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GO GREEN New, clean heating Pick the right bulb

FOOD & WINE Make Gram’s pie Finding faults not fun Have a healthy Thanksgiving

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“He demonstrated his ability to perform within a short time.”

In fact, with Ed’s help and support, Charles says he was able to double the growth of his business in just five years.

“We were so impressed, we recommended Ed to our family and friends who own businesses.”

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NOVEMBER 2011

Contents In Every Issue

GREEN SOUTH COAST

THINGS TO DO

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From the publisher

On my mind: Wash away the gray

by Elizabeth Morse Read

HAPPENINGS

By David M. Prentiss

Visit CoastalMags.com for things to do.

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Cotton Bicentennial Ball

by Elizabeth Morse Read

FOOD NOTES

by The Celtic Cricket

COVER STORY

Pick the right bulb

Tarot-Scopes

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FLASH

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Dateline: South Coast

Book Picks: Harvest treats

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Hallelujah! And more

By Joyce Rowley

by Paul E. Kandarian

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Heating goes green

Westport wines

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A Healthy Thanksgiving

by Melissa Tavares

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Make Gram’s pie

By Andrea M. Gilbert

By Stacie Charbonneau Hess

Wine NOTES Pizza that make a difference

By Paul Letendre

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Faulted wine fails

By Alton Long

BUSiNESS

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French connections

By Stephen C. Smith

NB Park growing

by Jay Pateakos

ON THE COVER Take a moment to sit outside before the cold winds drive us indoors. This vine covered arbor at Westport Vineyard and Winery makes a perfect spot.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER November 2011 / Vol. 15 / No. 11 Published by Coastal Communications Corp.

Ignore the mall decorations (and maybe those on the house next door), it’s not the Holidays, not yet; it’s still fall.

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Ljiljana Vasiljevic

So have some fun.

Editors Joe Murphy Michael J. Vieira, Ph.D.

Stacie Charbonneau Hess pops the cork on our local sparkling wine producer, Westport Rivers. November

Contributors

is a good month to take a ride in the country and enjoy

The Celtic Cricket, Stacie Charbonneau Hess, Andrea M. Gilbert, Paul E. Kandarian, Paul Letendre, Alton Long, Tom Lopes, Jay Pateakos, David M. Prentiss, Elizabeth Morse Read, Joyce Rowley, Stephen C. Smith, Melissa Tavares

Champagne-style and other wines on a cool afternoon.

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Another often overlooked South Coast neighbor is Warren, RI. The main street is dotted with small shops and Paul Letendre suggests you venture a bit further for a visit to Federal Hill Pizza.

After tasting a slice, your mouth may want to sing, “Hallelujah!” but you might want to wait to join choruses from across the South Coast when they sing Handel’s Messiah with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. David M. Prentiss provides the details.

Deadline 20 days prior to publication.

Okay, Thanksgiving is coming, so we pay special attention to food this

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discover other great places to eat and shop in our advertisements.

And with November, comes cooler weather and less daylight? So save money by using the right light bulb. Elizabeth Morse Read provides some pointers, and Joyce Rowley suggests alternative energy sources for home heating.

and harvest some good books. For up-to-date listings and things to do go to www.coastalmags.com.

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ON MY MIND

A man’s a man for a’ that

by Paul E. Kandarian

There are things a man is not meant to do.

He is not meant to leave the seat down. The toilet seat is a fairly recent occurrence so evolution hasn’t yet allowed us to comprehend putting the seat down. From my extensive Internet research that lasted a full three seconds, I found that Tom Bradney invented the toilet seat in 1927, so we can blame him for being the first one to leave it up. And most likely blame his wife for being the first woman to complain about it.

He is not meant to believe what he reads on the Internet, unless it’s funny or goofy or fits his needs. In the aforementioned toilet-seat case, that would be all three.

He is not meant to stop for directions, owing to the eons of wandering around on foot when there weren’t any gas stations. Where he could have gotten directions. And used the toilet.

And left the seat up.

And from personal experience, I’m here to say a man wasn’t meant to visit a beauty salon. I did and didn’t come out any more beautiful, as the name “beauty,” to me, a simple man, would somehow imply.

This bears explanation. I was in a play at the Alley Theater in Middleboro, a terrific venue used by a terrific theater company, Nemasket River Productions, which I’ll say terrific things about in case they want to do something foolish like have me back.

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We did Pinter’s dark British comedy, “Betrayal,” and my character was supposed to be a book publisher, age 40.

OK, I’m 58, how hard could THAT be to pull off? I mean really, 18 years, it’s not that long. Well, maybe in the life expectancy of a cat or a dog or honest politician. But I’m an actor, I can pretend to be 40-ish. Hell, I live my life pretending to be 12-ish. OK, so that’s not pretending.

But playing 40-ish would be a stretch, what with the gray hair that’s left around that big bald part atop.

And yeah, that sagging flesh and crow’s feet that I swear weren’t there until I started thinking they might because I wanted to pretend to be 40ish. So I thought well, maybe if they don’t use actual lights in the show, you know, keep the audience in the dark, I can certainly sound 40-ish, no?

No. Audiences are fussy about actually being able to see, though no small print on any theater ticket I have ever seen ever offered that sort of vision guarantee. The small-print people may want to look into this.

So the artistic director of Nemasket, Merrie Mizaras, a delightful lady of contagious, unfettered optimism, had what she, in her contagious, unfettered optimistic way, thought was a good idea.

“Get your hair dyed!” she said, brimming with optimism, unfettered but in this case, non-contagious.

“You…you mean like.. dyed?” I an-

swered simply because I am, as I say, a simple man.

“Yes, it’s nothing, men do it all the time,” she continued, quite sure she was onto something I wasn’t quite sure about.

“But..you mean..oh, do it myself, at home?”

“No, no, no, at a salon,” she said.

“Professionally. I have just the guy!”

Turns out, that guy was Billy Purcell, at J. Williams Hair and Nail Salon in Brockton. Hair and nails? I bite my nails, so that ruled that out, and there’s not much hair left, either. But Merrie insisted and Merrie is, in addition to brimming with unfettered, contagious optimism, quite insistent.

So I went. To my very first hair salon.

Where the second I walked in, I got more butterflies in my stomach than I ever got on stage. For one thing. salons are so … estrogenic, to say the least.

Besides Billy and myself, there were only women in there. And women’s hair products, brushes, combs, all the doo-dads of a salon that when I looked at rows of them, gave me that befuddled feeling that all those numbers in math books used to.

Billy, a fine, relaxing guy, put me in a chair, but it threw me. I mean, I’m used to barber chairs, big and clunky and fat. This was small and stylish

and sleek. And the place didn’t reek of aftershave, which to a man in a barber shop is as comforting as the old Sports Illustrateds. Didn’t see any of those, by the way, just Cosmos and Glamours touting things like thinner thighs in 30 days and guarantees of a fuller sex life, the former something never discussed in a barber shop, the latter… well yeah, in one form or another.

Then Billy worked his magic, first waxing parts of my face and head to keep the dye off them, putting on a rubber glove to keep the dye off him, and then squirting dye into my hair, leaving it on for five minutes before someone washed it out.

Then there I was, in the mirror, looking at a guy I prayed looked at least youngerish than before, with the dark, brown hair he used to have.

I looked really, really hard and convinced myself I did look younger, and Billy said I did, and so have others.

Know what? I don’t care if I look 18 years younger or 18 minutes, at 58, I’ll take it.

I’m told more men visit salons these days, not just for hair treatments, but manicures and pedicures and all that other metrosexual stuff that was long only in the female realm. Will I be back? Not likely. Unless Billy can make me 18 years younger—on the inside.

SPECIAL EVENTS Veterans Day Parade Friday, November 11 Main Street, 10:00 a.m.

Veterans will march and ride from Oxford School to Fairhaven High School where a ceremony will be held on the lawn.

Veteran’s Day Dinner Dance Saturday, November 12 Town Hall, 40 Center St. 6:30 to 11:00 p.m.

Catered dinner and live music, sponsored by the Fairhaven Improvement Association. $25 pp.

Call 508-993-1064 or 508-9947266 for tickets. Limited seating.

Nemasket Holiday Bazaar Saturday, November 19 Nemasket Group 56 Bridge St. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arts, crafts, luncheon & more.

