be a perfect spot for a wedding or special event.

His father Antonio has retired, but Victor and his brother Manuel Ferreira, who runs the kitchen, seem to have the place in good hands. From the wall, however, Tony still looks out across the dining room from a 1988 USA Today clipping.

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Shops, Cinderella, and Chaves Market

Strolling down the street, there is a European feel – or at least a sense of the old days – along the road. Sure, there are spots where the sidewalks need repair or the trash needs picking up, but most of the storefronts are filled with businesses like Columbia Travel (tourazores.com), Santo Christo Credit Union, and Duke’s Bakery, which specializes in gluten-free products.

Columbia Bakery and Europa Pastries and Coffee Shop provide not just treats, but places for conversation. At Europa, a group of men spoke animatedly in Portuguese, except for the names Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton which indicated that they were definitely following the American news.

Cinderella Restaurant began as a coffee shop in 1983, but is now “trendy, contemporary Portuguese in a class Euro-bistro atmosphere.”

With its tile wall of Lisbon’s waterfront in 1693, it provides another spot to visit Portugal without leaving Fall River.

Just before reaching Broadway, which is now the gateway to ever-changing roads thanks to the demolition and rebuilding or Route 79 and the 195 ramps, sits Chaves Market. It’s the oldest Portuguese market in the city.

Emanuel Chaves opened his first store at the top of Columbia Street in 1957 and moved it to its current location in 1966. Although he passed away years ago, his son Manny continues to operate the store, which has traditionally served Portuguese families in the area.

When you shop in their store and have a question, you can ask somebody – usually a member of the family or long-time associate – and they can answer it. Manny is often behind the meat case

wielding a knife. They cut all their meat fresh.

“It’s still the one to one contact,” he said. Unlike supermarkets that just sell stuff, Chaves employees know, eat, and use their products. “It’s part of our fabric,” Manny added.

His brother Octavio is also usually there, and at 78 years old, their mother works at the store every day. Manny’s and Octavio’s wives work there, as do their children. After getting a college education and working in the business world, Manny’s daughter Nicole wants to keep the store going. She works there, as do her sisters when they’re available.

“The third generation is already part of the business,” Manny said.

And it’s a business that’s changing.

Although they still cut their choice meats on-site, still carry “head on” fish as well as an extensive selection of Portuguese wines and specialty foods, they also offer prepared foods ranging from rotisserie chickens to seasoned Portuguese roasted potatoes, chouriço and peppers, favas and baked beans, grilled sardines to caçoila (pulled pork) and torresmos (deep-fried bacon).

But true to their mission of being a neighborhood store, they cater to the needs of the area.

“I carry fresh mozzarella cheese,” he said, in addition to a good selection of Portuguese cheeses, “I never carried that before.”

“So it goes,” as Kurt Vonnegut wrote.

“Columbia Street is changing,” Manny said, “It’s more diverse.”

But as he looked over the store his father built on the street with sidewalks his family helped pay for, he suggests: “There are a few Portuguese businesses holding onto tradition.”

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Proving it every day Derek Santos, Executive Director of the New Bedford Economic Development Council said he has no doubt that the New Bedford Waterfront is a prime development asset, as is the downtown in general, with the waterfront being the place that the city derives its identity from.

“The waterfront has so many things going for it, from fish processing to scallop increasing to New Bedford continuing to be the number one seaport and growing,” said Santos.

“The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal has a lifespan of 100-150 years and will help generations that come after that. The big thing is we’re not taking away anything that we are already doing – we are just adding to it.”

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what’s already at the waterfront. With Mayor John Mitchell’s guidance and the partnership between the NBEDC and the Harbor Development Commission, the New Bedford waterfront is in the middle of building its first waterfront Master Plan since the 1960’s where the stakeholders committee is engaged in the process that is about half over, with the whole goal to position the waterfront for long-term growth and success.

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“We’re firing on all cylinders here. Everyone is drawn to the water’s edge and New Bedford is lucky enough to have several ways to get to it whether by boat, the incredible hurricane barrier, the upper harbor working waterfront where you can see real women and men working everyday; this isn’t a reality show – this is all real,” said Santos.

“Our waterfront offers so much and offers a different experience for our visitors; it’s the core asset New Bedford has to offer and if we as stakeholders can make it stronger, then we are going to do so.”

Docked and ready Edward Washburn, Acting Interim Director for the Harbor Development Commission which handles

everything at the New Bedford Harbor from recreational boating to the ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Cuttyhunk, said 2015 has been a banner year.

At Pope’s Island, they are at 97 percent capacity with boats that measure from 20-120 feet. Washburn said there’s been a great uptick of rendezvous cruising clubs that come to New Bedford, park their boats, and then patronize the area businesses.

“We had five of those last year and we have had 14 so far this year. They come in, go to the restaurants, the Whaling Museum, and other attractions in the city,” said Washburn.

“We’ve invested a lot in boating infrastructure to make it easier to bring dinghies in, get showers, and use the marina, all with the focus on making New Bedford a more attractive place for recreational boaters. It’s really paying off.”

Launching a new boat service last year, Washburn said 2015 has seen a 43 percent increase in those launching numbers.

He said places like Dorothy Cox and the Black Whale Restaurant, the Route 18 renovation, and the easier access to the waterfront have all transformed the area into something safer and more fun for locals and tourists alike.

“It’s completely changed the whole look of the waterfront and it’s become a very unique experience where people can walk among an actual working waterfront. They respond to that authenticity, and there’s a balance now with people staying safe without interrupting the operations down there,” said Washburn.

“Doing that has helped the commercial fleet in creating its own brand, which we are trying to use to our advantage to help the New Bedford Seafood brand as well.”

GOING PLACES FAST Also citing the diversity of offerings at the waterfront including a hotel, unique restaurants and attractions, Dagny Ashley, Director of Tourism & Marketing for the city of New

Bedford, said the city’s waterfront is going places fast.

“New Bedford’s waterfront is poised for growth, restaurants, a hotel, harbor tours, a visitor center, ice cream concessions, ferries, concerts on the pier, and the Seaport Art Walk. These are just a few of the amazing happenings on the waterfront that visitors and residents can enjoy,” Ashley said.

One such attraction, in its first year on the waterfront, is “Dorothy Cox’s on The Waterfront” offering ice cream, Del’s lemonade, and light food offerings. The new Cox spot opened June 1 and office manager Shirley Cox said it’s been a great match for them and the waterfront.

Shirley said there’s always been conversation around the family to bring an ice cream place and Del’s Lemonade to the waterfront.

Her son Matthew, a 4th-generation Cox who now runs the New Bedford waterfront shop, set to work on coming up with the plans that turned into an established and successful business on the waterfront this year. Planning to be open until October, Shirley said the shop offers nine varieties of Del’s Lemonade, softserve and hard ice cream, chowder, quahogs, and hot dogs. They are open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and located adjacent to the Black Whale Restaurant.

