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Contents In Every Issue
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WINE NOTES
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Stop and smell the wine
by Alton Long
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From the publisher
On my mind: Finally, silence
THINGS TO DO
By Paul E. Kandarian
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Deciding on dogs
By Paul Letendre
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Stay active
By Cara Connelly
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Dateline: South Coast
By Elizabeth Morse Read
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COVER STORY
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Shopping’s second chances
By Cara Connelly
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Traditions of thanks
By Amy Dion
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Music for everyone
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Black Friday’s back
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YOUR HEALTH
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From pollution to innovation
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Pro tips
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Middle class meanderings
By Elizabeth Morse Read
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Expo features locals
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Advice for entrepreneurs
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Be thankful for the gift of fall foliage during this time to give. In this issue, explore traditions, discover new additions, and get some inspirations for your business or holiday plans.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER November 2012 / Vol. 16 / No. 9 Published by Coastal Communications Corp. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Ljiljana Vasiljevic
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start of the shopping season for many. Cara Connelly provides a great guide to consignment shops and Laura C. Monteiro offers some Black Friday tips. Does all this talk of the holidays give you the blues? David M. Prentiss suggests that the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River may be the best place for you to go this month. Brian J. Lowney discovers a cancer care center that also is a great showcase for local art, and in addition to the sights and sounds of the season, Alton Long suggests taking time to smell the wine. Plus there’s a look at the innovative plan to transform one of Somerset’s old power plants, tips on buying dogs, and advice for entrepreneurs. As you head out to do your shopping, be sure to visit our advertisers and go to www. coastalmags.com for more things to do in the South Coast. Enjoy,
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ON MY MIND
Silence is golden Paul E. Kandarian
Four score and seven years ago, the 2012 presidential election got underway. It began when Barack Rama Lama Ding Dong Obama and Nitt Witt Mitt Romney escaped the womb, were slapped on their fannies and shouted, “And if elected, I will…” Or so it would seem. Nowadays presidents begin their reelection campaigns even before they decide to run in the first place. Just like Christmas goods starting to sell in September, presidents are sworn into office and immediately begin swearing at their enemies, real or imagined. The problems with politics are many, first and foremost being that there are politicians involved. They lie, every single one of them, they have to, to forward their agenda and get elected. There’s no other way. If they told the
truth, we wouldn’t trust them. Who trusts people who speak their minds? It’s like when a woman asks, “Do these pants make my butt look big?” The man involved will hem and haw and say, “No, of course not,” and he’s lying and the woman knows it but she feels better being lied to, and that’s that. Or if a man asks if he’s the best lover his woman has ever had and the woman involved will hem and haw and say, “Of course, there has never been any better than you,” and the man knows she’s lying but he feels better being lied to and that’s that. Lying in politics is a huge industry, big bucks at stake, donations for campaigns, ad time on TV and radio and in print, it’s astounding. The money spent is staggering, and all of it produces content that we, the
distrusting voting public, look at in utter disbelief, proclaiming this side or that to be liars and taking comfort in the fact that maybe, just maybe, our side isn’t lying as much. Partisan politics astounds me, people who are so beholden to their particular party they are blind to the possibility their candidate may be as full of just as much crap as the other guy. Personally, I’m a staunch nothing, I don’t buy what either side is selling and find it amazing that people who are staunch Republicans or Democrats do. I know a guy who is a staunch Republican, give him any opening, like saying “Hello,” and he’ll launch into a diatribe against Democrats and liberals and tell you why you’re wrong if you are one and should come to the other side. I like the guy, he’s a great guy, smart, fun to talk to (except politics), but he’s painfully politically one sided. He was starting in the other day and I just stopped him and said, “Look, I honestly, truly and completely don’t care about any of this. I cannot begin to tell you the depth of how little I care. Trust me on this. I don’t like either side, so save it, please. I just do not care.” And he smiled. And then went on about how since I can’t decide either way, here’s why I should come to the conservative side. None are so deaf as those who will not hear. Sigh.
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And it’s not just politics, it’s anything people feel strongly about. A few years ago, I was on the press boat for the Marion to Bermuda yacht race. What I know about boats and yachts and racing and watery stuff you could fit into a clamshell, but I was on this boat, surrounded by passionate yachting types, who really enjoyed talking to me about stuff that was going as far over my head as the clouds scuttling by in the blue sky above. Finally I stopped them and explained, with a laugh, that look, I know nothing, and I mean nothing, about whatever it is you’re talking about. They laughed. And continued talking about stuff that continued to sail over my head. But you know what, the weather was great, the food was free and whatever I did manage to learn, I soon forgot. And had some fun along the way. Politics isn’t fun, at least not to me. For one thing, there’s no blue sky, boats and free food. But I get it, to some it’s a passion and we all have passions, or we should. Without passion, life is empty and dull. People with passion love talking about them. Me, I have a bunch of passions, travel, acting, cooking, hockey, making fun of politics, all of it, and I’ll talk about them all until I’m blue in the face and people look at their watch and slink away. So this is the election month when, finally, mercifully, Obama or Romney or Brown or Warren and others will win and the losers will immediately say what a great guy the winner is and wish him well, after they spent four score and 20 years excoriating each other, and the lies will stop for roughly a millisecond while we, the voting public, will breathe a sigh of relief and wonder what lies lie ahead. I have always figured that if you ask a question, expect a truthful answer. And if you think you won’t like the answer, then don’t ask the question. But just for the record, honey, those pants look great.
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News, views and trends... from Mount Hope Bay to Buzzards Bay by Elizabeth Morse Read
The elections are just around the corner (finally!) as this month begins, and the holiday season is upon us… Activity moves indoors— concerts, family get-togethers, holiday shopping at local shops and church fairs—so dress warmly in layers and walk to as many events as weather permits.
Across the region… If you’re 50 or older, learn more about the bus trips sponsored by the New Bedford Senior Travel Program. In November, there’s the Christmas Festival at Boston’s Seaport Trade Center (11/2); the Kings of Country at the Art Garde Theatre and Mohegan Sun (11/13); Foxwoods Casino (11/26); and “Memphis” at the Providence Performing Arts Center on December 8. Call 508-991-6171 for more info.
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The Fairhaven Council on Aging is sponsoring the Historic Deerfield Holiday Tour on November 27. Call 508-979-4029.
But cooler weather shouldn’t curtail your time outdoors, whether it’s a walk through the woods, watching a Veterans Day parade or football game, or visiting local farms for mums and pumpkins. And once there’s a hard frost—no more mosquitoes!
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Gas prices are unpredictable, home prices are rising, and consumer confidence is on the upswing, just in time for the holidays—let’s hope better times are coming, no matter who is elected!