Bicentennial Committee Silent Auction Saturday, November 19 Town Hall 40 Center St. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Great gift baskets and other items to raise money for next year’s Bicentennial events.

Indoor Farmers Market Sunday, November 20 Nemasket Group 56 Bridge St. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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DATELINE: SOUTH COAST

News, views and trends... from Mount Hope Bay to Buzzards Bay

by Elizabeth Morse Read

Across the Region There’s a nip in the air and many warm weather activities are shutting down, but don’t think there’s nothing to do on the South Coast! Put on a sweater and get outside, and check out what’s going on everywhere—not just in your own backyard.

Pre-holiday family fun, church bazaars, loads of theatre, music and spectacle—many farmers markets may be closed for the season, but you can still find fresh local food near you by going to www.semaponline.org or www.farmfresh.org n Or check out what’s available for everyone in the family at your local YMCA—go to www.ymcasouthcoast. org for informatio. Seniors!—get out of the house—contact your town’s council on aging or senior center to find out about day-trips, activities, special holiday events.

Oh, no—Say it ain’t so!! Friendly’s Ice Cream has filed for bankruptcy??

That pesky black bear is still wandering around—shouldn’t it be going into hibernation soon? If you’d like to see a map of this year’s bear sightings, go to Sippican@VillageSoup.com n

Attleboro n Support the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Live Benefit Art Auction on Nov. 5. For details, call 508-222-2644 x13 or go to www.attleboroartsmuseum.org.

No matter where you live, make sure to visit the annual Festival of Lights at the LaSallette Shrine starting Thanksgiving Day. Call 508-222-5410. n

Learn relief printmaking at a 4-week workshop starting Nov. 2. Go to www. learnconnect.com or call 401-2749330 for more info. n

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $1.6 million to the SRTA for public transportation improvements on the South Coast, including a new bus terminal in Fall River and two new buses in New Bedford to replace some of its aging fleet. n

Movie-makers big and small are lovin’ the South Coast! Indie film Frank the Bastard recently shot scenes in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Westport—and read below to see what’s happened in Raynham! n

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n Listen to the music at the Stone Church Coffee House! For a schedule, call 401-253-4813 or go to www. churchstreetcoffeehouse.com

Enjoy acoustic rock and country with Jim Harvey on Nov. 26 at The Lobster Pot. For more info, call 401253-319.

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Experience life in 18th century New England at the Coggeshall Farm. Go to www.coggeshallfarm.org or call 401253-9062 for a complete schedule.

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Carver n The Edaville Railroad is back and better than ever! Find out what you and the kids can enjoy this holiday season by going to www.edaville.com or calling 508-866-8190.

Dartmouth If you’re thinking about going back to school, sign up for the UMass/Dartmouth Open House on Nov. 5. For undergraduate programs, call 508999-8605; for graduate programs, 508-999-8606; for professional/continuing education, 508-999-0202 – or register online at www.umass.edu/ openhouse. UMass/Dartmouth has been awarded $3.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to help area educators improve K-12 teaching in science, technology, engineering and math skills. n

n Support the Humane Society & Shelter South Coast’s fundraiser, celebrating 100 years of caring for homeless animals Nov. 5. For more info, go to www.hsssc.org or call 508-995-6661.

The Lloyd Center for the Environment has received $50,000 from the Motorola Solutions Foundation to support the Center’s Climate Science Learning Project, which engages area students and educators in hands-on science learning activities. Learn more at www.lloydcenter.org n

Fairhaven

n Don’t miss the ongoing activities and exhibits like “Women Protecting US” at Battleship Cove. Go to www. battleshipcove.org or call either 508678-1100 or 1-800-533-3192. Or enjoy a “princess party” at the Carousel at Battleship Cove, Nov.12. Call 508-6781100 for details.

Check out the Victorian Christmas exhibit at the Fall River Historical Society starting Nov. 19. Call 508-6791071 for details.

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Spend Thursdays (except Thanksgiving Day) from 10-2 at the Oxford Book Haven and Café at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Affordable used books and home-cooked food and beverages. Go to www.good shepherdfairhaven.com or call 508992-2281 (they also host open mike nights on the second Saturday of the mont—go to www.openmikes.org).

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Continued from previous page n Lightolier is building the tallest wind turbine in the state at its Industrial Park location. n St. Anne’s Hospital will be adding a cardiac catheterization lab and new private patient rooms, a $35 million project.

City residents, especially students, night-shift workers and the elderly, are petitioning for expanded bus service—none is now offered evenings or on Sundays. n

Marion Check out the Holiday Shop at the Marion Arts Center starting Nov. 18. Call 508-748-1266 for more information. n

Mattapoisett n The Marine Advisory Board has presented a draft of a Water Management Plan to the Board of Selectmen.

Areas deemed not suitable for recreation, navigation or mooring could be opened up for commercial aquaculture. n Don’t miss the Old Rochester Regional High School’s Drama Club production of The Triangle Factory Fire Nov. 17-20. For more information, contact Lisa Cardoza at 508-758-6762.

New Bedford n

Don’t forget to vote on Nov. 8!!

n Enjoy an evening of free fun at AHA! Night, Nov. 10. Go to www. ahanewbedford.org or call 508-9968253 for a full schedule of events.

Laugh it up at Your Theatre’s production of How I Learned To Drive, Nov. 10-13 and 17-20. Call 508-993-0772 or visit www.yourtheatre.org n

Check out what’s happening at the

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New Bedford Art Museum (508-9970046 or www.newbedfordartmuseum.org) and the Whaling Museum (www.whalingmuseum.org or 508997-0046), and don’t miss the excitement at the Ocean Explorium – call 508-994-5400 or go to www.oceanexplorium.org Have a “zooper” story time for toddlers at the Buttonwood Park Zoo on Thursdays. Call 508-991-4566 or visit www.bpzoo.org or make a holiday wreath at the Zoo on Nov. 27. n

Check out the “Bittersweet Bazaar” at the Grace Episcopal Church on Nov. 12. Go to www.gracechurchnb.org or call 508-993-0547 for details. n

n There’s lots on the schedule at the Zeiterion this month – The Jake Hill Band Nov. 4, Doo Wop 6 Nov.6 – or celebrate the 55th anniversary of the classic film “Moby Dick” on Nov. 3, followed on Nov. 4 by a stage production of the great American novel. Or how about a family day Nov. 6 watching a lavish production of The Wizard of Oz, or an evening of fado with Ana Vinagre Nov. 10, or Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX Nov 18. For a complete schedule and information, contact the Z at 508-994-2900 or go to www.zeiterion.org n Check out the Holiday Fair at Holy Family/Holy Name Nov. 6 (508-9933547 or www.hfhn.org) or the Holiday Bazaar at St. Anthony of Padua Church the same day (508-993-1619 or www.saintanthonynewbedford. com)

And save the date to experience the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra playing at St. Anthony’s on Nov 27!

For details go to www.nbsymphony. org n

Bristol Community College’s New Bedford campus will be offering a pilot evening program to help high school students at risk of dropping out. n

n The city’s Historical Society has received a $25,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation for improvements on the Nathan and Mary Johnson

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house, a National Historic Landmark, which played a pivotal role in the 19th century abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad, housing many runaway slaves, including Frederick Douglass.

The Greater New Bedford Community Health Center has joined with the UMass/Worcester Medical School to allow medical students to participate in clinical clerkships as part of their training. n

n Support the Neediest Family Fund by attending the “Souper Bowl Supper at the Café Funchal Nov. 5. Handcrafted ceramic bowls are included in the price of the tax-deductible donation. For more info, call 508-979-4497 or email ksorensen@s-t.com n For the 11th straight year, New Bedford has been ranked the #1 fishing port in the country, landing over $300 million in seafood in 2010, a 23% increase over 2009.

Plymouth n Experience Thanksgiving celebrations in America’s hometown —a three-day family-fun event the weekend before Thanksgiving. Call 508-746-1818 for complete details.

Portsmouth Get ready for some foot-stompin’ music at Common Fence Music, 933 Anthony Road. For a schedule of events, call 401-683-5085 or go to www.commonfencemusic.org n

n Bring the kids and be “a-mazed” through Nov. 6 at the corn maze at Escobar’s. For information go to www. escobarshighlandffarm.com or call 401-683-1444.