“I was brought up in New Bedford and to see what Mayor Mitchell is doing down here with the new restaurants and the wonderful artists, I loved the idea of coming here and seeing people enjoy these restaurants and bars and attractions.

“I’ve been really impressed with the changes made here at the waterfront,” said Cox who hopes to one day see another proposal, like the former Oceanarium, where the waterfront could also exist in an educational forum.

“People are coming in from all over the world and learning so much about the area and our working waterfront. We’ve enjoyed being a part of this and love to continue it as we sit back and watch the area thrive.”

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Entrepreneurs WHAT IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?

According to Jeff Haden, Contributing Editor of Inc. magazine, remarkable entrepreneurs exhibit nine specific qualities. They are: They find happiness in the success of others.

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Although this list is subjective and is probably not exhaustive, it does seem to hint at what separates those brazen souls called entrepreneurs from the rest of us. We sense, in reading this list, those qualities or ideals an entrepreneur must intrinsically possess. What strikes me about this list is that it says nothing about personal gain. In fact, entrepreneurs probably make many personal sacrifices along the way. Opening a new business takes time.

Starting a new venture takes inordinate energy.

Gathering others to assist you is a talent, and if you are a curmudgeon or not fun to be around, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is – it will probably just stay on the shelf.

However, if you have that sparkle and that blend

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of qualities that make you and your idea irresistible, people catalyze to make your venture a success.

Entrepreneurs do not work in solitude – by nature they must create a network of support. They must be willing to listen as well as speak, to be flexible when things don’t work out, and to be persistent in the face of obstacles such as time, money, or lack of resources.

Here are four young entrepreneurs from the South Coast whose ideas are filling niches in our community. The entrepreneurs I interviewed for this article all happen to be women – and while this was not an intended stipulation, it’s exciting that our business role models today are of a different ilk than in decades past. These young women are all in their twenties or younger, and you will see that the qualities expressed above are evident in their ventures and personalities.

One quality in particular that the following four entrepreneurs certainly share is a sense of empathy – number four on the list. At first glance, empathy may seem a surprising trait of an entrepreneur.

Then again, for a business venture to truly be successful, it needs to resonate with others. People must have a yearning for what you provide. In that way, these three businesses (one is run by a twowomen team) serve the community in fun and unexpected ways.

Sand and Coral: Jewelry and Accessories Inspired by the Sea

The South Coast is home to many a talented entrepreneur. Just ask Michael Griffin, the Lecturer and Internship Director at the Charlton College of Business at UMass Dartmouth. Griffin helps arrange a spin-off of Shark Tank each year hosted by UMass to showcase and eventually assist one lucky winner.

While he is busy vetting ideas and helping young

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people succeed, his daughter Allie is running her own start-up company, Sand and Coral, most recently out of her dorm room at Babson College.

“I’m an Accounting Major,” says Allie, “and I don’t have much creativity in my days and classes.” Sand and Coral, a costume-jewelry and accessory line Allie designs, fills the urge to be creative, stay busy, and make people happy, because it reminds her customers of the sea.

Sand and Coral was born from nostalgia for the Massachusetts seaside locale where Allie spent her high school years. As a student at Tabor Academy in Marion, Allie realized that “Marion has its own small-town charm” – a charm she never fully appreciated until she moved away and went to college.

“The jewelry, hats and scarves I design are inspired by a lot of what I associate with Cape Cod” (that is: flip flops, starfish, sea horses, and shells).

Blingy necklaces abound for the younger customers, while more refined baubles attract the

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40-and-over buyer. Her colors are “preppy and nautical” with a lot of pinks, teals, and navy blues.

Think of Sand and Coral as a cross between Lily Pulitzer and Vineyard Vines and you have the right idea.

When I ask Allie about her plans for the future, both personally and professionally, that empathetic entrepreneurial characteristic sneaks in. She says, “I hope the business grows and I have more and more of a following. Right now I am doing pretty well, but when I graduate, I would like to have this as my job, and provide jobs to others.”

Allie’s venture into the world of business is a family and community affair. Her sister Kate, a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina, does a lot of the content writing for the website that Allie designed herself. Allie’s dad is a sort of behindthe-scenes PR agent for Allie, and certainly one of her biggest fans. She has a cheering section at her alma mater as well; Allie credits her education at Tabor for helping her business in unexpected ways.

For example, it was there where Allie learned the Photoshop skills that she uses when designing the website.

Like most young entrepreneurs, Allie relies on social media to help share the news of her business. Sand and Coral is found on Instagram, Facebook, and Allie herself writes a blog about her summer travels, fashion trends, and new business developments.

Allie admits that being your own boss can be challenging, especially without a central office;

right now she works from wherever she is. This means she is running Sand and Coral from her parents’ home in the summers and her dorm room during the school year (Allie plans to transfer to Bentley University in September).

However, because it’s her own creation, Sand and Coral is a labor of love for Allie. Plus, she admits, “It’s fun not to have a job where I’m sitting all day and stuck in an office.” For this young South Coast entrepreneur, living the life of a CEO might not be the same as lounging at the beach or jumping in the ocean, but sometimes a beautiful, sparkly reminder is enough for her to get through a dreary winter day.

Look for Allie’s creations at SandAndCoral.com, on Facebook, and Instagram.

Groundwork: Coworking Comes to New Bedford

In downtown New Bedford, two young entrepreneurs – artists and friends Dena Haden and Sarah Athanas – have created an exciting “coworking” opportunity called Groundwork. If you are new to the term coworking, Dena explains it like this: “Coworking is a new concept that is taking off in major cities all over the world. Freelancers, start ups, and remote workers… they come together to share a common office space.”

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the benefits of being in an office (coffee machine, kitchen, high-quality printers, work stations) but without the high price tag and solitary environment of leasing commercial space.

In addition to workspaces, Groundwork will also offer access to conference room facilities, mail service (no trips to the Post Office – that’s a time saver right there!) and meeting areas for small and large groups. Full members of New Bedford’s Groundwork will pay only $80 a month, which entitles them to a guaranteed work space at agreedupon days and times, as well as “Natural light and killer views of New Bedford harbor” and “A fun, intimate atmosphere.”

On the day I visited Groundwork’s “Beta space” at 1213 Purchase Street (Quest Center), there were a handful of workers with laptops congregating around a table. Sarah and Dena graciously gave me a tour of the new space just downstairs from where Groundwork currently operates.

By the end of the tour, I could not wait to become a member, and I couldn’t wait to spread the word.

It just seemed to me this was an idea whose time had come. Isn’t that the magic of entrepreneurship? We wonder how we ever lived without that product-business-service in the first place!