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If you’ve got some spare time, find out where you can be a volunteer or mentor! Habitat for Cats in New Bedford needs help—go to haibtatforcats.org or contact Ginny at gem57@ comcast.net.
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Or become a trained mentor to a young parent or pregnant teen through the Young Parents Mentoring Program—call 508-984-7419 or contact Meredith at mkeane@tra-inc.org. The SRTA’s proposed fare increase, from $1.25 to $3, for “demand response” door-to-door service is getting serious push-back from political action groups, who say it will hurt seniors and the disabled who rely on it for getting to doctor’s appointments. Stay tuned…
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The state MCAS test results are out, and several South Coast schools— including all of the vocational high schools—have earned special commendations. In New Bedford, the Jireh Swift and Carlos Pacheco Elementary Schools reached Level 1 status for their students’ proficiency. Mattapoisett’s Old Hammondtown School was named a statewide “Commendation School” for its excellent test results.
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The proposed sale of the Brayton Point Coal Plant in Somerset has local environmentalists hoping that the move will end the 30-mile radius spread of toxic emissions from the plant.
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Check out the first Buzzards Bay Film Festival Nov. 9-11. Screenings start in Falmouth on the 9th, then move to New Bedford’s Gallery X on the 10th, with an all-day event at the Zeiterion on the 11th,, including the local debut of the indie movie “Fairhaven.” Proceeds go to the Coalition for Buzzards Bay. Go to www.buzzardsbayfilmfest.org or call 508-999-6363.
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After successful lobbying by state congressional delegations, New England fishermen will be better protected against financial disaster. Emergency assistance legislation now being worked out in Washington includes a $100 million aid package for fishermen.
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The I-195 construction work near the Rt. 140 ramps may be over, but work starts soon to replace the River Ave. bridges in Fairhaven…
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Janelle Guenette was crowned the 60th Miss New Bedford 2013 in September.
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Celebrate the holiday spirit on the South Coast at the “Festival of Lights” at the La Salette Shrine in Attleboro! Free evening illuminations start Nov. 22, with hayrides, a trolley and carousel. Learn more at www.lasalette-shrine.org/Christmas.
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Enjoy a year-‘round farmers market at Attleboro Farms. Visit www.attleborofarms.com or call 508-695-7200.
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Farmers markets and roadside stands are still around—to find one near you, go to www.semaponline.org.
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Enjoy a year-‘round farmers market at Attleboro Farms. Visit www.attleborofarms.com or call 508-695-7200.
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What would the holiday season on the South Coast be without a trip to Edaville Railroad? Take the whole family to the Christmas Festival of Lights starting Nov. 16, or the “Polar Express” starting Nov. 26. For complete details, call 508-866-8190 or go to www.edaville.com.
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Mystery solved! That iconic photograph of the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square at the end of World War II—the previously-unknown sailor turns out to be 89-year old Rhode Island native George Mendonca, finally identified by historian and author Lawrence Verria, also of Rhode Island.
Both were on deck at Fall River’s Battleship Cove as part of the WWII weekend in September for a booksigning of Verria’s “The Kissing Sailor:
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Hawthorne Medical Associates has announced a new affiliation with Steward Health Care System, the for-profit medical provider which currently operates St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton.
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Continued from previous page The Lloyd Center for the Environment received a $5,800 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to help support its public school science programs.
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Silverbrook Farm was mentioned in the most recent issue of Boston magazine as a good example of year-round CSA (community supported agriculture) farms in Massachusetts, much to the delight of South Coast locavores.
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The Capri Motel on Rt. 6 has been shut down once again for health inspection violations…
A new Sam’s Club will join the Super Walmart at the proposed “Crossroads at 24” project, bringing at least 600 new jobs and a lot of tax revenue to the city when completed next year.
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St. Anne’s Hospital was named a “Top Performing Hospital,” one of only ten in the state and the only hospital on the South Coast, by The Joint Commission, a national accreditation organization.
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For the first time in two years, the Gurney Road Bridge has reopened, the last of 28 repair projects after the floods of March 2010; the Forge Road Bridge and the Narrows Road Bridge reopened over the summer.
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Town native Bill Baldwin was named “Broadcaster of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.
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The indie movie Fairhaven will make its local debut at the Zeiterion in New Bedford on Nov. 11 as part of the Buzzards Bay Film Festival. “Fairhaven” was filmed on the South Coast in January 2011, premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival in NYC, and won the Audience Award at Boston’s Independent Film Festival. n
Mattapoisett The Sippican Choral Society will present their holiday concert at the Congregational Church on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2. For more info., go to www. sippicanchoral.org.
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The town is experiencing a construction and home renovation boom!
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Middleborough Fall River John Matouk & Co., manufacturers of upscale linens, will break ground in the spring for a $10 million expansion of its Industrial Park operations and a near doubling of its workforce.
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The Narrows Center for the Arts has an incredible line-up for the next few months—Rickie Lee Jones Nov. 3; Roomful of Blues Nov. 21; Rita Coolidge Dec. 1 and Savoy Brown Dec. 7. For complete details, visit www. ncfta.org or call 508-324-1926.
The Neuro-Rehabilitation Center will close its doors at the end of November. Efforts are underway to find alternative care for current patients and employment for the 140 staff members.
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Join the Downtown Holiday Stroll in New Bedford on Dec. 1 & 2. Go to www.downtownnb.org/calendar.
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What more beautiful venue for music could there be than St. Anthony of Padua’s Church in New Bedford’s north end? There’s the David Chalmers organ recital on Nov. 4 (followed by a Holiday Bazaar in the church hall); the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on Nov. 25; the Paul Winter Consort on Dec. 7; and the Spirit of St. Anthony Christmas Concert on Dec. 16. For complete details, visit www.musicatsaintanthonys.org or call 508-993-1691. n
Also at St. Anthony of Padua’s Church on Nov. 25 is “Mastersingers by the Sea—A Thanksgiving Feast of Music.” Go to www.mastersingersbythesea.org or call 508-540-4732.
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The Rt. 18 overhaul along New Bedford’s waterfront may end this spring, a year ahead of schedule!
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Enjoy an evening of free family fun and entertainment at AHA! Night on the second Thursday of every month. n The theme for November 8 is “AHA! Please Be Seated!” and for December 13 is “AHA! Made in New Bedford.” Go to www.ahanewbedford.org or call 508-996-8253 x 205. n
Help raise money for the Neediest Family Fund! Sign up for the 3rd Annual Souper Bowl Supper on Nov. 10—a handmade ceramic bowl is included with your donation. For details, contact Lisa Nicolaus at 508-979-4497 or at lnicolaus@s-t.com.
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For the 12th consecutive year, New Bedford has been named the nation’s No. 1 dollar-value fishing port!