Providence n Salut! Prosit! Indulge in the Savory Grape Wine Festival on Nov. 5 at The Dorrance, to benefit the RI Community Food Bank (call 401-886-9463 for info), then mosey on over to the Great International Beer Festival at the RI Convention Center the same day! For details call 401-274-3234. n Be dazzled by the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China at Rhode Island College Nov. 9—call 401456-8144 for complete details.

Enjoy the free “Gallery Night Providence” art scene event Nov. 17—call 401-490-2042 for details. n

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Get in the act at the Providence Performing Arts Center! Catch Les Miserables Nov. 1-6 or How the Grinch Stole Christmas Nov. 15-20. Call 402421-2787 or go to www.ppacri.org.

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Check out the “Holiday Market Extravaganza” Nov. 25 & 26 at the RI Convention Center (call 401-374-3899 for details).

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n Lend an ear to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Nov. 25 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center—call 401-865-GOPC for information.

Clybourne Park will be running at Trinity Rep until Nov. 20, and A Christmas Carol starts Nov. 18 --For details, go to www.trinityrep.com or call 401-351-4242. n

Raynham Universal Pictures used Raynham Park to film scenes for the upcoming supernatural action film R.I.P.D. starring Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Bacon. n

The largest Thai Buddhist temple outside of Bangkok will be built in Raynham, due to be completed in 2013. n

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Our Rehabilitation Programs are ideal for short-term rehab care after surgery or a hospital stay. The Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy programs are designed to get superior results and ultimately a safe return home.

n If you’re heading for the Swansea Mall this shopping season, forget about using the Wood Street route; the bridge is still out, since the flood of March 2010, and will not open in the forseeable future. Stick to Route 6.

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Wareham All aboard!! Put the kids in their pj’s and hop onto the Cape Cod Central Railroad’s “Polar Swan’s Express Train” on Nov. 26 or 27. Tickets are on sale at the Wareham Center or can be reserved at www.warehamvillageassociation.com n

Bring your recipe to the “Make It Better With Cranberries” contest at the Tihonet Village Market Nov. 19. For information, call 508-295-5437. n

n Get ready for Christmas at the Enchanted Christmas Village activities starting Nov. 25. For more info, call 508-295-5437. n Uh, oh—the US Postal Service is looking into shutting down the town’s mail processing facility and consolidating its function with the Providence distribution center.

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Local treasure Westport Rivers’ wines and “Champagne-style” Gold

by Stacie Charbonneau Hess

Wine, for most of us, is what we drink after a long day of work, to unwind, slow down, and enjoy time with family with friends. But for the Russell family of Westport Rivers Vineyards & Winery, wine is a way of life—planting, growing, nurturing, harvesting and finally, producing the very glass that the rest of us will have the opportunity to enjoy.

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Wines a new thing It’s only in the past twenty-five years in our South Coast region that anyone was even brave enough to consider planting a vineyard and carry out the long tradition of making wine.

What kind of grapes can grow in what many would consider such an inhospitable growing environment, at least six months of the year? To answer that question, one would only have to take a sip of the 2005 RJR Westport Vineyards Champagne-style Brut.

This particular wine has far surpassed all expectations of what New England soil, along with love, skill and attention, might be able to achieve. It’s been served in two White Houses, and literally put Westport Vineyards on the international map as an established, award-winning vineyard.

If you ask the Russell family, the founders of the vineyard, what it takes to create a world-class wine, they might tell you: soil and sunlight. Yet you know that there is more to it than this.

As the Russell family explains on their website, westportrivers.com, “Our great unexplored territory, Massachusetts’ grown wine, is a blank canvas begging for exploration and creativity.”

So in addition to the now-famous RJR Brut Champagne-style, (it has to be called Champagne-style because only the sparkling wine grown in the Champagne region of France can officially be called champagne) Westport

Vineyards current releases run the gamut of what sun, soil and perseverance can achieve.

Something to see Whether you bring your significant other or your entire family, there is something to see, taste and enjoy at Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery.

The Company Store is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, all year. The vineyard is closed to the public on Sundays and major holidays.

In November, take a tractor-pulled hay ride (Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., $5 a person, which includes a souvenir pumpkin from the pumpkin patch) through the glorious vineyards, up and down the hillsides that produce the luscious grapes that Westport Rivers is known for: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rkatsiteli, a Russian-style wine whose grapes grown here originate from Long Island.

On Saturdays, tours of the vineyard are offered at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and open to the public (tours of 10 people or more require a reservation).

After the hayride, treat yourself to a tasting ($8 per person, with souvenir etched-logo wine glass to take home) and decide which among the new releases is your favorite. You’ll try between five and six wines. You can expect to taste several of these current releases.

What’s available? n “2006 Westport Brut ‘Robert James Russell—a superb, traditional-method sparkler with loads of lovely, frothy mousse. Lively aromas of pear, apple, white cherry and subtle toast float over flavors of bright fruit and mouthwatering acidity.” n “Grace – an aperitif Chardonnay seven years in the making. To make Grace is deceptively simple. We take our estate-grown eau de vie of Chardonnay and blend it with brilliant, fresh-pressed Chardonnay juice, then age it in French oak. When given the elements of time to evolve, the results are nothing short of heavenly.

Aromatics of lemon zest, rich toast and ripe pears lay across sweet, succulent fruit. The flavors and aromas of our sun-drenched season become a blessing for us today.” n “2009 Pinot Gris ‘Winemaker Selection. ’Each year we’ve made Pinot Gris, I’ve experimented with different techniques of harvesting this amazing grape. In 2009, we picked by machine and let the grapes sit in the press, juice and all, for several hours before pressing. By doing so, some of the color and aromatics from the skin enter into the wine. What you’ll experience as you enjoy this bottle is the as rich aromas of mixed fruit, ripe pears, and quince are kissed by citrussy lemon and tangerine…I’m truly pleased with the results.” n Pineau de pinot: Estate-grown pinot noir juice blended with estate-grown eau de vie. Delicious, pinot noir fruit with toasty barrel notes. Like no aperitif/dessert wine you’ve likely ever had.

We are able to capture the pure essence of the vintage by blending some of our specially-distilled estate-grown eau de vie, with pinot noir juice. We age it in French oak for a year and the result in sure to blow you away.”

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For visitors from far away, for holiday gift-giving, or for those of us who just can’t get enough, Westport Rivers offers a wine club that delivers their signature wines straight to your door three times a year. With many club benefits, including a 25% discount on all wine purchases, this just may be the way to get through the chilly winter, until the warm sun shines again in earnest.

To find out more, visit the winery website at: www.westportrivers.com or call (508) 626-3423, or—best yet— visit in person at 417 Hixbridge Road in Westport.

Westport Rivers is one of the many New England wineries found along the Coastal Wine Trail. More information about the Coastal Wine Trail, including a great map, can be found at the www.farmcoast.com blog.

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Traveling in the land of cafés and croissants

by Stephen C. Smith

Excursions from home always provide new perspectives on the South Coast, no matter how far you roam. Other parts of the U.S. provide great insights, but traveling to areas with different languages and cultures provides even more opportunities for learning.

Wearing four hats As a planner, I pay attention to how other areas have developed and how the transportation is organized. As a foodie, I want to know what and how they eat. As a former college economics major, I am curious about how their economies are organized. And as a tourist, I want to have fun and enjoy the surroundings.

So it was with great anticipation that Maria and I set out for a 15 day, 3 country, 1,800-mile trek through northern and eastern France with side trips to Belgium and Holland.

a village until you pop out the other side and resume travelling at 55 MPH. This development pattern may speak to the lack of growth pressure in these villages, but it also is indicative of the premium the French put on preserving viable agriculture and consuming fresh produce. They do not appear to allow farmland to be converted to subdivisions very easily.

Traffic management is quite different as well.

There are very few traffic lights.

In their place are numerous roundabouts which distribute the traffic through the road network very efficiently. When drivers obey the law and respect other vehicles (and almost all do), these roundabouts function very well.

The tolls and gas prices are very high compared to what we’re used to (about $8 per gallon of gas). The highways and road are in excellent condition, so you get what you pay for.