Just being in the company of Sarah and Dena is inspiring. The new space reserved for Groundwork is huge, open and filled with light – it takes up an entire floor of the Quest Center building on Purchase Street. This was the same vast space that was used to house a textile department at the Swain School of Design; the creative vibe was palpable. It’s going to be expensive to get things off the ground, and to that end the ladies have begun a campaign to elicit support of would-be members.

Obstacles aside, Groundwork is in the hands of two women who are not easily daunted. Dena admits that the two have taken nontraditional paths “to feed our creative impulses.” Friends since Middle School, both Dena and Sarah grew up on Cape Cod. After going to college, traveling and working (Dena as a sculptor and Sarah as a filmmaker and web designer) they naturally gravitated toward New Bedford, for its seaside proximity and its artistic bent.

However, something was lacking. Sarah admits, “Dena and I just couldn’t find a cool space for people like us to connect and make work, so we decided to make it ourselves.”

That’s where the empathy comes in. The two figured if they were having trouble finding a place to connect, other people were too. As Dena says in

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When you speak with the pair, you cannot help but catch their infectious energy, love for the city, and belief in its possibilities. Perhaps Dena puts it best when she says, “New Bedford is already a home of a growing community of artists. The city is actually working hard to build a creative economy, and more and more independent local businesses are thriving downtown.”

And although Groundwork will certainly serve a need for Sarah and Dena to work and create, they earnestly feel the venture will benefit others. Dena asserts, “Coworking spaces are great for the local community.

They stimulate the local by encouraging collaboration and networking among members.” Sarah agrees, saying “coworking is awesome because it gets you out of your house or local coffee shop and into a buzzing energetic and fun working environment.” In cities such as Cambridge, coworking has been successful for years. Professionals from all over the world can sign up to work just for a day, or make the space their “office” on a more permanent basis.

Like the founders, everything about Groundwork is decidedly young, hip and modern, from the public relations brochure, to the décor in the office they currently occupy, to the short promotional videos that Athanas produces for the Groundwork website.

These two are entrepreneurs, after all, and they are doing things their own way. It turns out, however, that this way also resonates with more

traditional organizations such as New Bedford’s Economic Development Council and Mass Development – two organizations that have offered advice, financial support, and a commitment to helping Groundwork live up to its incredible potential. Part of the reason for the enthusiasm is that they believe New Bedford is poised for exponential growth, particularly with regards its creative economy.

Athenas, the artist, sounds more economist, or even politician when she says, “Groundwork will bring South Coast professionals together while also attracting new entrepreneurs to the area.”

Groundwork, as currently conceived, is slated to open in the fall of 2016. Until then, you can find Haden and Athenas, as well as small contingent of local professionals, in Groundwork’s “Beta” space at 1213 Purchase Street (the Quest Building), 2nd floor.

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The Flora Foundation: Helping Mothers Build Strong Homes For Their Children

Rachel McCoog is more of a Social Entrepreneur.

She has not started a business for profit, but she certainly filled a need. McCoog, a recent graduate of Tabor Academy, is the founder of the Flora Foundation, a nonprofit charitable fund that has a very specific mission: to provide summer camp experiences, interim daycare, and supplies for

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Rachel’s mother, Amy McCoog, worked with the Donovan House in New Bedford, and one day Rachel went with her mother to visit the residents, low-income women and children. As Rachel got to know the children, she wanted to help in some way, and asked the director if there was a specific need that could be fulfilled.

The Director asserted that during the school year, the children received vouchers to attend daycare, but summers were tough for working moms. Even with scholarships to local summer camp programs, families still have to pay out-of-pocket for some of the costs of these programs. In addition, kids need supplies for camp: simple things like sunscreen, towels, bathing suits, and backpacks.

When Rachel heard about this dilemma, it seemed like something she could take on.

Thus, the Flora Foundation was formed. Kids

“I have learned so much about starting a business and I am very excited to continue fundraising and seeing the impact we will be able to make on these families’ lives.” draw pictures or write a paragraph to the Flora Foundation explaining or why they would like to go to attend summer camp. One child wanted to try her hand at archery, while another couldn’t wait to swim.

But it’s not all fun and games.

Rachel’s foundation provides enriching experiences to children while their mothers are working to become independent. Rachel recognized that the mothers living in Donovan House are “women who are using all the resources available to them in order to build the strength to create a home of their own for themselves and their children.”

To this end, she saw the value in making summer experiences the best they could be for the children while helping the mothers to become self-sufficient.

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of the children she served and also inspired to develop a way to help others closer to home.

The Mariposa Foundation served as a model for Rachel’s ideas and mission, which reads: “The Flora Foundation is a for-purpose organization whose mission is to give children living in transitional homes daycare and summer camp opportunities.”

It aligns with the belief Flora shares with the Mariposa Foundation – that empowering women is the key to eradicating poverty. This has proven true because educated women tend to have fewer children, and those children tend to have higher educational attainment.

Mariposa serves girls because, “Girls are the most underserved, undervalued population on earth.

They are the key to breaking the cycle of generational poverty for their families.” This way, when children at the Donovan House see their mothers progress toward independence with the support of

a nurturing community, the children themselves will flourish.

Rachel has learned much in her endeavor: how to choose a Board of Directors, how to elicit support from friends and would-be donors. Her organization has even applied for 501(c)(3) status. Despite the hard work and learning curve, her enthusiasm has not waned; on the contrary, she is excited and optimistic. She successfully raised money for the first summer season in 2015.

“I have learned so much about starting a business and I am very excited to continue fundraising and seeing the impact we will be able to make on these families’ lives.” Rachel has reached out to her neighboring communities and incorporates the Tabor community in her efforts. Several students were asked to serve on the Board of Directors, and to visit the Donovan House regularly while Rachel is away at college.

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Cut the fat: lower your cholesterol

BY Elizabeth Morse Read

September is National Cholesterol Education Month.

And why should you care?

Half of all American men and one-third of American women over 40 right now are doomed to develop coronary heart disease, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), unless we can reverse the trend. Coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) together are the leading cause of death in the U.S. – and elevated blood cholesterol is the major cause of both diseases. More than 70 millions American have too-high cholesterol levels right now, yet only one-third of them have it under control.

The good news is that we can reverse that trend by making simple changes in our diets and daily habits.

What, exactly, is cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a naturally-occurring saturated fat (lipid) that our body needs for proper metabolism.

Long story short, there are high-density lipids (HDL) in our blood (HDL is the “good” cholesterol), and low-density lipids (LDL – the “bad” cholesterol) and triglycerides, all perfectly beneficial if kept in balance. When you hear about “high cholesterol,” it usually means that there’s too much LDL cholesterol and too little HDL cholesterol in the blood.

But our body automatically produces as much cholesterol as necessary, so we don’t need to foolishly boost those levels by eating the wrong foods or by not being physically active.