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Your Theatre, Inc. will be performing Denial Nov. 8-18. For info, call 508-993-0772 or go to www.yourtheatre.org.
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Lift up your voice and join the New Bedford Choral Society. Call 508-644-2419.
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It’s a full roster at New Bedford’s Zeiterion—Lyle Lovett (11/2), Doo Wop: Sounds of New York City (11/10), Singa-long Sound of Music (11/17), Celtic Fire (11/24), A Christmas Carol (12/1), and the Paul Winter Consort at St. Anthony’s of Padua Church in New Bedford’s north end (12/7). Go to www. zeiterion.org or call 508-994-2900.
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New Bedford’s Harbor Development Commission was awarded a $284K grant from the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade surveillance cameras and security boats in the port.
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The YouthBuild program in New Bedford has won a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to continue its work with at-risk youth, providing life skills training, GED classes and hands-on experience in the construction trades.
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Newport Don’t miss the Newport Restaurant Week Nov. 2-11. Visit www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com or call 800-975-5122.
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Head for the Newport Playhouse’s performance of “The Second Time Around” through Nov. 18. Go to www.newportplayhouse.com or call 401-848-7529.
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Rehoboth Portsmouth Enjoy the ambiance at Common Fence Music this month—Aztec TwoStep (11/10), the Washington Blues Band (11/17). Call 401-683-5085 or go to www.commonfencemusic.org.
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The adult basic education program has a new home at 43 Taunton Green. The program is operated by the Taunton school district and Bristol Community College.
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Enjoy the 12th season of “Arts in the Village” with the Chiara String Quartet on Nov. 10 at the Goff Memorial Hall. For details, call 508-252-5718 or go to www.carpentermuseum.org.
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Learn how to build a stone wall on Nov. 3. Call 401-274-9330 or go to www.learnconnect.com.
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The Taunton Public Library offers free or discounted tickets/passes to many area attractions such as Buttonwood Park Zoo, the Children’s Museum and Science Museum in Boston.
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Plymouth Visit the site of the first Thanksgiving through November 25. Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II! Call 508-746-1622 or go to www.plimoth. org.
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The Sakonnet River Bridge between Tiverton and Portsmouth RI may be reopening, but not without controversy. Plans to collect tolls on the bridge are facing stiff opposition.
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The Rhode Island Philharmonic will perform Handel’s “Messiah” on December 8. (You can get discount tickets at Trinity Rep.) For details, call 401-248-7000 or visit www.ri-philharmonic.org. The Festival Ballet Providence will perform “Up Close on Hope” through Nov. 3 at the Black Box Theatre. Call 401-353-1129 or go to www.festivalballet.com.
Work has begun on the Swansea Veterans’ Memorial Green, with hopes of an official opening on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Anyone interested in purchasing a commemorative paver should call Donald Banville at 774-488-4288.
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Taunton The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s casino proposal hit a snag last month when the Bureau of Indian Affairs said the deal gives the State far too much money, a 21% cut that violates the law. Once the Tribe and the State renegotiate, they will resubmit a proposal to BIA.
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Celebrate Christmas on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 24 & 25, sponsored by the Wareham Village Association. Kids can wear their pj’s for the “Frosty Christmas Train,” story-telling, a petting zoo and a visit from Santa. Make reservations by calling 508-291-3677 or by going to wva2012@gmail.com.
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make these plans a solid 21st century proposal which will impact every industry in the area. Delay could mean it will be nothing but a good idea that simply didn’t make it.
An innovative idea The proposal, Schlichtmann said, comes in multiple stages with an estimated $100 million price tag. It includes the Oceanic Research & Innovation Center at Mount Hope Bay, an ecologically-engineered system to collect, manage, and treat all kinds of water including rain, grey and black wastewater and runoff. The area is perfect for this, he said, because of its great mix of salt, fresh and brackish water. He described the Center’s attractive
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setting, a Montaup Harborwalk featuring an estuary pool that would allow people to experience the river and the marine environment. The Center plans to take in water from the Taunton River and improve upon it while searching for ways the water can help produce energy. While the $500 million cooling towers were meant to cool the water emitted from Brayton Point Power plant, Schlichtmann said the Center would hope to take that water and return it to its pristine state. The Center would also have communication, conference and seminar facilities. Entirely privately funded, the Center would focus on water innovations Continued on page 16
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residents and the area and it will create a number of activities and tourist attractions for many people,” said Rodrigues. “I wish them all the best.”
Continued from page 14 and attract companies which focus on such technologies as freshwater/ seawater management and bioscience research. The 40 acre site, which includes 22 acres along the Taunton River and another 18 acres between Riverside Ave. and County Street, would also hope to attract participation from Bristol Community College, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and area communities such as Somerset, Fall River and more. Schlichtmann said he also hopes to partner with a hotel company and a number of restaurant chains to bring them to the site as well. “This would be an ecologically-engineered infrastructure. If you look at nature, there is no waste, everything is used. It’s the web of life. And with our business structure, all the businesses inside will be interlocked,” said Schlichtmann. “One business’ waste product is something another business can use, just like what happens in nature. Human beings created waste, and there will be no waste here.”
Moving forward There have already been two public hearings on the plans and residents and town officials seem optimistic the proposal will be a huge boost for the area, Schlichtmann said. While he wasn’t able to attend the public hearings in Somerset, State. Sen. Michael Rodrigues said he asked Schlichtmann and company to visit his office to discuss the plans in depth. “It’s definitely a tremendous opportunity for the South Coast, Somerset, Fall River and the entire region,” said Rodrigues. “There’s a lot of potential for great use at that site, taking a former plant and transforming it into a 21st century facility combining retail, education, entertainment and the service industry all in one.” Schlichtmann had initially pitched this proposal to the city of Salem for a power plant that had been offline for 20
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We’re trying to bring something here that has never been done before; something that will help the environment and the people who live around it. years, but the city chose to go with another power plant for the location, citing needed tax revenue. Somerset, Schlichtmann said, combines a perfect waterfront location, with great existing infrastructure and strong educational foundations, thanks to presence of BCC and UMass. “You couldn’t find a better region that combines ocean and ecological knowledge with a committed biotech future. It’s a combination won’t find anywhere else in the country,” he said. “The plan will be privately-funded, but the big hurdle for them will definitely be the financing part,” said Rodrigues. “It’s a new idea, and they are clearly thinking outside of the box, but financing these kinds of ideas can be difficult.” “I see nothing but a positive impact. Jobs will be created for Fall River
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Using Quincy Market as an example, Schlichtmann said the Center would have full accessibility, not only from cars, but boats, water taxis and ferries. “It’s a comprehensive development all in one place that will include research, education, commercial and residential as well as a visitor’s center all in one,” said Schlichtmann. “This is a way to work with nature and to learn from it.” He hopes to one day correlate the 73acre site across the river once tabbed as an LNG site into his existing plans on the Somerset side, but first things first: getting the former Somerset Station plans moving forward.