In Paris, motor scooters and motorcycles abound, while in Amsterdam there are more bicycles than cars. And we saw virtually no drivers talking on cell phones.

Sensible planning The differences in the way we develop the land compared to Europe always amaze me. As someone who professionally rails against housing and shopping centers sprawling across the landscape and consuming valuable farmland, I marvel at how well the French and Dutch have combated sprawl and preserved their agriculture (the Belgians—not so much).

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A view from a café in Paris.

The French love to eat They seem to spend countless hours in sidewalk cafes, drinking coffee or wine (or beer in Belgium) and socializing—especially in Paris. Their love of food is obvious and is no doubt responsible for the premium they put on preserving active agriculture.

The croissants, baguettes, cheese and desserts are to die for, although their ballyhooed wine seems overrated and overpriced.

It would also be difficult to be a vegetarian in France—other than salads ordered separately, there were not many vegetables served with our meals. It’s hard to figure how the French are not all overweight, except for the fact that they eat slowly and have smaller portions.

Food in restaurants was expensive, and all meal checks included the 19% value added tax imposed on everything. Overall, they seem stuck in time—in love with their own cuisine and unwilling to move forward, while in America, our cultural and ethnic diversity allows us to steal the best from all cuisines. The French are too proud to do that.

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Taxes are high, but roads are good and streets are clean. Public workers washed down the sidewalks in front of our Paris hotel every morning. All European societies place a greater emphasis on serving society as opposed to our emphasis on individual rights and responsibilities.

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GREEN SOUTH COAST

Think Green for home heating

Affordable renewable energy sources

by Joyce Rowley

It’s that time of year again—when we argue about how warm or how cold it is and who should control the thermostat.

I overheard one father complain that his teenagers think nothing of turning on the heat at night and then putting on the air conditioning when it gets too warm!

If your family is headed into another “heated” heating season when more than your furnace gets hot under the collar, why not check out these alternative energy sources to supplement or perhaps even replace your current oil and gas systems?

Pellet stoves Although everyone loves the smell of wood burning—it’s so New England—pellet stoves have replaced wood stoves as an auxiliary heating system. There’s no splitting and stacking wood, and they’re far more efficient in putting more heat into the room instead of up a chimney. Using recycled sawdust from clean wood sources, pellet stoves are 80% efficient and come with thermostats. Unlike wood stoves, the stove will shut off when it hits the temperature you specify. It then relights itself when the temperature drops again.

Pellets are doubly green because they’re from a renewable energy source (wood) and use recycled material from sawmills, paper plants, and shipping pallets. They emit far less particulate than fireplaces—less than 2 grams per hour compared to 40-60 grams per hour for a fireplace. And they reduce the amount of oil consumed, so that’s an environmental plus. They are still being evaluated for CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, but proponents say that the emissions can be controlled through modifications to the flue system.

Robert Cabral, owner of Ash Away Hearth and Chimney in Dartmouth, said that people are drawn to pellet stoves

by the savings over oil and gas. “They’re not buying them because they’re green. They’re buying them because it’s saving them money.”

Pellets are delivered on a one-ton pallet of fifty 40-pound bags at a cost between $200 to $300. It usually takes two to three tons per year to heat a home. “It will cost about $900 to heat a typical three-bedroom home with a pellet stove,” said Cabral. Compare that to one 275-gallon tank of oil at $3.50 per gallon for a total cost of $962.50.

And there’s a 10% State tax credit on purchasing a unit.

Pellet stoves cost anywhere between $2,500 to $4,500, depending on the model.

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and easiest installation for a retrofit. Solar panels are put on the roof and connected to your meter. You feed the electrical grid, and in return get a deduction off your electric bill.

This alternative energy source doesn’t provide heat directly unless it can be connected to electric baseboard heat and an electric hot water heater. But it does save money in the long run. Solar systems cost between $25,000 to $35,000, putting them in the price range for large houses and commercial buildings. Like thermal solar energy, there is a 30% tax credit on installation and materials.

“It’s clean power,” said Phil Cavallo, CEO of Beaumont Solar. Solar is a viable energy source, even in New England, says Cavallo. In Germany, the solar equivalent of Alaska, solar consumption is a $35 billion market. The entire U.S. market is only $3.5 billion, something Mr. Cavallo is working to change.

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Solar thermal energy Solar thermal energy or solar hot water systems reduce your heating bill by reducing the cost of heating water. At an average cost of $9,000 to $12,000 for a single-family home, you can expect a return on your money within five to six years, says Sheri Battles, wife of Bill Battles, SouthCoast’s only licensed “green” plumber and owner of Village Plumber, Inc. In addition to the 30% tax credit,

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SUSAN VOGLER, DO Massachusetts offers a $1,000 tax credit for installing solar thermal energy systems. Starting this year, there’s up to a $3,500 rebate from Massachusetts Energy Collaborative for installing a solar system.

“It’s good for the environment and you’re saving money on your heating and hot water bill,” said Mrs. Battles.

Solar thermal systems are 88.95% efficient. A residential retrofit includes integrating it back into the hot water system. Two to three solar collectors are put on the roof and an 80-gallon tank is installed to preheat the water to feed to an existing hot water heater. The extra tank is needed because the solar water is heated to 150 to 160 degrees and has to be cooled to 120 degrees before it can be used. The system can supply 45 to 50% of your annual hot water.

Unless the house is designed for a low temperature heating system, solar thermal energy isn’t enough to heat the entire house. Mr. Battles said he has installed such systems which can supply 60% of the home heating needs.

Like Beaumont Solar, the Village Plumber is busy these days installing roof systems on large buildings—in this case the Boys and Girls Clubs in Fall River and Springfield. There the benefit is two-fold. The solar systems will be used to heat the pool and reduce the gas bill by 80%. And says Battles, “That’s a huge amount of CO2 not going into the air.”

So this winter, think green when the white stuff falls. And stay warm!

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The third floor of the Commonwealth Landing on Davol Street was transformed into an elegant setting for a black tie fundraising event that benefited the Fall River Historical Society.

The Cotton Bicentennial Ball marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the Spindle City’s cotton history and was appropriately held in what was formerly the Mechanics Mill built in 1868. The old mill is being transformed into new mixed use space About 500 tickets were sold for the Cotton Bicentennial Ball which featured elegant dining, fine music, and a chance for local residents to celebrate Fall River’s history. It also provided some much needed support for one of the local groups working hard to preserve the city’s treasures.

“People were looking for spectacular event, and they were happy to turn out in support of the Historical Society,” Michael Martins, curator of the Historical Society said.

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‘Say watt?’

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by Elizabeth Morse Read

Question: How many members of Congress does it take to screw in a light bulb?

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ith the economy in freefall, natural disasters and wars all over the globe, and diminishing prospects of a bright future for our children, you’d think our elected officials would have weightier issues to squabble over than the impending phase-out of incandescent light bulbs. But, nooo...

In case you missed the latest political farce, here’s the background: in an effort to increase the country’s energy efficiency and reduce our dependence on foreign fossil fuels, in 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law, with bipartisan support, the Energy Independence and Security Act. One of the measures mandated was the gradual phase-out of the iconic pear-shaped incandescent light bulbs invented by Thomas Edison 132 years ago.

These energy-wasting household appliances will be gradually replaced with CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) and LED (light-emitting diodes), which are more energy-efficient.

Starting in January 2012, 100-watt incandescent bulbs will no longer be sold, manufactured or imported in the US (75-watt bulbs get the axe beginning in 2013, then 60-watt and 40-watt the year after).

Similar energy-saving initiatives have been passed in Europe and other countries around the world (Cuba banned the sale of incandescent bulbs back in 2005!), so it’s not like

we’re doing anything radical here.

Is this a Commie plot?

But Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Partiers are frothing at the mouth at this latest example of the “nanny state” trying to regulate our lives. Michelle Bachmann recently introduced the “Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act” in the House of Representatives to rescind the bill that George W. Bush (not Pres. Obama) signed into law, and her colleague Jim DeMint tried the

same in the Senate. Neither effort succeeded, but they’re all still grumbling about “light bulb socialism.”

So what’s so bad about incandescent bulbs?