If there’s too much cholesterol in our blood and we can’t excrete it fast enough, it ends up being

The breakfast/lunch/dinner of champions Start off your day with a bowl of oatmeal or raisin bran with a banana and low-fat milk, or wholewheat toast with peanut butter, or some plain yoghurt with your own fresh fruits and nuts, all with fortified orange juice and a cuppa tea – and you are good to go for the rest of the day.

Don’t do the drive-thru Egg-and-Ham McBiscuit with hash browns or Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast burrito with a latte, or a stack of buttermilk pancakes with sausages at IHOP, or else you’ll be loaded down with carbs, sugars, salt and trans-fats for the rest of the day.

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least find restaurants within walking distance that offer real food – fresh, unadulterated, and sanely proportioned. Avoid vending-machine food, eateries offering all-you-can-eat buffets, and institutional cafeterias.

Plan your weekly dinners ahead of time when you shop, and learn to cook for yourself. Don’t order pizza for delivery or pick up some Chinese take-out on the way home from work.

If you need to nibble throughout the day, try unsalted nuts, homemade popcorn, a piece of fruit or a square of chocolate. Take responsibility for what you eat and how it affects your blood cholesterol levels.

deposited as a waxy sludge (plaque) on the walls of our blood vessels. Over time, these deposits thicken and create dam-like blockages, preventing blood from flowing to our heart or brain – which can trigger a catastrophic heart attack or stroke.

Unfortunately, the insidious build-up of plaque in our arteries is symptomless – until it’s too late.

That’s why lifelong monitoring for cholesterol levels (a simple blood test) is critical, especially if there’s a family history of arteriosclerosis or heart attacks.

At a minimum, everyone over 20 years old needs to be tested for cholesterol levels every five years, but more frequently as we get older, and/or if other risk factors come into play – obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure. And, as high cholesterol levels can be inherited (hypercholesterolemia), children should be proactively tested if their parents have a cardiovascular, metabolic or cholesterol-related ailments.

There is a class of medicines called statins (e.g.

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Trans-fats (aka hydrogenated vegetable oils and shortenings) are industrially-produced vegetable fats found in margarines, deep-fry oils, processed baked goods, and snack foods. They were originally marketed as healthier alternatives to the saturated fats found in animal and dairy products, but trans-fats also happened to keep processed foods moister and “fresher” for longer periods on the supermarket shelves. Frozen entrees, microwave popcorn, nondairy coffee creamer, cans of frosting, boxes of mac-and-cheese, and Kwiki-Mart hot-dogs – they are basically fast-foods with a long shelf-life.

The medical establishment has long sounded the alarm that human consumption of trans-fats vastly increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease, raises serum blood levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol while depressing levels of “good” HDL cholesterol, contributes to the national epidemic of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and may possibly contribute to the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, female infertility, and depression. But

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An avocado a day keeps the cardiologist away The good news is that some foods are natural cholesterol-busters – and you need to incorporate more of them into your daily diet.

Some foods listed below are high in soluble fiber, which absorbs excess cholesterol and pushes it through your body before it can leach into your bloodstream. Other foods contain healthy polyunsaturated fats, which lower LDL cholesterol levels, and others yet contain phytochemicals like sterols, which prevent the body from absorbing excess cholesterol. What they all have in common is that they are all plant-based foods. Pile your plate high with these before you reach for the meatloaf and gravy.

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consumer-protection change comes at glacial speed here in America. Until now.

In 2003, Denmark banned the use of trans-fats in processed foods; by 2009, there was a whopping 70% decrease in cardiovascular disease, compared to 1985 rates, and 50% fewer heart attacks.

In 2006, then-mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City succeeded in enforcing a ban on the use of trans-fats in all NYC restaurants. Not wanting to lose market share, major fast-food chains like McDonalds and KFC quickly found substitutes for trans-fats – and then began using them in their restaurants nationwide. Even Girl Scout cookies have switched to non-trans-fat ingredients!

Finally, after decades of fits and starts, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that trans-fats are not safe for human consumption, and have given food manufacturers and restaurants nationwide three years to phase them out of their recipes. The FDA estimates that this ban will result in 20,000 fewer heart attacks and 7,000 fewer deaths per year.

The human body’s internal systems developed to support all that vigorous physical activity. But if we’re always sedentary, then the body’s internal systems will get thrown off whack. And then if we add insult to injury by stuffing our faces with fake food, we’ll only have ourselves to blame for the damage.

If you want to become more physically active, you don’t have to train for a marathon or take out membership at a fitness club. Just take the stairs instead of an escalator, putz around in your garden, play Frisbee with your dog, stroll through a museum, practice yoga, Pilates, or Tai Chi. Use your body – don’t neglect or abuse it.

A weighty topic

Have you ever seen a fat vegetarian or SeventhDay Adventist? If you’ve ever traveled overseas, whether to Europe, Third World countries or the Far East, how many obese people have you seen?

Meanwhile, if you walk down Main Street America (including here on the South Coast), just about everyone is either overweight or obese.

In 2003, Denmark banned the use of trans-fats in processed foods; by 2009, there was a whopping 70% decrease in cardiovascular disease, compared to 1985 rates, and 50% fewer heart attacks.

Informed consumers are demanding fresher, healthier food choices, whether they’re cooking at home or eating out. Bill (“Big Mac Bubba”) Clinton switched to a vegan diet after his quadruple-bypass surgery. Consumers are flocking to “healthy” restaurants like Panera or Chipotle instead of Papa Gino’s and Wendy’s. At the 2013 Munich Oktoberfest (not exactly the low-cholesterol capital of the world), vegan entrees were offered on the Brauhaus menus for the first time.

“Get a life, will ya?”

If your latest Facebook selfie shows beer-bellied you and your muffin-topped BFFs slouching on the couch, munching on Whoppers and Doritos-anddip, smoking Marlboros and downing Margaritas, you are a heart attack waiting to happen. Or a stroke. Or Type 2 diabetes. This is the good life?

The human body is designed for vigorous physical activity – it’s why we evolved to have opposable thumbs and two legs, instead of four. We are built for sprinting, climbing, jumping, swimming, bending, dancing – yet too many of us spend our days just… sitting. In the car, at school, in the office, in front of a computer, on the living room couch.

We’re all scarfing down quarter-pounders with double-fries and a shake, or meat-eater pizzas and fully-loaded potato skins – while “over there,” they’re all “subsisting” on beans-and-rice or soupsand-salads or fish-and-noodles. They walk or ride bicycles everywhere. They cook and eat their simple meals together every day. They live longer, more-active, less-stressed lives than we do. And they suffer far lower rates of cardiovascular, metabolic, or cholesterol-related diseases than we do here in the “developed” world. Doh! According to a recent article in The Washington Post, the average American woman today weighs 166 lbs. – the exact weight of the average American male in the 1960s, when the average woman weighed 140 lbs.. Since the 1960s, we’ve been eating more and more at each meal, and especially more processed, junk and restaurant food.