First things first “We are optimistic we will get this done, but time will tell. The next couple of months will be crucial,” Schlichtmann said. “We are working with people at every level; this project brings many people together who have been very supportive and want to make it work.” Working more than a dozen hours a day on the proposal, Schlichtmann said he learned long ago he can’t go at this on a part-time basis or it will never happen. “This will only happen with community support. We’re trying to bring something here that has never been done before; something that will help the environment and the people who live around it,” said Schlichtmann. One recent morning, Schlichtmann’s 8-year-old daughter Sophia woke up and asked her father if she could be a tour guide at his Center when she grows up. He said her question put things in perspective: this is something big which could impact everyone. This isn’t just for us, but for the generations to come 100 years from now. This is about being sustainable.”
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Consider a consignment by Cara Connelly
Consignment shops seem to be popping up all over the South Coast. What was once as taboo as online dating is now not just socially acceptable but, all the rage. When we hear “consignment,” we think of clothing. But it’s more than that.
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In Mattapoisett I visited a new upscale shop, Modern Exchange, which offers savvy shoppers the chance to pick up designers duds, purses, shoes and accessories at a fraction of the retail cost. Shop owner Laura Carpentier always wanted to own a consignment store and the opportunity seemed ripe for the picking this summer. Her new store shows she certainly has an eye for fashion. Her display mannequins are dressed to the nines, the clothing is seasonal, the styles are current and the inventory is offered in women’s size 0-18. Her biggest sellers? “I’d have to say handbags. It’s a great way to own a designer bag without the designer price.” Modern Exchange accepts consignments on an appointment only basis and Carpentier currently has approximately 40 consignees.
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Items need to be in excellent condition and what hasn’t sold after sixty days can be picked up or she will donate it to charity. It helps to keep the inventory fresh and is a great way to recycle unused clothes and accessories. The house keeps 60% of the sale price and the consignee takes home 40%—a pretty good deal for things you weren’t using any longer. Modern Exchange is located at 67 County Road in Mattapoisett. Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:30-4; Thursdays 9:30-6 and Saturday 9-1. Call 508-758-4500 and visit www.ModernExchangeShop. com
A quick hop to Fairhaven Seconds Count! has been in business for 20 years. Current owner, Sue Kantner, credits a few things to the longevity streak.
“We are a family consignment store and carry something for everyone.” Seconds Count! doesn’t boast one specialty item, but sells clothing for infants, men, women, boys and girls as well as maternity clothes, baby equipment, home décor, handbags and an increasingly popular large jewelry display. Sizes range from 0-2XL and will fit ages newborn to 90. Kantner says that customers are most surprised by the size of the store, the quality items and the special customer service offered by the staff. Consignors need to set up an account by appointment and drop off in-season items during designated times. They enjoy 40% of the sale price of their items.
Customers most often remark about the eclectic mix of the furnishings we carry. Seconds Count! is located at 270 Huttleston Avenue in Fairhaven. Shop hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9-4:30 and Thursday 9-7:30. Call 508991-2229 and find them on Facebook.
Now to Swansea Sak’s Consignments enjoys a steady stream of both shoppers and consignees. Shop owner Ilaine Bednarik accepts clothing and accessories on a walk in basis—no appointment necessary. The maximum pieces she accepts at one time is eight, keeping her inventory constantly changing. Her store boasts styles to suit customers ages Continued on next page
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Sak’s Consignments offers a unique program as a way to build their inventory and help those a little less motivated in the cleaning out closets department: they will come to you! Bednarik will go to a client’s closet in search of inventory that she is fairly certain will sell in her shop. She will take more than the eight item drop off limit of in-season clothes. Consignees take 20% of the sale price and items need to be picked up after 30 days. Sak’s Consignment is at 147 Swansea Mall Drive #4 in Swansea. Store hours are Tuesday and Wednesday 9:305; Thursday and Friday 9:30-7 and Saturday 9:30-5:30. Call 508-730-2211 and find them on Facebook.
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YOUR HEALTH Behind the main information desk, Reach 2011 by artist Roger Kizik captures a series of local landmarks from New Bedford and Fairhaven harbors in an acrylic on canvas artwork. It celebrates the region and establishes SouthCoast Cancer Care Center in that context.
Art part of cancer care by Brian J. Lowney
When patients and their loved ones enter the Fairhaven site of Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, they may think that they just stepped into an exquisite art gallery or a world-class museum. This site and another cancer treatment center located at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River are affiliated with the MD Anderson Physician’s Network, based in Houston, Texas, one of the world’s leading centers for cancer treatment. Barbara Mulville, senior vice president for external affairs for Southcoast Hospital Systems, Inc., conceived the 34
idea to bring fine art to the cancer center, which provides a full spectrum of radiation therapy and support services to patients living throughout Southern New England.
Many varied works The facility houses what is perhaps the region’s most impressive collection of local art, with paintings, pho-
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tographs, murals, pen and ink drawings, ceramics and sculptures created by some of the South Coast’s most talented and renowned artists. The collection includes the work of such artistic luminaries as Roger Kizik, Nancy Train Smith, Peter McGowan, Dora Atwood Milliken, Harry Nadler, photographer Carolyn Rubenstein, ceramist Chris Gustin and sculptor John Magnan. Some of the art was donated by the artists, while other pieces were offered for a small commission. “I love art and I hate empty walls,” Mulville begins, recalling that when she proposed the idea to fill the clinic with colorful art that depicts the Southcoast region, the hospital sys-
tem’s administrators gave her free rein to create a welcoming environment that eloquently reveals the beauty of the region. While each piece in the collection is inspiring, of particular note are the soothing watercolors found in the clinic’s infusion bays where patients receive chemotherapy. Created by Teddy Farnham, a muchadmired Westport watercolorist, the tranquil paintings of sailboats and coastal scenes stimulate conversation and bring comfort to patients and staff alike.