Incandescent bulbs, no matter their wattage, generate more heat than light and consume up to 98% of the necessary electricity input that turns them on to do so—a 100-watt incandescent bulb is what cooks those patty-cakes in the Hasbro Jiffy-Ovens, after all.

Incandescent light bulbs may convert less than 10% of the energy used into light—but because they imitate Continued on next page

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Wa rn ing Contains :

Mercury!

Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic heavy metal contained in thermometers, thermostats and fluorescent light bulbs. When stored and handled properly, these items pose no risk to people or the environment, but they are extremely dangerous if broken and the “quicksilver” liquid mercury escapes. Never throw these items in the trash or in your recycle bin—they must be disposed of according to strict guidelines that will prevent the mercury from ending up in the landfill earth and the water table underneath.

Ask the store where you buy them if they will take “dead” or unused mercury-containing items for proper recycling/disposal, call your town’s recycling facility about HHW (HouseHold Waste) to locate the appropriate drop-off location, or go to www.lamprecycle.org, www. epa.gov/bulbrecycling/ or www. earth911.org.

Should a mercurycontaining item break in your home, open the windows immediately, keep people and pets out of the room, and don’t touch it until you’ve gotten detailed instructions on safe clean-up and disposal—call 1-800-CLEANUP or 1-866-9MERCURY (1-866-963-7287).

Educate yourself beforehand by going to www.KeepMercuryFromRising.org or the EPA website above.

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Continued from previous page the glow of fire and sunlight, which has been the source of light since humans started out, people are reluctant to switch to new light sources that don’t twinkle like we’re used to. Forget the fact that they are cheap, disposable, and mostly made in China…

Once the conversion to new lighting technologies is complete, it’s estimated to save 80% of our nation’s home lighting costs, which constitute up to 20% of monthly electricity bills now.

CFL: the Ugly Bulb

Each bulb uses 13 watts and has a light output of 825 lumens (a 60-watt incandescent bulb has an 840 lumens output.) A CFL bulb is supposed to last up to 10,000 hours (that’s about 6 years when used 4 hours/day at 120v.) It is reliable starting at 5 degrees Fahrenheit (-15C) and shouldn’t be used with emergency exit fixtures, electronic timers, or photocells, and may cause interference to radios, televisions, wireless telephones, and more. They are made in China. Oy!

The light at the end of the tunnel?

We’ve long been accustomed to fluorescent lighting—those flickery, buzzing tubes that cast an unhealthy moonlight glow in hardware stores and roadside restaurants. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL), the newest generation, are the spiral bulbs meant to replace incandescent bulbs and they are 70% more energy-efficient and can last up to 15 times longer. A three-pack costs under $8.

That’s the good news.

The not so good news: they take longer to reach full brightness; they don’t work well at low temperatures; they don’t work with dimmer switches; they don’t last long if turned on-andoff too often; they’re not totally compatible with recessed-lighting fixtures due to overheating. Some people claim they cause migraines, seizures, skin rashes and make normal people look like corpses. Many people just think they’re butt-ugly.

But the really bad news is that, like older flourescents, CFLs contain mercury, a highly toxic chemical [see sidebar]. There’s no danger if they’re stored and handled properly, but should they break in your home or the landfill, it’s not a good thing. At best, CFL lighting will be a transitional source of illumination until LED lighting hits the stores in a cost-effective form.

And then, there’s Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs), a technology we’re all familiar with in Christmas lights, traffic lights, auto tail lights, alarm clocks and the light source for many hightech electronic products like smart phones.

The science behind it is light-years (pardon the pun) beyond incandescent bulbs and even CFLs, but it’s still pretty much in the research stage in terms of bringing cost-effective consumer products to market.

But the coming practical applications are amazing—in addition to standard-size light bulbs, think flat, flexible strips for under cabinets, on ceilings and walls, camouflage suits that render the wearer almost invisible, organic LEDs (OLED) that emit only a certain color.

LEDs are tiny semiconductor chips and there may be as many as a dozen in a light bulb to create the “lumens” equivalent of a 60-watt incandescent bulb or a CFL. A 7-watt LED light bulb (the rough equivalent of a 60-watt incandescent light bulb) has a minimum of 806 lumens and a projected lifespan of 30,000 hours—20 years!

Prices are expected to drop dramatically over the next three years—right now, a single household-use LED light bulb can cost anywhere from $20 to $50—but they don’t contain mercury.

Your writer’s personal research

The China Syndrome

In the interest of honest research for this article, I bought a package of GE EnergyStar-rated CFLs. It took me 30 minutes to read the tiny print on the box.

Even if people gradually come to love their CFLs, there are geopolitical developments that may turn them into the latest Betamax flash-in-the pan.

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And if all of the above hasn’t made you go cross-eyed already, fasten your seatbelt: Rare Earth Metals are 17 way-outthere elements on the periodic table with bizarre names like yttrium, terbium, neodymium and europium.

These are critical to the production of energy-efficient light bulbs and most of the digital world’s gadgets—like smart phones, wind turbines, lithium batteries, catalytic converters, medical devices, flat-panel displays, color TVs, hybrid cars, weapons guidance systems—and CFLs. Guess who now produces 95% of these increasingly important substances? China.

And guess who has been imposing walloping tariffs and quotas on their exportation, as well as frequently shutting down mining operations (to improve miner safety and reduce pollution, of course)? China.

Competing manufacturers (like those in the USA) are very welcome to set up manufacturing operations in China, by the way.

Until 1990, the USA was a major producer of Rare Earth Metals, but stopped production when Chinese imports were cheap. The US and other countries like Australia, South Africa and even Afghanistan need to ramp up production to break China’s stranglehold on a key natural resource that “fuels” the 21st century.

If you think the OPEC countries have us where they want us because of our addiction to petroleum, just wait until there’s an embargo on these Metals. Maybe our myopic politicians in Washington should concentrate on long-term energy issues like this instead of pontificating about “light bulb socialism” and our Constitutional right to buy incandescent light bulbs.

Phew! Those incandescent bulbs will disappear from the stores starting in January, so it’s no wonder some people are snatching them up whenever and wherever they can and stockpiling them in the shed. Those folks won’t see the energy savings on their electric bills.

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FOOD NOTES

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by Melissa Tavares THE MAIN EVENT… Looking for a fresh locally raised turkey?

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Caramelized Cauliflower Makes 6 servings 3 pounds fresh cauliflower, cut into florets salt and freshly ground black pepper extra virgin olive oil 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Line a large rimmed sheet pan with aluminum foil. Add the cauliflower and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the cauliflower with a good amount of olive oil and toss to coat. Arrange the cauliflower in a single layer on the sheet pan and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the cauliflower from the oven and sprinkle with the garlic. Give everything a toss and bake for an additional 25 minutes.

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While the cauliflower is baking, combine the grated lemon zest, parmesan cheese, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Set aside.

Remove the cauliflower from the oven and drizzle with the lemon juice. Toss to coat. Sprinkle on the lemon zest and cheese mixture and transfer to a serving dish.

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Can be made up to a week in advance.

The classic Thanksgiving dinner is actually quite healthy: a roasted whole fresh turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, homemade stuffing—all made with 100% natural ingredients much like the first Thanksgiving feast enjoyed nearly 400 years ago. It’s often today’s modern side dishes that get us into trouble: yams smothered in marshmallows, green beans drenched in high-sodium canned soups, and cranberries soaked in high fructose corn syrup—just to name a few. This Thanksgiving try serving your family an array of healthy side dishes that are as delicious as they are wholesome.

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Peel the sweet potatoes and slice ½” thick. Spray a foil lined baking sheet with olive oil. Spread the sweet potato slices onto the baking sheet forming a single layer. Spray the slices with more olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

Bake for 1 hour flipping them once after 30 minutes.

On a cutting board finely chop the ½ garlic clove. Sprinkle with ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt and work the garlic

into a paste by smashing it with the side of your knife (alternatively you can use a mortar and pestle or garlic press - just make sure you still add the ½ teaspoon of coarse kosher salt to the sauce). In a small bowl whisk together the garlic paste, lime zest and juice, chili powder, fresh parsley, and extra virgin olive oil.

When the sweet potatoes are done baking, arrange them on a serving platter and pour the sauce over top.

Delicious hot or cold. Enjoy!