But we didn’t scale up our physical activity to burn off all those extra calories – and, as a result, 30% of the U.S. population is now obese. More than half of our food dollars today are being spent on fast or processed foods, instead of on fresh, real food cooked at home.

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BY LAURA LATOUR / Partners Village Store

There is something about the month of September that makes me nostalgic, and I know I’m not alone. When cooler weather prevails and the harvest season begins, our biological rhythms and reptilian brains are primed to think of the coming winter and to reflect on the past year with premature nostalgia. That is why September is the best time to read books of history, especially “hometown histories.” If there was ever a time to look back at our shared past, it is now.

Jonnycakes and Cream: Rhode Island Voices: Classic New England Stories

By Lucy O’Connor Published by Hollis Publishing $30.00 hardcover Back in print after twenty years (this time in a handsome hardcover edition), Jonnycakes and Cream features a collection of oral histories from residents of Little Compton, Rhode Island. In their own words, residents offer an historic cross-section of life in a small New England town, noting how it has changed from a rural farming and fishing community to a more diversified and industrialized population with the advent of automobiles and the boom of local mills.

The personal histories in Jonnycakes and Cream – interviews, reminiscences, and poems – were collected and edited by Lucy O’Connor, herself a resident of Little Compton and an aficionado of local history. In the preface to the book, O’Connor states, “The town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, might well be considered only peripherally important by scholars of American history. Careful examination, however, will reveal the essence of American History can be found in Little Compton’s past.”

Jonnycakes and Cream offers a chance for readers to hear history directly from those who lived it.

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Who When Where in King Philip’s War

By Edward Lodi Published by Rock Village Publishing $19.95 paperback Author and editor of more than a half dozen books about King Philip’s War, Edward Lodi now presents, Who When Where in King Philip’s War. His latest tome is an alphabetical “Who’s Who” of the First Indian War. Comprised of approximately 450 entries (with a brief biographical sketch for each), Lodi focuses on various individuals – men, women, and children on both sides – who fought in the war, or were its victims, or who otherwise played significant or memorable roles.

Lodi spent years researching material for his book, and fits it all in to a surprisingly compact volume. In Who When Where in King Philip’s War, Lodi also gives an almost day-by-day chronological listing that begins with events leading up to the war and continuing until its tragic conclusion. Fans of Plymouth Colony history will be thrilled with this latest addition.

A Poetry of Stone: An Informal History

By Nancy Burkholder (a.k.a. A.E. Maslen) Published by the author $29.95 paperback In A Poetry of Stone, author and poet Nancy Burkholder delivers an ode to our “stone heritage.” She invites her audience to “travel with us as we take a personal journey.” Beautiful photographs by the author’s own son, Joshua Moffat Burkholder, illustrate the stone walls and formations located in and around Westport, Massachusetts.

Burkholder delves into Westport’s own geologic history and asks whether Native American’s were the first to utilize stone walls. Scattered throughout the book are the author’s original poems, singing the mysteries and praises of stone walls.

More than just an examination of stone walls, A Poetry of Stone explores Westport’s geologic formations with both history and art.

New Bedford Mansions: Historic Tales of County Street

By Peggi Medeiros Published by The History Press $21.99 paperback The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment, and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation’s finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city’s architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Streets’ elite.

Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable houseguests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford’s upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

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The Stories Houses Tell

By Various Authors Published by Little Compton Historical Society $15.00 paperback Published just this summer, this collection of “house histories” by the Little Compton Historical Society is an examination of nine historic properties in Little Compton and the fascinating stories and prominent families connected to them. The houses date from 1690 to 1955 and include seventeenth- and eighteenthcentury homes as well as a re-purposed World War II barracks and a one-room schoolhouse.

The Stories Houses Tell uses scholarly research to unveil the lives of not only the male homeowners but also the women, children, and servants who lived and worked in these homes, and presents their stories in an engaging easy-to-read style.

The book’s afterward was written by one of the country’s authorities on house histories, Marian Pierre-Louis, and includes detailed, step-by-step directions for researching your own house history.

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By John “Red” Cummings Published by Hillside Media $27.95 paperback What do ABC News anchor Morton Dean, Medal of Honor Recipient Tom Hudner, Sesame Street Music Composer Joe Raposo, and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz all have in common?

They were all educated in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Cream of the Crop is a collection of more than 260 mini-biographies highlighting local people who have paved the way in business, military, religion, education, and sports. From Bush administration Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Bill Reilly, to Grammy and Emmy Award Winner David Reitzas, to professional baseball players Russ Gibson and Brandon Gomes, author John Cummings chronicles the Spindle City’s best and brightest for all to cheer.

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DATELINE: SOUTH COAST

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It’s back to school and back to work! Enjoy September’s bounty of fresh foods, music and festivals—and cooler temperatures! across the region International traffic at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal got off to busy start this summer, with 400-foot-long cargo ships offloading turbine components for a wind farm in Plymouth.

The New Bedford Regional Airport has received $3,000,000 in federal grant money to upgrade its runways. (The Plymouth and Barnstable airports also received substantial funds.)

New Bedford songstress Samantha Johnson wowed the “America’s Got Talent” judges and audience in July during the “Judges’ Cuts” round – next stop, live at Radio City Music Hall! Stay tuned.

The New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge will be closed for repairs for a full weekend this month.

Stay tuned.

Taunton native Kyle Morrison, now a movie director in Hollywood, is trying to develop a pilot for a TV sitcom set in the Silver City called “The Plaza.” He’s seeking online crowdfunding for his project through IndieGogo.

It’s harvest time on the South Coast! Fill your baskets with fresh local produce, cheeses, jellies, wines and pies. To find a farm, vineyard or farmers market near you, visit www.semaponline.org, www. pickyourown.org, www.farmfresh.org, or www. localharvest.org.

Legislation is pending in Congress that could make attending local community colleges across the country free. Rep. William Keating (D-Mass.) is a co-sponsor of the bill.

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Massachusetts has been recognized as a leader in clean energy, especially solar power, by the national non-profit organization, The Clean Energy States Alliance.

The country’s first locally-sourced year-round public market has opened in Boston, and “Eat Drink RI” is hoping to open a similar market in Providence soon.

Massachusetts homeowners can expect a 9% increase in their home insurance premiums this year, due to last winter’s brutal weather.

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There’s long-range movement afoot to either build a third bridge across the Cape Cod Canal or to replace the narrow, 80-year old Bourne and Sagamore bridges. Despite the introduction of CapeFLYER train service, the predictable fourfold increase in summer vehicular traffic at the two bridges creates a logjam that reverberates throughout the entire South Coast.