Comfort for troubles “You shouldn’t have a house without art,” Mulville emphasizes, pointing to a bucolic oil painting of cattle grazing in an idyllic pasture. Since the cancer treatment center was built on the site of a former dairy farm, she notes that cows play a pre-
“Inner Strength” by John Magnan inspires patients to seek balance in their lives.
dominant role in the theme of the art collection. According to Mulville, the center’s patients truly enjoy the artwork.“It takes you out of where your troubles are and brings you to a better place,” she observes. Mulville adds that local scenes, such as Kizik’s colorful mural highlighting picturesque Fairhaven that graces the wall behind the reception desk, often evoke pleasant memories and laughter. Kizik, who also completed a colorful mural of a giant fish and several other pieces, says he had fun contributing to the noteworthy project. “I try to enliven things that meet my gaze,” he continues, noting that his Fairhaven mural includes such recognizable landmarks as Margaret’s Restaurant, Palmer’s Island Lighthouse and the Fairhaven Bridge, with some fishing boats, a lobster and a seagull added to the mix. “It’s a homage to Fairhaven,” Kizik reveals, adding that he enjoys the challenge of using his creativity to produce art that people will enjoy and appreciate. The Massachusetts College of Art graduate, who has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, adds that he is proud that his work is part of the clinic’s collection. “It’s almost like a museum installation,” he says, noting that the community-based program enriches the environment of healing in unexpected ways. While the cancer center is only accessible to patients and their caregivers, Kizik’s colorful work can also be viewed in the cafeteria at St. Luke’s Hospital, where he recently completed a series of murals depicting food subjects, such as a realistic-looking giant ice cream cone that viewers can almost taste. For more information on the cancer center’s art collection, call (508) 9615280.
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Thanks for traditions by Amy Dion
I find it increasingly difficult, in this era of social media, to miss out on information, unless it is my deliberate choice to avoid it. If you’ve “liked” something on Facebook for instance, you’re bound to receive a deluge of updates and reminders on your newsfeed. And for this, I am often thankful. I appreciate a good visual reminder that my favorite television series starts a new season on a particular date. Or that Araujo Farms and Greenhouse in Dighton is holding an Arts Festival on Sunday, November 4th. So I was pleased when I received a notification from 36
Partners Village Store in Westport that they were to have a book signing with Erin McHugh, author of One Good Deed, the story of one woman’s inspirational quest to set out to do one good deed every day for a year. I bought it, even before the book signing occurred. I am a purveyor of the
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positive, and I was eager for the chance to read someone else’s quest for positive action. McHugh began by describing how her quest started, but once I finished reading her introduction, I found I could peruse the days of the year as I wished, in any order.
Traditions I simply began flipping through pages, meandering my way. I stopped on a date in November that made the recommendation, “Create a tradition.” Well, we have lots of those. For starters, Thanksgiving guarantees the presence of certain foods on the table. My grandfather’s French meat stuffing is a must,
while dessert celebrates my mother’s apple blueberry pie and pecan tassies. I, on the other hand, can be counted on to bring the wild card; trying out new recipes every year in search of the new “favorite.” Traditions are not limited to food alone. Perhaps your family watches a special movie on a certain date year after year, or there is a special book that is read the night before a particular event.
Storytelling Special occasions are always, in my family, an excuse to retell stories from the lives of our grandparents, great-grandparents and even further back.
These are possibly factual— the details remain the same with each retelling. They are stories of hard work, the courage to emigrate, good neighbors and friends, success in school and life. We love telling and hearing them. They bring a continuity that lets our children know what’s important to our family.
Reading From my “Human Development and Learning Class” in college to the pamphlets at the pediatrician’s office, the importance of reading to my children has been ingrained in my psyche. With my own love for reading, it wasn’t a difficult idea for me to buy into. Reading at bedtime will always be one of my foremost favorite family rituals. And why shouldn’t it be, after the affirmation I found while reading a little bit on the “Raising Children Network”, a parenting website. The predictability of something as simple as reading before bed every night, can help children feel safe and secure while helping children’s bodies “know” when it’s time to sleep.
Routines The preparations and revelry of the holidays sometimes disrupts our routines; my husband and I, a bit stressed out, might forego the usual activities, including bedtime reading. And if we are only half aware that we feel deflated and tired, we are alerted to the impact of holiday stress by the bear that slumbers
in my youngest child and awakens to grace us with its beastly self. Understanding why a child is acting out is half the struggle. Dealing with the causes is next.
Keeping our balance In a recent conversation with Ann Clifford, School Psychologist at Wareham High School, we discussed routines, holidays, and how casting aside some daily routines to observe special holiday traditions can be a disruption that creates unease. Clifford referenced the National Association of School Psychologists’ (NASP) handout, “School’s Out,” saying that it is important to maintain as close a routine as possible. The article also declares that small changes made to daily routines can spur communication, allowing families to share stories, creating bonds by which generations can relate to one another. But how to be aware of disruptions to our routines? It’s too easy to be busy and oblivious, letting the security of our routines slip away for a while. Erin McHugh’s book suggested one answer: keep notes on your life. Stop and look, each day. I’ve resolved to be aware of daily changes as the preparations for the holidays approach, to welcome the special activities that create annual traditions and, at the same time, maintain the usual daily routines, the traditions which bring continuity to our family life.
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Puppy lovE by Paul Letendre
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Do your homework I’d strongly recommend doing some homework before bringing a puppy home. I’ll also recommend a mostly free, dog training website: www. amazingdogtrainingman.com. This site is run by Eric Letendre (yes, we are related). I’ve always gotten good quick tips from his easy to navigate site. I’ve had a couple of dogs that got house trained in one single day, and I’ve had one dog that took over a year to house train.
Dogs define life’s chapters Some people are “dog” people. I’m one of them. In many ways, I measure periods of my life by the dogs that accompanied me. Growing up, my first dog was a smallish white mongrel named Cookie. This was in the era of freerange dogs. Folks didn’t tie dogs up or fence them in. They roamed and roamers usually got run over. Cookie got run over. It was my first experience with death, and I was devastated. Five dogs and 35 years later, I was between marriages and living with 38
Barkley, a 100 lb. German Shepherd. My retired parents spent the summers in a nearby cottage. Once, when my dad was hospitalized, my mom asked to “borrow” Barkley. She was a bit nervous about staying alone in the cottage and would feel better with the dog there. Barkley intuitively knew why he was staying there: he slept by my mom’s bed, roamed and checked the house a couple of times during the night; he seemed to know what it took to make her feel secure. When Dad was released from the hospital, my mom offered to trade Dad for the dog. No thanks.
Lasting relationships After Barkley’s passing, in a moment of weakness, I bought a Welsh terrier from a pet store. I rationalized the purchase: 1) he was on sale—I’m a sucker for a good deal, 2) I wouldn’t be comparing this dog to Barkley, terriers have a different set of attributes, and 3) I was smitten by him and wanted to get him out of that little cage in the pet store. This was Henry, the one that took a year to house train. He was an antidote to the Shepherd; Barkley was calm and
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Debby Rodrigues, of Faxon Animal Care, with Chico and Nissa
obedient, Henry was quick and crazy. Terriers can be independent minded. While the other dogs I’d had in the past wanted to please, Henry couldn’t care less about pleasing …unless there was a treat.