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WINE NOTES

What’s wrong with my wine?!

by Alton Long

It would be wonderful if all wines were perfect, or even just almost perfect. But it has been said that 2 to 3 percent of the wines produced and offered to the public are flawed in some way.

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This does not include the wines that the winemaker or winery owners decide to dump, or distil into brandy.

Some of these faults are so obvious that one wonders how the producers have the gall to bottle, label, and sell these wines. This is one reason that serious wine consumers try to sample the wines that they buy, or, have a high confidence in the producer, or have read about them from a reliable source.

Some wines have minor flaws that are only detectable to wine experts and wine judges, but these flaws can make the wine less enjoyable. If one does not take time to carefully analyze a wine, a minor flaw may go undetected.

The major flaws Having a list of the major flaws will help consumers explain to the person from whom the wine has been purchased why they would like to return it.

Sometimes a statement like “I just do not like this wine. It taste bad to me” might do. But if you can describe the flaw that made you reject the wine, your opinion will more likely

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be respected and you will either get a replacement or your money back.

How flaws begin A wine that don’t taste “right” may have acquired its “fault” in a number of ways. It may have started in the vineyard through improper handling of the picked grapes. However, the most likely causes seem to occur in the wine making process. Additionally, and most unfortunately, perfectly good wines, that were properly harvested, processed and bottled, can be damaged in the storage, shipping and merchandising process.

Great vineyard managers treat their grapes like their own children. Some only harvest them very early in the morning and then only harvest what they can crush on that same day. The bins of picked grapes are often kept in the shade or even put in refrigerated trucks.

Lets look at some of the typical faulted wines and what causes the wines to be “faulted” in the first place. For example, shipping and storing wine needs to be done with care. One good way to prevent damaging a wine is to ship them in refrigerated trucks, or to

ship them only in cool weather or in the evening. It does not take long for a wine stored or transported in very hot condition to create the maderized (“cooked”) taste (a typical fault) in a wine.

Here is a first hand experience I had with a faulted wine. I heard that a shop had a favorite wine of mine for sale at an attractive (very low) price. I called the shop to see if I could buy a case and was informed that one case was all they had left. I asked them to hold it for me until I could get there.

When I arrived, the clerk apologized saying that in spite of their records, they only had 11 bottles. The manager asked the clerk if he had looked in the window as the wine had been on display. Sure enough he found the final bottle there and put it in the case.

Several months later, when I was on my fifth or sixth bottle of this neat wine, I found that one bottle that was rather poor, exhibiting hints of what tasted like oxidation or maderization.

Apparently this was the one bottle that had been displayed, and probably stood upright, in an often very hot storefront window. Fortunately, the remaining wines were fine. But this is an example of how the wine shop can create a fault in an otherwise well made wine.

The fault is in...

Lets take a look at some of the other faults that you may run across if you try a lot of different wines, especially from some of the newer wineries.

You come across a wine that smells like a burnt match. This happens when the winemaker has used a little too much sulfur dioxide, which helps prevent oxidation and bacterial damage. In addition to the burnt match smell, it leaves a sour taste in the throat. More important, if you drink it anyway, you will probably end up with a headache.

You get a smell in a wine like the leaves of a geranium plant. Your wine has most likely been faulted through improper use of sorbate, a wine making chemical used to stop the

fermentation so the wine can retain a little sweetness. A lot of swirling may reduce this unpleasant odor.

The wine has a musty, dank or moldy aroma. This is the unfortunate, and almost impossible to prevent, fault of a “corked” wine, a wine which has become faulted from a bad cork.

The chemical that gets infused into the wine from the cork that has been affected by T.C.A. (trichloro anisole), a product produced by fungal spores in natural cork reacting with the chlorine used to bleach the cork tree bark.

You are detecting this even when it has a level of only 1.5 to 4 parts per billion! It has been said that one-drop will contaminate a whole swimming pool. Up to 5 percent of all wine bottles have this curse. As it takes time to saturate the wine with this smell, the older the wine, the more likely it may have this rare problem. This can only be avoided by drinking wines sealed by screw caps or stored in a box.

The wine smells skunky, or like rotten garlic, or spoiled cabbage. Some of this “off” smell may be reduced with lots of swirling. It is formed during the process of fermentation by yeast acting on the sediment formed during the fermentation time.

Your wine smells like nail-polish remover (acetone). Your wine has been faulted by the reaction of ethanol and acetic acid. (Though more recently, the component that has that smell has been eliminated in some nailpolish removers.) Small amounts of this unusual smell can sometimes be detected by experts in even some of the most expensive wines, and is not considered a “significant” fault, particularly if it dissipates by allowing the wine to “breath”. But if it becomes objectionable to the taster, then it is considered a fault.

So, now, if you experience a wine that doesn’t “smell” or “taste” right, you have a guide to help explain to the wine shop manager why you should get your money back, However, if you have consumed more than half the bottle, you will probably have a tough time making your case.

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THE WEEKEND BAKER

Gram’s apple pie

by Andrea M. Gilbert

For many of us the month of November means different things. It is the beginning of the “official” holiday season, the month that we honor our Veterans—although we should be doing that year round—my 5th wedding anniversary, National Friendship Month, and my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. Every since my husband and I purchased our condo, our home has held our family meal. I usually do the turkey with all the fixings, my mom does the pies and the rest of the family and friends bring the appetizers.

I was talking to my friend Ginny about how I just cannot seem to make a decent pie and she offered to give me her grandmother’s recipe that has passed down to her and she offered to come over and we would bake the pies together.

Ginny had a special relationship with her gramma, Mary Sousa, and shared a lot about her with me. Her gramma was born in the North End of Boston in 1911 to Sicilian immigrants Antonio and Maria Gulizia. Ginny’s great-grandparents were from Mineo, Sicily and the family business was olive growers and producing olive oil for export. Her grandmother was the oldest of four children and when her own mother passed away at a young age, Ginny’s grandmother raised her younger siblings. This included cooking and baking, which she loved.

Her grandmother grew up to become a seamstress, working in the clothing factories in Boston. She married at the age of 16 and moved to Houghs Neck in Quincy where she and her husband Joseph Sousa had four children.

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It was in her gramma’s house that Ginny and the rest of her family gathered on all the holidays to enjoy her wonderful food. At times there were over 40 of them in gramma’s house.

As Ginny grew up, she spent many days at her Gramma’s and was taught some of her wonderful recipes. Her gramma went all out at the holidays with her delicious pies, mince, custard and of course her famous apple.

Together they would bake breads and Christmas and Easter cookies.

Her gramma is no longer with us but through her love of her family, her memory is with them always as are the wonderful recipes that she passed along to her. Now when the family gets together for their holidays, they enjoy talking about the wonderful family times with great food and wine at the home in Quincy and make their own memories to pass along to the next generation.

To me this is what Thanksgiving is all about. Family, friends, food and of course pies.

It is a day to remember those who are not with us and to enjoy being with our families and being thankful that no matter what life tosses at us that we have each other.

Thanksgiving will be here before we know it but maybe this year I will surprise my family by making an apple pie. I never met Mrs. Sousa but somehow I think a very special person will be watching over my shoulder while I am baking her pie.

Happy baking and happy Thanksgiving! Remember to say Thank You to a Veteran!!

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Gram’s (Mary Sousa’s) Old Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe by Mary Gulizia Sousa & Virginia Lewis Crust: n 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling 16 Tbsp (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, chilled in freezer for at least 15 minutes

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1 heaping teaspoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon salt

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3 to 6 Tbsp very cold water

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3 lbs sliced & peeled Mac’s

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1 tablespoon lemon juice

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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

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1/4 teaspoon all spice

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3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

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1 shot of brandy or triple sec

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Directions: In a food processor, combine flour, salt and brown sugar, pulse to mix. Add butter and pulse 6 to 8 times, until mixture resembles coarse meal, with pea size pieces of butter. Add water 1 Tablespoon at a time, pulsing until mixture just begins to clump together. If you pinch some of the crumbly dough and it holds together, it’s ready, if not, add a little more water and pulse again.

Remove dough from machine and place on a clean surface. Carefully shape into 2 discs. Do not overknead the dough! You should still be able to see little bits of butter in the dough. These bits of butter are what will allow the result crust to be flaky.

Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

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Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 375°F. Combine sugar, flour and spices in large bowl. Use your hands and mix in the apples so they are well coated, then add brandy and vanilla extract.

Remove one crust disk from the refrigerator. Let sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. Sprinkle some flour on top of the disk. Roll out with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface to a 12 inch circle; about 1/8 of an inch thick. As you roll out the dough, use a metal spatula to check if the dough is sticking to the surface below. Add a few sprinkles of flour if necessary to keep the dough from sticking. Gently fold in half. Place on to a 9-inch pie plate, lining up the fold with the center of the pan. Gently unfold and press down to line the pie dish with the dough.

Spoon in apple filling, mounding slightly in center.

Roll out second disk of dough, as before. Gently turn over onto the top of the apples in the pie. Pinch top and bottom of dough rounds firmly together. Trim excess dough with kitchen shears, leaving a 3/4 inch overhang. Fold dough under itself so that the edge of the fold is flush with the edge of the pan. Flute edges using thumb and forefinger or press with a fork.

Brush milk over top of pie. Cut slits in top crust to allow steam to escape.

Bake pie until crust golden, about 15 to 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F. Tent the edges with aluminum foil to keep from browning too quickly. Bake until crust is golden and juices are bubbling, anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool 1 hour. Serve pie warm or at room temperature.

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FOOD NOTES

Pizza

by Paul Letendre

Throughout the South Coast area, we are blessed with many good independent restaurants.

Yes, we also have loads of crappy ones, but they have their place, too.

How would we know that we were in a good restaurant if there were no crappy ones around to compare them with?

And yes, we also have numerous national chain restaurants in this area.

They are very good at what they do; they give us fairly mediocre food in a well-lit, artificially cheery environment: they do it reasonably quickly and reasonably cheaply. Often this works for us; it can fit the bill and fill the belly. But it is so unsatisfying, so generic, so universally pedestrian.

Independent passion Personally, I have a passion for independents. For a long time, the food service business has provided me with a pretty good living, and over the years, I’ve developed an affinity for independent restaurants, caterers, delis and their owners/managers.

They are an incredibly hardworking, dedicated, sometimes ornery, sometimes profane, group of individuals.

They are as diverse as the world is big, but they have an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for food and people.

Some of them are unusual: eating places which do something extremely well, or, maybe do something not so well. If a place serves crappy food, I am not going to sugar coat it.

It’s November, and we are overwhelmed by all things turkey.

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We will eat so much turkey over the next few weeks that most of us won’t want to think about it again until next November.

What’s the perfect antidote for turkey? Pizza!

Pick your pizza I like pizza—sometimes. I’ve eaten a lot of it over the years. Along the South Coast area, the most prominent pizzas are what I’ll call Greek style, often referred to as Italian.

Cut the cheese Italian style often referred to as Italian. Two interpretations of the same food.

The two biggest differences are: 1—the dough: Greek style uses all-

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purpose flour that is lower in gluten, and they roll out the dough. Italian style is made from higher gluten flour and is usually tossed rather than rolled.

And 2—locally, Greek style pizza places tend to use a current cheddar cheese, which cooks well without browning. This cheese will give a clean, albeit somewhat oily bite without pulling. Some, if not most, will mix in some mozzarella for texture and taste. Italian style pizzerias traditionally don’t use cheddar: they will normally use all or mostly mozzarella.

You will get more cheese pulling from a mozzarella topped pizza.

Of course there are deep dish, thin crust and gourmet style pizza concoctions of all kinds in each genre.

Some aren’t even round. What will they think of next?

I’m not claiming to have tried every pizza joint along the South Coast area, but my current favorite comes

from Federal Hill Brick Oven Pizza, 495 Main Street. in Warren, RI, located next door to The Coffee Depot, a genuinely nice place for a comfy cup of excellent coffee, tea or espresso. These two businesses make a great pair.

There’s no parking lot on Main Street; you will probably have to find a spot and walk. It’s a nice walking area.

Chef Bill Manzo and his wife Christine run the place. Bill is passionate about food and religiously obsessed with pizza. He trained in Italy at Naples and was one of the few Americans to compete in the World Pizza Championship in Salsomaggiore, Italy.

Warren’s Federal Hill This is not your typical pizza shop.

It is a very casual, 65-seat shop. It has some old world charm with a mix of eclectic. The atmosphere is different, but don’t expect to be overwhelmed by ambiance. This was no million dollar re-do to this old Warren building.

The service is good, the salads are a notch above ordinary and the sandwiches look very good, not extraordinary.

The pizza is the thing. The Pizza Margherita is outstanding in its simplicity. Bill is fussy about the flour he uses and is secretive about the blend.

He does emphasize that he uses no sugar in his flour mix. I didn’t know that anyone did. He spreads and lightly tosses the dough. The sauce is California crushed tomato; the cheese is fresh mozzarella; a sprinkle of fresh basil, a little extra-virgin olive oil, cooked for 2 minutes at 800 degrees in the oven to produce one delicious pizza. Easy as pizza pie.

I’ve also tried a blackboard special, his clam pizza. It was okay, but didn’t hold a candle to Pizza Margherita. The Niko looks interesting with grilled chicken and fresh spinach. And of course, if you wish to adulterate this work of art, most of the usual toppings are available.

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Which is safer, Botox or Plutonium? What do pit vipers have in common with Stinger missiles?

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BUSINESS

Map showing park growth since 2006.

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by Jay Pateakos

Unless you’re a business inside its perimeter or a neighbor who hears the roar of an 18-wheeler driving by your front door, most residents pay little mind the happenings inside a local Industrial or Business Park.

And that’s unfortunate. While small businesses such as convenience stores or landscapers or repair shops make up a bulk of the business sector these days, big businesses still play a vital role in the local economy and property tax revenue.

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Significant growth Blessed with a number of Industrial Parks in the South Coast, from Taunton to Fall River or Plymouth to even Mattapoisett, few of the state’s 100 business parks have seen quite the growth that the New Bedford Business Park has, now the fifth

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largest park in the state. Over the last dozen years, the park has more than doubled to a total of 46 companies.

During that time there were 34 purchases, 16 expansions and 18 leases.

Jobs increased from 1,500 to more than 4,500 with an annual payroll of $235 million. Annual property tax revenue from the part of the park in Dartmouth totals $500,000 and $1.6 million annually for the New Bedford portion. That’s taxes that would otherwise be burdening residents.

I hate to place the focus of the immense change in the park onto one

person’s shoulders because I know it takes a concerted group effort to make the changes the park has seen over the years, but most of the credit for the park’s rise to prominence in the state falls to Tom Davis, Executive Director of the Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation.

Davis is the offensive and defensive line for the park, as well as the quarterback and special teams.

Davis, since coming on board in May, 1998, has implemented a $600,000 beautification project to improve the look of the park, increased water, sewer and electricity capacity, modernized the telecommunications infrastructure, established a park security component and hired the world’s largest commercial real estate broker—Richard Ellis—to market the park.

Davis also helped the park secure master plan approval from the state that allows state permits to be granted for construction in the park in a fraction of the time (12-15 month wait on average before) and helped secure local government permits issued between 30-90 days. With many municipalities struggling with the length of time it takes for businesses to secure permits, a detriment and turn-off for many relocation projects, Davis said a recent permit secured for a Reinhardt Food Service LLC expansion in the park took just two and a half weeks.

Positive results When I owned a business in the late 1990’s, we took a look around the New Bedford Business Park for available properties. The park had clearly seen better days, with decaying buildings and a road that was gutted from years of neglect. Today, that park is gone and a new one is here instead. The roads are freshly paved and maintained; stop signs are everywhere to help control the traffic that saw its fair share of accidents in the 90s. All changes implemented by Davis.

But above all the improvements that

have occurred at the park over his tenure, the most impressive may have been what’s going on now. Although this area is still steeped in a major recession, the NB Business Park continues to not miss a beat. Since the recession took hold in December, 2007, the NB Business Park has seen the most activity of any park in the state. Twelve new companies have moved into the park over those last three years; there have been five expansions and a total new job creation of 700.

“We just work a lot harder. I’m traveling to Boston much more frequently, going to trade shows, always meeting companies, and we’ve improved our website to make it easier for compa-

“We’re not going to be subdividing that land. We are going after large, high-end companies that can generate 300 or more jobs,” nies to see what the park offers,” said Davis. “We also do a lot of marketing.