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If you’re 50 or older, check out the trips sponsored by the New Bedford Senior Travel Program. There’s the RI Wine & Garden Tour September 9 and “The Odd Couple” at the Newport Playhouse September 16, On Golden Pond Cruise and Tilton Outlets September 23.

A multi-day trip October 4-6 will head for the Sands Bethlehem Casino in Bethlehem PA. For details, call 508-991-6171. The Marion Council on Aging will sponsor a trip to Isaac’s in Plymouth on September 21, and the Fall River Maritime Museum on October 19. Call 508-748-3570.

The 46th Annual Scallop Festival at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds in East Falmouth features new rides, competitions, and of course, more music food! September 18-20, 10 am-10 pm Friday and Saturday, 10 am-6 pm Sunday. This year general admission is $7, children ages 6-12 are $2, and children 5 and under are free. Learn more and buy discounted advance tickets at www.scallopfest.org

Don’t miss the Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet on September 12 & 13! For details, visit www. acushnet.ma.us.

There’s always something to see or do at the Capron Park Zoo. Call 774-203-1840 or go to www. capronparkzoo.com.

bristol Take the family to the Harvest Fair at the Coggeshall Farm Museum on September 19 & 20.

For details, visit www.coggeshallfarm.org or call 401-253-9062.

Stroll through the gardens at Blithewold! For info, call 401-253-2707 or go to www.blithewold. org.

The East Bay Bike Path from Providence to Bristol was voted the Best Bike Trail in Rhode Island by Yankee Magazine. Learn more at www.dot.ri.gov/ community/bikeri/eastbay.

If you’re a boat-lover, don’t miss the Herreshoff Marine Museum, home to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. Learn more at www.herreshoff.org.

carver Take the kids to Edaville Railroad for Dino Land or Thomas the Tank Engine train rides! For more info, visit www.edaville.com.

dartmouth Mark your calendar for the monthly Paskamansett Concert Series at the Dartmouth Grange Hall in Russells Mills – Four Bridges will perform on September 19. For more info, call 401241-3793, or visit www.paskamansettconcertseries. weebly.com Sign up for the 10th Slocum Challenge Regatta on September 19, or the Slocum River Sunset Kayak Tour on September 10, at the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth! For details, call 508990-0505 visit www.lloydcenter.org.

fairhaven Mark your calendar for the Feast Our Lady of the Angels September 5-7 in North Fairhaven! For info, call 508-990-0502.

Take the family to Fairhaven’s 3rd Annual Harvest Fun Day on October 10! Learn more at www. fairhaventours@aol.com or call 508-979-4085.

If you’re interested in the history of JapanAmerica ties, visit the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship House on the weekends in Fairhaven, where it all began. And don’t miss the 15th Manjiro Festival on October 3! Go to www.wmfriendshiphouse.org or call 508-995-1219 for details.

Meet your friends on Saturdays at the Oxford Book Haven and Café at the Church of the Good Shepherd in North Fairhaven. Fresh soups and desserts, used books on sale, and WiFi. To learn more, visit www.goodshepherdfairhaven.com or call 508-992-2281.

fall river After a seven-year delay, work has resumed on completing Fall River’s Quequechan River Rail Trail, which would eventually link up with the South Coast Bikeway and the East Coast Greenway.

Take a tour of America’s Fleet at Battleship Cove!

Call 508-678-1100 or vis it www.battleshipcove. org.

Check out the largest collection of Titanic memorabilia in the U.S., including the one-ton model used in the 1953 movie, at the Fall River Marine Museum in Battleship Cove. For more info, call 508-674-3533 or visit www.marinemuseumfr. org.

The Narrows Center for the Arts has a fabulous line-up – there’s Judy Collins on September 10, Quinn Sullivan September 25, Paula Cole October 10, Forever Young October 17, and much, much more! For a complete schedule, visit www. narrowscenter.com or call 508-324-1926.

Spend a Sunday afternoon exploring the colonial-era Lafayette-Durfee House in Fall River! Call 508-873-8230 or go to www. lafayettedurfeehouse.org.

Plan ahead for Oktoberfest at the Fall River Country Club on October 23. For more details, call 508-678-9374.

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If you live in the Sandy Beach or Maplewood neighborhoods of Fall River, call 617-977-1795 to schedule a visit from a professional forester from the MA Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

Calling all Fall Riverites, past and present! Stay in touch with your hometown, no matter where you live now, by checking out the new website www. fallriveralumninetwork.com.

The tiny East Branch Library in the Flint section of Fall River has closed its doors for good.

Check out what’s going on at the Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River. For more info, go to www.cmgfr.org or call 508-672-0033.

Celebrate summer with live music at Saturday Evening Serenades at the Fall River Historical Society! Catch Monica Ambroziak on August 22, Gary Farias on August 29, and The Morons Band on September 5. All concerts are from 6-8:30 pm.

Concerts are free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, buy some wine, beer, cocktails, or food, and enjoy the sounds of summer.

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October 9 - 10:00am-2:30pm Homeschool Day October 16 – 7:00pm Atwater & Donnelly Concert October 29 – 7:00pm Museum Movie Night Phantom Ship: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste November 14 – 3:00pm-4:30pm Member’s Reception Visit us online for complete events details and schedules.

little compton Relax and enjoy Sunday Afternoon Jazz at Sakonnet Vineyard, on the grounds of New England’s oldest vineyard! For a complete schedule, visit www.sakonnetwine.com.

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Your backyard matters… Gardening for Natural Landscapes, a day of morning presentations and afternoon tours of 8 Sakonnet meadows, fields, backyards and gardens sponsored by the Sogkonate Garden Club is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 12, 9 am - 4 pm. 9 - 12: talks at the Little Compton Community Center. 1 - 4: tours of private properties. This program is free and open to the public. Order a box lunch or BYO. To register and for more information email: sogkonate@cox.net

marion Prost! Don’t miss the Oktoberfest in Marion on September 12 – for info, call 508-758-2345 or go to www.oktoberfestmarion.com.

The Marion Council on Aging will sponsor a trip to Isaac’s in Plymouth on September 21, and the Fall River Maritime Museum on October 19. Call 508-748-3570.

Find out what’s happening at the Marion Natural History Museum. For info, go to www. marionmuseum.org or call 508-758-9089.

mattapoisett Explore the trails, wildlife, and scenery of the Mattapoisett River Reserve – leashed dogs welcome. Hike, fish, picnic, birdwatch – and it’s a great place for cross-country skiing, too! For more info, go to www.savebuzzardsbay.org.

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Spend some family time at the Soule Homestead. For more info, go to www. soulehomestead.org or call 508-947-6744.

Visit the Robbins Museum of Archeology – call 508-947-9005 or go to www.massarcheology.org.

middletown Both Middletown and Newport RI have banned smoking on their public beaches.