Window shopping Lots of people would like a dog but don’t have the time or patience to go through the poop, pee and chew period of puppydom …and there are lots of well-behaved dogs living in shelters. I recently visited Forever Paws Animal Shelter (300 Lynwood Street, www.foreverpaws.com) in Fall River. Erin Pacheco is the shelter manager, and she told me that the facility depends on a lot of volunteer help and donated funds as it tries to find new homes for three dozen dogs and about 110 cats. I’m not currently looking for a dog, but I always like to look. One dog, Mercy, caught my attention. I spent a moment or two with her, and then hurried away before I got smitten. “Smart, sweet, kind, gentle,” I thought. Continued on page 32
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I read her description on the adoption board, “Mercy is a great dog! She gets along with people, dogs, and cats. She’s housebroken, doesn’t chew or jump, listens well and is very smart! Mercy has learned to walk well with a gentle leader. She is a nice medium size and has a coat that’s zero maintenance.”
Too good to be true? There’s a caveat. Mercy is a Staffordshire terrier, aka pit bull. These dogs have gotten a bum rap. They have incredible heart, are keen and intelligent, and love to please humans. Some have been abused and taught to be violent, and horrific stories generate fear and anger. Pit bulls aren’t welcome in a lot of places. My next stop was at the Faxon Animal Rescue League (Animal Rescue League of Fall River, 474 Durfee Street, http://www.arlfr.org). Faxon is also an animal shelter that finds good homes for dogs and cats. Renee Dumont is the shelter manager and Debbie Rodrigues is the adoption counselor for the center. Renee told me that they are now receiving many animals due to home mortgage foreclosures. Faxon has space limitations and is a no-kill facility, so the facility has to be particular as to what animals they accept. I was introduced to a pair of mature Chihuahua sisters, Chichi and Rosie. These two are a pair and will be adopted together—they haven’t ever been apart. They are house trained, obedient and seemingly quiet. I didn’t hear them bark in the time that I was there. Of course they were charming and obviously intelligent and of course I wanted to bring them home. There are a lot of pre-trained adolescent dogs at these shelters; they are temperament and behavior tested. Dogs like Mercy, Chichi and Rosie will be long-lived and unconditionally faithful companions. They can lend a real sense of security and well-being to many homes. 40
Starting a business? Be realistic by Sherri Mahoney-Battles
Most people don’t start a business with the goal of losing money. Most of my clients’ dreams of entrepreneurship include dreams of making lots of money. No, losing money isn’t really an option new business owners like to consider, but rarely does a new business generate a profit in its first year. So an entrepreneur who is invested in his or her business for the long haul needs to have a plan in place to ensure continued operations as their business begins its growth.
Cash flow projection One facet of a business plan is to prepare a cash flow projection using re-
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alistic projected income and expense streams to predict solvency. The numbers on a cash flow projection are, of course, estimates. You can, however, tap into some fairly reliable resources which provide industry standards to help project sales numbers. And a list of start-up costs and a monthly expense budget will help nail down anticipated expenses. Unlike a profit and loss statement, a cash flow projection includes all monies flowing in and out, including loans
and payments to the owner, while a profit and loss statement just shows those items which have tax implications. If the cash flowing out is greater than the cash flowing in, you need to cover the shortage by tapping resources such as personal savings, a small business loan, or loans from friends or family members.
Be realistic A caveat to consider when preparing your cash flow projection is the point at which you need to collect a paycheck from your business. Be as realistic as possible when preparing a cash flow projection since you will be the one to pay the consequences if your estimates aren’t reasonable. We have even known clients who opted not to start their businesses at all, once they examined their cash flow projections. The thing I like best about a cash flow projection is you can revisit and revise a cash flow projection as the business develops. You can see where your income and expense estimates were accurate, and you can more accurately develop a cash flow projection for future periods.
have wages from regular employment and your business has a $5,000 loss you can use this amount to offset your taxable wages before calculating your income tax.
Tax guideline The IRS expects businesses to lose money at first, and has guidelines as to how many years you can operate at a loss before they consider your business to be a hobby rather than a business. The IRS expects a business to make a profit during at least three of the last five years, and could determine your business is not for profit, and then losses cannot be used to offset other income and must be claimed instead as itemized deductions. How often does the IRS say a business is not being operated for profit? I have been working with small business owners for over twenty-five years, and I have yet to see them make this determination. We do, however, use this guideline as a benchmark, and when a business consistently operates at a loss it warrants a review as to the viability of the venture.
Establish a sound foundation on which to build, and you will be rewarded in the end.
A small silver lining Most new businesses have start-up expenses such as equipment and marketing. And most new businesses require a period of time to become established. So most tend to operate at a loss for the first few years. This business loss can be a benefit as it can often be used to reduce other taxable income. For example, if you or your spouse
Plan, and succeed No one wants to operate an unprofitable business, but it’s important your expectations are reasonable. Develop a plan to properly fund your business from the beginning and take the time to complete a cash flow projection to help to uncover weaknesses in your business plan before they have the opportunity to swamp you. Establish a sound foundation on which to build, and you will be rewarded in the end.
Sherri Mahoney-Battles, of Taxing Matters, specializes in income tax preparation for small businesses and individuals. As an Enrolled Agent, licensed by the IRS, Sherri has been representing clients for over twenty-five years in cases of audit, collections, and appeals and does extensive work with non-filers. Visit her website at www.taxingmatters. com email Sherilyn@taxingmatters.com or call her at 508-636-9829.
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On the eve of the Presidential elections, one phrase we’ll be glad to stop hearing is “middle class.” Both candidates portray themselves as champions of the middle class, committed to preserving middle class values and living standards, and expanding the economy so that more people can enter the middle class.
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lah, blah, blah. But just who (or what) is this nebulous voting bloc the candidates have been wooing—and who defines who they are, anyway? Is “middle class” defined strictly by income? core values? lifestyle? educational level? Is it a monolithic carved-in-stone membership (like being a vegetarian or a Catholic) or is it a fickle chameleon that shifts over time and circumstances (like musical tastes or political affiliation)? Well, it all depends on whom you ask, which explains why the concept is so muddled.
Just ask us Ninety-five percent of Americans consider themselves to be “middle class,” leaving just five percent split between the very rich and the very poor—but that doesn’t sound very scientific or even realistic. People generally seem
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to define “middle class” as meaning anyone who is not very rich or very poor, but again, that isn’t very helpful. Amusingly, identifying yourself as “middle class,” no matter your income, is apparently very appealing—almost half (46%) of people earning more than $100,000 say they’re middle class. Just regular Joes like you, my friends, right?
Ask an expert If you ask an economist, you are middle class if your income falls between $25,000 and $75,000 per year, with the median being $50,000—but to most people, that’s hardly a comfortable income these days for a family of four, never mind one. According to a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center, “middle income” ranges from 2/3 to double the national median income ($39,000-$118,000), which encompasses about 50% of adults today.