With the recession and companies struggling, marketing is usually the first thing that is cut back, but we are ramping it up.”

The New Bedford Business Park has been a catalyst for Life Science Cluster with the likes of Aerovox, Five Star Surgical, Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Symmetry Medical New Bedford and High Tech Manufacturing taking up spots in the park to the tune of 800 employees with an additional 100 being added with a forthcoming Symmetry expansion.

In the clean and renewable

energy sector, the park has attracted Commonwealth Energy, Maximum, Konarka Technologies, Con Edison Development and a half a dozen other companies that help to diversify the park’s offerings.

“Our focus right now is in the area where will still have strong growth potential; life sciences and clean and renewable energy,” said Davis. “We can’t talk about specifics right now but we are working on two companies coming into the park that deal with clean and renewable energy.”

Expecting expansion With three new roads constructed in the last two years, expansion is always a possibility in a park that seems to never stop growing. The park still has another 275 acres available for further expansion, but as you would guess, Davis has a particular plan in mind for that land.

“We’re not going to be subdividing that land. We are going after large, high-end companies that can generate 300 or more jobs,” said Davis.

“We’re into diversification, but it has to be quality diversification.”

Davis was clear that his park doesn’t just take any business that wants to relocate there. The companies must create 10 jobs per acre over a five year span, pay higher average wages and show strong fringe benefits to the park, including not being a nuisance to the other businesses there. Over the last 10 years, Davis said the park has rejected a total of 42 businesses looking to relocate there due to concerns about their impact in the park.

“We’re a high-quality park and we want high-level companies in here,” said Davis.

He’s confident I would say, and has every reason to be. You simply can’t argue with a proven track record.

So the next time you see an 18-wheeler pass by you on the highway, think of the jobs that company may be creating in your town or the property taxes that it pays that help fulfill services that you need.

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TAROT-SCOPES

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Gemini – You need to stop feeling like a victim because it’s not your job to pick up everyone else’s mess. Tension and stress will run high for you this month. Find a new hobby, meditate or discover other ways to relieve your stress.

Cancer – Wishful thinking is not enough. You need to be more active and take a risk in relationships and in the workplace. Hoping things will just improve will bring major disappointments.

Leo – This is a great month for you to ask for a raise or to ask for cooperation in your personal life. People will seem to be drawn to your independent energy and will wish for you to offer them guidance.

Virgo – Your hard work has paid off. It’s time to celebrate and enjoy your success, and to lighten your load. Delegate and occasionally say no.

You are not a doormat, so stop inviting people to walk all over you.

Libra – New opportunities await. Emotional and financial balance is at hand. This is a good time to spend a little money on yourself or if you happen to be single, a good month to mingle.

Scorpio – Learn to put other people first once in a while. You may just find that when you share with others, they will return the favor.

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Sagittarius – This is the month of change for you. Things that you have taken for granted or think you have the upper hand on may be on shaky ground this month. Never assume anything. It’s one thing to speak; but, you need to learn to listen.

Capricorn – Status quo for you this month, I see no loss or gain. Relationships and jobs will remain in balance and once you accept this you will find peace in the average.

Aquarius – Improvements in your social life will open many doors. Try to be a social butterfly; if the party doesn’t come to you, you must go to the party. This truly is “seek and you shall find” month.

Pisces – Don’t settle for the traditional! Make up your own mind and don’t worry about what others think. If that means you have to misbehave, so be it!

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MUSICAL SOUTH COAST

South Coast voices

by David Prentiss

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to hear over 100 voices sing out “Hallelujah!” in beautiful harmony?

You will be able to find out on November 27 at the historic St. Anthony’s Church in the north end of New Bedford. That is when local singers from all around the South Coast will join with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra to present Handel’s Messiah (Part I), along with J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 61, “Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland.”

Members of the Greater Tiverton Community Chorus, the South Coast Community Chorale, the Sippican Choral Society, Mastersingers by the Sea, and other regional choruses will perform together for the first time ever to give the South Coast an unforgettable musical experience.

“I am always thrilled by the large number of people who join in, especially the children who start singing along. It gives me goose bumps to think that when we sing this beautiful music we become part of a tradition that goes back 300 years!”

Violinist Jesse Holstein is the concertmaster of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) and has fond childhood memories of Handel’s music.

“Both my parents were singers in local choruses so I got to know it at a pretty young age. I remember specifically the ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound’ because I liked hearing the trumpets

The ultimate chorus Beth Armstrong, the music director of the Greater Tiverton Community Chorus (GTCC), remembers the first time she sang the Messiah. “I was in high school in an all girls chorus and we sang the Hallelujah Chorus.

I’ve come to appreciate this music as the ultimate Baroque masterpiece.

Everyone should have an opportunity to hear it in their lifetime and many people want to experience it every holiday season as a musical tradition in their own lives.”

The GTCC ends every winter concert with singing the Hallelujah Chorus and invites the audience to come forward to sing with the chorus.

This makes it a special experience for Beth.

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and ‘For unto us a Child is Born’ because the music sounded so happy, and, of course, the Hallelujah Chorus.

What I love about the piece is that it brings people together around the holidays in a way that nothing else can.“ Fr. Roger Landry, the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, remembers buying a CD of The Messiah in college.

“There was one stretch in my sophomore year that I just kept it on “repeat” in my CD player because it was so uplifting while I studied. I think of it as the greatest story ever told, set to some of the most beautiful music ever written. I am deeply moved by having it performed at St. Anthony’s.

Even though I’ve heard it performed many times, the best experience I’ve ever had was last year, hearing it at St. Anthony’s, because it combined my

love for this parish Church with my love for this great work.”

A Christmas tradition Is it easy to bring together all of these South Coast voices to sing as one chorus, along with an orchestra and four vocal soloists?

“No, but it is worth it,” according to NBSO music director David MacKenzie. “Handel’s Messiah is probably the most beloved choral music ever written, and I’ve wanted to bring it to the South Coast as a tradition that we can all share in. What better way to do that than to perform it at St. Anthony’s Church, with all its splendor, and to bring together the wonderful singers of the many choruses in our region. “ In addition to rehearsing the orchestra and vocal soloists, David is meeting with the combined singers of the choruses to prepare for the concert.

“I love the idea of the members of the different choruses meeting each other, becoming friends, and making beautiful music together. That is what a community of music is and that is what the NBSO wants to help make happen on the South Coast.”

As if Handel’s Messiah was not enough, the group will also perform J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 61, “Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland.” It is a rare treat to hear a Bach cantata performed live and this one nicely matches the spirit of the season, ending with a joyful chorale entitled “How lovely shines the morning star.”

Tickets for this special musical experience are $35 for adults and $10 for students and are available by calling 508-994-2900 or visiting the Z box office, 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford or online at www.nbsymphony.org.

The performance is Sunday, November 27 at 3pm. St. Anthony’s Church is located at 1359 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford. Convenient parking at the Market Basket parking lot (122 Sawyer Street), with a free shuttle service to and from the church, is being provided by the NBSO starting at 2pm.

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When Citizens~Union Savings Bank merged with the four-branch Bank of Fall River, it presented an opportunity to re-brand and to re-shape its presence in the South Coast community.

Advertisements began in August, saying, “Joining together to create the bank that’s just right for you.”

The bank received more than 10,000 entries to its “guess our new name” contest, and CEO Nicholas Christ acknowledges that more than 9,000 contestants correctly identified the bank’s new name. He pointed out that BayCoast better reflects the geographic region that the bank serves.

Before banks could operate across state lines, people didn’t get as confused with Citizens in Providence and Citizens in Fall River. The RI Citizens’ much larger advertising budget combined with the “union” part of the name leading some folks to believe Citizens~Union was a credit union, resulted in a loss of identity, Christ admitted.

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“It is the commitment of organizations like the Royal Health Group to aggressively address diabetes that will truly provide a much better quality of life for this elderly population.”

Janice Murphy Director of Joslin National Affiliated Programs Our relationship with Joslin gives us direct access to the most advanced research and treatment available anywhere, and we are excited about the enhanced quality of care we will now be able to offer to our many residents with diabetes.

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