Talk a walk through the Norman Bird Sanctuary!

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new bedford Get ready for New Bedford’s Working Waterfront Festival on September 26! Free, family-friendly events, food and entertainment.

For details, call 508-993-8894 or visit www. destinationnewbedford.org.

Don’t miss WHALE’s 25th Annual International Wine Festival and Auction on October 2 at the State Pier in New Bedford! And stay for the next day’s event – the 10th Annual New Bedford Oktoberfest on October 3! For more info, visit www.waterfrontLeague.org and www. destinationnewbedford.org.

Don’t miss the American Superhero Zoo Night on September 11 at Buttonwood Park Zoo! For details, call 508-991-6178 or visit www.bpzoo.org.

Plan ahead for the New Bedford Seaport Chowder Festival on Pier 3 on October 18! For details, visit www.destinationnewbedford.org.

Enjoy the humor and music of the Scottish “North Sea Gas” at the Wamsutta Club in New Bedford on October 14. For info, call 508-509-2670 or go to www.detinationnewbedford.org/event/ north-sea-gas-concert.

Take a tour of the city’s historic district and the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park! For more info, go to www.nps.gov/nebe. And while you’re there, explore New Bedford’s evolution from a whaling port to an industrial giant at the new exhibit “Energy and Enterprise: Industry and the City of New Bedford” at the Whaling Museum. For more info, visit www.whalingmuseum.org or call 508-997-0046.

Take a scenic cruise of New Bedford Harbor aboard the Whaling City Harbor Tours from Pier 3, daily through September. Go to www. whalingcityexpeditions.com or call 508-984-4979.

Curtain time! “The Horrors of Doctor Moreau” will be performed by Your Theatre in New Bedford on September 10-14 and 17-20. For info, call 508-9930772 or go to www.yourtheatre.org.

Check out the “Summer Whites” vintage clothing exhibit through October at the RotchJones-Duff House. For more info, call 508-9971401 or visit www.rjdmuseum.org.

If you’re looking for ice cream or Del’s Lemonade on Pier 3, head for Dorothy Cox on the Waterfront, in the former harbormaster shack.

A month of history, arts, and culture: Calling all cyclists!

Sign up for the 9th Annual Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride from Westport to Woods Hole on October 4! Register for “Bike for Clean Water” at www.savebuzzardsbay.org/ride

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Visit Bristol’s Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum! For info, call 401-253-2707 or go to www.blithewold.org.

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Visit the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park! For more info, go to www.nps.gov/nebe.

And while you’re there, explore the Whaling Museum. For more info, visit www.whalingmuseum.org

Take a tour of America’s Fleet

Visit Battleship Cove to honor the history of these historic National Landmarks and the brave individuals who served aboard them. Call 508678-1100 or visit www.battleshipcove.org. Also stop by the Fall River Marine Museum to view the largest collection of Titanic memorabilia in the U.S. For more info, call 508-674-3533 or visit www.marinemuseumfr.org.

It’s all happenin’ at the Z! Head for the Zeiterion for Joan Armatrading on September 25. Go to www.zeiterion.org or call 508-999-6276.

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If you’re a fan of Americana and roots music, check out the monthly Salon Concerts at the Wamsutta Club. For details, go to www. wamsuttaconcerts.com.

Take a Sunday drive to the Raynham Flea Market, voted the Best Flea Market in the state by Yankee Magazine. For info, call 508-823-8923 or go to www.raynhamflea.com.

Spend a Sunday afternoon touring the colonialera Martin House Farm! For more info, email Diana at badg2@verizon.net.

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Relax with live jazz and a glass of wine at Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth – for a schedule of events, call 401-847-3777 or go to www.greenvale.com.

Annie’s Unique Boutique will host a Fall Fashion Show on Sunday, September 20 6pm – 8pm at Ma Raffa’s Restaurant to raise money for the Firefighters Wives Assoc. See the latest in Fall Fashions direct from NYC at Somerset Prices and help a wonderful local organization. 20% of all sales that night will be donated to FFWA who helps local folks who get burned out by fire. Check www. facebook.com/anniesuniqueboutique for details.

tiverton The Sandywoods Center for the Arts will present Louis Leeman & Chuck Williams on October 16, and contra dancing on the third Wednesday of every month. For a complete schedule, go to www. sandywoodsmusic.com or call 401-241-7349.

Find out what’s happening at Tiverton Four Corners! Get details at www.fourcornersarts.org.

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Don’t miss the Kite Festival on September 5. For more info, go to www.onsetbay.org.

After being closed for a year, the Spinney Library in Onset Village has reopened.

Make a big splash at Water Wizz, the South Coast’s best aquatic amusement park! For more info, call 508-295-3255 or go to www.waterwizz. com.

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Plan ahead for the Farmstead Feast at Sampson Farm on September 5. For details, visit www. farmfresh.org or call 508-674-2733.

Enjoy 18th and 19th-century crafts at the free Handy House Artisan Fair in Westport on September 26! For more info, visit www.wpthistory. org or call 508-636-6011.

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Fall Farm Fun Country Vegetable Stand Open weekends: Fri 1-6, Sat & Sun 11-5

Ice Cream Stand

Open: Mon-Fri 1-8:30, Sat & Sun 11-8:30 October: Weekends only Fri 1-8:30, Sat & Sun 11-8:30

Pumpkin Patch Hayrides & Corn Maze Every Sat & Sun 11-5

Spooky Sundae

Every Fri, Sat, & Sun night 7-9 pm • Suitable for all ages

Bring a flashlight, go on a dark hayride then walk through the maze and finish by making your own sundae! Suitable for all ages...

Let your imagination run wild!

361 Marvel Street • Swansea, MA

508-944-1775 • 508-673-5721 www.simcockfarm.com

Escobar Farm Corn Maze

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY:

255 Middle Road • Portsmouth, RI 401-683-1444 • 401-864-1064

www.EscobarsHighlandFarm.com Open daily through Labor Day

After Labor Day Friday: 3:30-dusk Saturday: 10-dusk Sunday: 11-dusk

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ARMATRADING SOLO WORLD TOUR

Open midweek for groups with reservations

Coming this fall, hayrides, cow train rides, pick your own pumpkins and scarecrow making!

Special Events: Military Appreciation 8/28 -8/30 Grandparents Day........9/13 Harry Potter Day......... 9/19

IT BEGINS WITH A TICKET...

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508-994-2900

Zeiterion Performing Arts Center

NEW BEDFORD

parking available adjacent garage

Pumpkin Festival........ 9/26 Halloween Party....... 10/25

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ON MY MIND

Following my own path

by Paul Kandarian

There’s a path we all usually follow in life. We are born, we grow, we marry, have children, our parents die and we take their place, as do our children, in the continuum of life.

My father died two years ago on August tenth. My mother followed a scant five weeks later.