But, according to that formula, that income group included 60% of all adults in 1971, so the middle income segment of the population has actually shrunk! If you ask the sociologists and the policy wonks, the middle class is a continuum of sub-groups ranging from lower—to upper-middle class, distinguished by their educational level, occupation, and values—not just their income.
Ask a politician If you listen to the politicians, anyone making less than $200,000 would qualify for a “middle-class” tax cut—and that’s a long way away from $50,000. But by most measures, the cut-off for middle class seems to start with high school graduates with blue collar jobs and semi-conservative values and ranges up to college graduates with white collar jobs and semiliberal ideals. It transcends age, race, religion, gender, marital status and political affiliation, with a few quirky characteristics based on ethnicity. For example, Asian-American males tend to achieve the highest level of education (which opens the door to better-paying jobs) and thereby they tend to make a lot more money than Hispanic or AfricanAmerican females.
The disastrous decade Even the number of people in the “middle class” is constantly changing, no matter how you define it, depending upon overall economic circumstances and political
trends. And the last decade almost brought the middle class to its collective knees. Those on the bottom rung of the ladder fell off completely to join the ranks of the statistically poor. Almost no one on the higher rungs of the middle class ladder moved into the upper class. And everyone in between saw their personal American dream fade or disappear completely. And these are the people being courted by all the politicians promising a return to happier times...
Everything in freefall Between 2000 and 2010, the median household income of middle class workers fell 5%—but their median wealth (total assets minus liabilities—see sidebar, page 36) fell a whopping 28%, from $138,000 to $93,000. In other words, not only were they bringing home leaner paychecks, but the value of their homes, pension funds, and savings/investments plummeted. Fully 85% of people who consider themselves to be middle class say that it is much harder now to maintain the lifestyle they enjoyed ten years ago. And it was even more disastrous for lower-income middle class families. Between 2000-2010, their meager household “wealth” nose-dived from $18,500 to $10,000—a loss of almost 50%. And here’s where the hairline cracks show up— in 2007, white American households had 15 times more “wealth”, 70% of which
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Continued from previous page was their home equity, than did black or Latino households—whose wealth was invested 95% in their homes. When you consider that the latter families were hardest hit by the subprime mortgage scandal of 2007, you can see why minorities were the most likely to fall off the middle class ladder. (If you’re a closet economics wonk, read the Pew Research Report, “The Lost Decade of the Middle Class.”)
The great recession Just in case you missed it, the economic meltdown started in December 2007 and officially ended in
June 2009, according to the number crunchers in Washington DC. But that timeline would be a hard sell to the folks who are still unemployed or underemployed, recent college graduates who can’t find work and are drowning in student loan debt, retirees whose 401(k)s are a hair above worthless, or homeowners whose mortgages are underwater or who lost their home to foreclosure when they got laid off. When the housing market imploded, people’s home equity went south—very south. And seeing as home ownership has long been the badge of middle class wealth, a lot of people got
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At the risk of insulting someone’s intelligence, here’s a primer on what “wealth” means, as opposed to “income.” Wealth is your net worth after subtracting all of your liabilities from your total assets. Liabilities include mortgages, credit card debt, student loans, car loans, alimony/child support, unpaid bills/taxes, your tab at the local deli or bar— i.e., money you owe someone. Assets come in fixed or liquid form. Liquid assets are cash available—income/tips/government transfers, savings account, anything you own that can be sold (or pawned) fast. Fixed assets includes your house, car, pension/investment accounts, life insurance policies, fine arts/comic book collection—stuff that would take time to sell and “liquidate.”
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badly hurt and are still feeling poorly. Retirees (aka “gloomy boomers”) got hit particularly hard, because they no longer have any time to recoup their losses unless they continue to work until they drop dead at their desk.
Clawing up the ladder The bedrock beliefs of the American dream are every man should own his own castle, and that education can lift you and your children above your current economic station. The better and more educated you are, the more lucrative a job you can qualify for and the higher your status in your community. Every parent dreams that
Government Transfer We didn’t hear this term used much in the political ads and debates—although that’s what “entitlements” and the “47%” are referring to—but government transfers weigh heavily on the national economy. Some of them we’ve paid up front through our payroll taxes or service—Social Security benefits, veterans’ benefits, Medicare, unemployment checks. Some of it comes from the general tax fund as a safety net for those who fall below the income guidelines—welfare, food stamps, Pell grants, disability benefits, Medicaid. Some of this supplemental “income” is taxable, some is not, but it all helps people stay afloat and it goes right back into the local economy.
their children will surpass their educational (and thereby economic) achievements—the high school grad pushes his sons and daughters to get a college degree; the college grad urges her children to get an advanced or professional degree. But in a cruel twist of fate, many families in the lower middle class income level equated where they lived (whether renting or owning) as the benchmark for whether or not their children got a good education. Children living in lowerincome inner-city neighborhoods stand less chance of succeeding and going to college than do kids growing up in the suburbs.
Poverty One in six Americans, including children, goes to bed hungry most nights—that’s 15% of the population of the richest country on earth. A family of four living on $15,000 a year is officially “poor.” And when you consider that the median income of many minority families is $32,000 (vs. $50,000 for whites), it’s not that far a drop into poverty when someone gets laid off from a minimum-wage job or a car breaks down or the landlord raises the rent or a child needs special medical care. Or it could be an elderly person squeezing by on Social Security payments, or a returning veteran who can’t find a job, or a new college grad who can only find temp or part-time work. There, but for the grace of God, go us all…
So, many of these parents went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that their children got a solid foundation for future success. They scraped together a down payment for a house in a better school district. And there were plenty of predatory lenders out there ready to accommodate them. So, while these folks thought they’d put their foot on another rung up the ladder, many were thrown right back down when the sub-prime mortgage bubble burst. They went into foreclosure, lost their homes (therefore, up to 95% of their “wealth”), and lost their dream for seeing their children move out of nearpoverty and into the upper middle class.
Times have definitely changed. We’re older and wiser, having lived through 9/11, the dot.com bubble, the stock market collapse, the Wall Street bailout, the housing bubble, two wars and the “Great Recession.” Now, according to the Pew Research surveys, Americans list “having a secure job” and “having health insurance” as the top two requirements for membership in the middle class. Wow. Owning a home and having a college degree come in a distant third and fourth, with owning stocks and other investments lagging an even more distant fifth. Clearly, stability and prudence have trumped the go-go, credit-card mentality of the 1990s.
Shifting middle class values
So who’s to blame?