It sounds harsh, and it was a very tough time for the family, but that’s the path of life. They were old, they got sick and died, leaving children and grandchildren behind.

The natural evolution, the usual progression of generational life to death, is normal. But doesn’t make it any easier to take. What they leave behind in us does.

I’d like to say there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of them, but that’s not the case. Initially it was, but then life takes over and, as they’d want us to, we move on, get on with our business of being, for ourselves and our children.

I do think of them often, always filled with a mix of sadness and joy that gives way to a warm contentment over their memory, of what they meant to me. And did for me.

I have a fat orange tabby cat who, as I write this, snoozes next to me on my crowded desk, taking up a huge chunk of space with his 16-pound body.

I look at him, scratch his head, revel in his purring, and think of my mother. Always.

Mom was a cat lady, and not the crazy kind with a dozen felines soiling the house. At most, we had two at a time, never more. My dad wouldn’t allow it but if she could, my mom would’ve welcomed a houseful of cats as eagerly as grandchildren.

We had a string of great cats in my youth, the best and friendliest and weirdest of which were orange tabbies. Like my Mickey, the fat golden beast

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now snoozing to my right.

My mother was the kind of person who couldn’t get enough of cats. And that includes on TV. I remember watching the old “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” show and whenever they’d show lion or tiger cubs, she’d lean toward the TV and

There’s a picture of my dad in my office I took years ago, his face full and robust and bearded, a cigar clenched in his teeth, a slight smile on his lips and eyes full of delight at being the center of attention. extend her hands, motioning as if squeezing their cheeks and practically crying , exuding the kind of happy passion that only a serious cat-loving woman can.

One of my best memories of youth was taking a family trip to Florida, and going to a wild animal preserve where they allowed patrons to handle lion

cubs. My mother and I kissed and hugged everyone, clearly in total cat heaven – as I’m sure she is now, surrounded by dozens of cubs to hug, kiss, and love for eternity.

From my mother I also got my love of cooking.

She was full-blooded Italian and was ethnically predisposed to being a fantastic cook, and I was constantly at her side, helping, learning and making mistakes she’d happily and gently correct. I’m a pretty good home cook now. I owe that to her.

My father also lives on in so many ways, most good, some bad, the latter including a quick temper. But he was also equally quick to forgive, and I like to think I got that from him as well.

My father was, in every sense of the word, the life of the party. In his last years or so, especially after my mom was confined to a nursing home with Alzheimer’s disease, he showed his age, bowed, battered, miserable, clinging to an existence he hated. Those last ten years are what I remembered most, because they were the most recent.

But days after his death, a cousin sent me a video clip of my dad coming into a family barbecue (when he was about my age now) owning the place and everyone in it, shaking hands, laughing, smiling, telling my cousin with the camera to “get my good side,” and then, with cigar in hand, launching into his best Jimmy Cagney impersonation, signaling with a finger to the throat to “cut” as he sat down smiling.

My dad always wanted to be an actor and a writer; his youthful writings, while overly dramatic,

had a flair, an ease about them, an embellished way of expressing himself. He loved travel, too, always eager to find what was around the next corner, curiosity never satisfied, just heightened for more.

That I am now a writer making a living with words, a traveler always looking around the next corner, and an actor at home in front of a camera is no small coincidence. It is happy genetics. I became what he longed to be, the seed planted by a man whose shoulders I still stand upon to make it happen.

And now I have a grandson, Michael Everett Taylor, his middle name that of his great

grandfather. He has my mom’s beautiful blue eyes and my dad’s quick laugh. He embodies all of the best they had to offer. I hope I can offer as much.

There’s a picture of my dad in my office I took years ago, his face full and robust and bearded, a cigar clenched in his teeth, a slight smile on his lips and eyes full of delight at being the center of attention.

It has curled a bit, facing me as I work, watching, guiding, loving. I turn to it often, seeking advice and comfort. He never fails to deliver that, as both my parents did every day of our lives together.

There’s a path we usually follow in life. I am forever in their debt for helping me carve mine.

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Brandon Woods of dartmouth & new Bedford Community BAsed serviCes

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Please call Cr ystal Macedo, Admission Coordinator @ 508.958.5920

Adult dAy HeAltH Center transportation provided to the following communities: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River, New Bedford, Westport program open monday-saturday Program Hours 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM Program provides breakfast, lunch & afternoon snack •Manage medical needs & provides nursing services •Specialized program to meet Dementia & Alzheimer’s needs •Rehabilitation services are available Local ASAP Funding available We accept Mass Health, Senior Whole Health & private pay Minimum of 2 days up to 6 days a week program attendance for Mass Health, Senior Whole Health members multi-lingual staff: Spanish, Creole, & Portuguese

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Gardeners Day Thursday, October 8th, 2015

Style – Inside and Outside the Home featuring The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Beekman 1802

Ed Bowen, Opus Nursery

Katherine Tracey, Avant Gardens

Luncheon by Russell Morin Fine Catering • Vendors • Raffle Thursday, October 8th, beginning at 10:00 am

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Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum 101 Ferry Road, Bristol RI 02809 For more information go to www.bithewold.org

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NYC Fashions at Somerset prices + High-end women’s clothing on consignment

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harron Furtado and Karen Santos of The Firefighters Wives Assoc. are modelling just a couple of the outfits you will see at our Fashion Show. Join us from 6-8PM on Sunday, September 20 at Ma Raffa’s Restaurant at 1142 County St. in Somerset. Ma’s will donate 20% of all food sales that night to FFWA and anyone making a donation to FFWA will receive $5 Anniebucks good on your next visit to the boutique. We will also donate 20% of any sales from the show. Please come to show your support for this wonderful local organization.

Rose vermeil cuff, $410.

Necklace, $145.

Hours: Sunday Noon-5PM, Mon - Sat 10AM -5PM

(508) 673-0561 Swansea Crossing Plaza ~ Swansea, MA www.plantejewelers.com

508-243-5428 • AnniesUniqueBoutique.com

OPEN TUESDAY – FRIDAY 10-5:30 PM, SATURDAY 10-5 PM

1049 County St. • Somerset, MA

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Clifton

HEALTHCARE CAMPUS

WILBUR AVENUE, SOMERSET, MASSACHUSETTS

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CLIFTON REHABILITATIVE NURSING CENTER 508-675-7589

CLIFTON ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY 508-324-0200

Compassion Dignity Comfort CLIFTON OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION CLINIC 508-675-0328

 Transitional Care  Short-Term Rehab  Assisted Living

CLIFTON HOSPICE SERVICES (A community hospice agency) 508-675-7583

 Outpatient Rehab  Long-Term Care  Hospice Care

Clifton is a fourth generation local family organization that, since 1954, has been providing the highest quality of healthcare services to your community, which is also our community.

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