Here’s a real chicken-oregg snapshot of where we once were vs. where we are now: In 1991, before the calamitous events of the past decade, what Americans considered essential to being a member of the middle class was vastly different than what they say now, twenty years later. Back then, home ownership ranked #1, followed by (amazingly) owning two or more cars. Coming in third and fourth on the 1991 list was having a college degree and some investments, with having a white-collar job trailing in fifth place. Clearly, people were more focused on the trappings of middle class membership than on the foundations that made membership possible.
According to the Pew Research Center, who recently asked middle class Americans whom they blame for the economic mess we’re in, the number one culprit (64%) people pointed to was Congress (think legislative gridlock and the coming “fiscal cliff”), followed by banks (54%) and (47%) large corporations (think Wall Street bailout, foreclosures, and the stock market implosion in 2007), the Bush administration (44%), and foreign competition (39%). Only one-third of the respondents (34%) blamed the Obama administration and only a scant 8% said that the middle class itself was to blame. So think it all over carefully, then get out there and vote!!
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THINGS TO DO Christmas Village at Edaville
Beware—here they come—the winter blues, the cold weather doldrums, and the ‘I’m bored’ whines from the kids.
Keep active this winter by Cara Connelly
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o matter what you call it, as the cold weather sets in, we become more sedentary. Then, as the New Year approaches we make the resolution to get more active, do something new, expand our horizons. How about staying active, taking a fun or educational class, or learning a hobby this winter? And find something fun to do to get ready for the holidays. It will set a great example for your kids, give you some nice family time, and you’ll be sailing into the New Year without having to make the clichéd resolutions.
Try the Y The YMCA is a great place not just to stay active but to learn too. Some classes are offered as after school programs either at the Y or at a local school. Call your area YMCA or visit wwwymca46
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programs such as Mommy/daddy and Me swimming, art classes and ways to give your little one a jump start in school by making science fun. The Silly Science enrichment program gives participants the chance to listen to animal sounds, read books about the ocean, and create volcanoes all through hands on experiments. Youth and Government clubs give middle and high school students to chance to become involved in projects that relate to civic duties or service learning based locally and internationally. Maybe your tween or teen can try the survival challenge enrichment program and have their own go at “Survivor” YMCA style. This class offers students a chance to experiment with both indoor and outdoor survival strategies, fort building and knot tying.
The youth and teen circuit orientation is a great way for youngsters to learn the basics of weight training and proper technique alone with the rules and etiquette of a wellness center. Sports Specific Training is a tailored strength and conditioning program for a specific team sport. It’s good for pre-season, in-season, or postseason conditioning for your specific sport. For young readers, try the Kindle Club Junior Enrichment Program. It’s a new approach that offers a book club experience while getting children accustomed to using modern technology in a safe, educational and fun way. The photography club enrichment program teaches kids all about photography and different ways to take pictures. By the end of the program, students will have learned how to put together their own portfolio.
Climb at Carabiner’s Rock climbing is a great activity indoors or out. New Bedford is host to a great indoor venue, Carabiner’s Indoor Climbing. Carabiner’s offers three types of indoor rock climbing on walls ranging from 15 to 65 feet high. Climbing holds are arranged in routes creating a variety of interesting climbing for climbers of nearly any age or ability. Carabiner’s even changes the routes to keep things interesting for repeat clients and members. Top rope climbing is ideal for beginners and can be made more challenging for advanced climbers. Climbers wear safety harnesses and are ‘belayed’ with climbing ropes on walls ranging from 15-65 feet in height. Top rope climbing requires a certified ‘belayer’ who controls the rope keeping the slack to a minimum, catches any falls, and lowers the climber down the wall. Bouldering is the simplest form of climbing but the terrain can be difficult. It involves climbing without a rope on shorter walls over padded flooring and gymnastic pads. No certification or appointment is required, just a quick orientation to bouldering
safety. All children must be supervised by an adult. Lead climbing is an advanced form of climbing where the lead climber clips the rope into preplaced protection called quick draws. The lead wall features mostly overhanging, intermediate to advanced routes intended for experienced, certified lead climbers. Lead Certification is available to climbers that have passed Carabiner’s lead test or completed a Carabiner’s Lead Course. Carabiner’s offers after school programs, teams to join and can host birthday parties. They offer yoga, ladies only climbing and always have weekly specials. Carabiner’s Indoor
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Family Fun in Fairhaven Carousel Family Fun Center in Fairhaven is celebrating their 20th anniversary and in honour of the occasion, they are focusing on the health benefits of roller skating. “It’s a great way to combine fitness and fun” said owner Charlene Conway. She points not only to the cardiovascular benefits of the activity but the strength building benefits because it is lower-impact than running.
“Roller skating works over 640 muscles and has been endorsed by the American heart association as a healthy aerobic exercise,” she says. Skating classes are taught by Scott Cohen, a five time world champion roller skater, personal trainer and grade one teacher. Carousel hosts birthday parties and private events, and offers weekly/seasonal specials. Every Wednesday Carousel hosts family night from 6 to 8pm. Admission, skate rentals, two pieces of pizza and a cold beverage – all for $10 per person. Carousel Family Fun Center is located at 4 David Drowne Boulevard in Fairhaven. Public skate hours are Friday 7-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 2-4:30pm. Call 508-996-4828 and visit www.carouselskate.com
Ride the Express Get ready for the holidays with a magical ride on the Polar Express where children enjoy a 40 minute train ride, all of the park’s amusement rides and the beauty of over 7 million holiday lights. After you have experienced the magic of the North Pole, enjoy the new additions to the park. This year, Edaville will feature a marshmallow roasting station for s’mores. Visit a brand new Christmas Village filled with holiday shops, Santa’s new home and beautiful animations and decorations. The Polar Express will be at Edaville USA November 26-28, December 3-5, 10-11 and January 2-3 from 4pm-9pm. Tickets are $30 for children and adults – children under the age of two are free. Purchase your golden ticket for the Polar Express before they sell out by calling 508-866-8190 or visit www. edaville.com. So avoid the winter months’ rut, keep the kids happy, and make the commitment not to hibernate this winter. Reinvent yourself and find fun, inexpensive ways to learn, grow, move— and then jump in with both feet.
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WINE NOTES
Stop and smell the wine by Alton Long
“Taste the fruit and berries in this wine,” said my companion, when we were trying out wines at a shop. I asked the merchant to pour a little of the wine my friend was having, and I looked at the wine in the glass and noted its color and depth, then swirled it and sniffed it; I was able to get a great bouquet of rich berries, like raspberries, along with a bit of floral components almost like roses and lilacs. I agreed that the wine we were tasting was excellent. I particularly enjoy wines that are rich in aromatic components. I took another sip; rolled it around my mouth, and did my favorite wine tasting trick: I rolled my tongue, and sort of inhaled enough air to ripple the small quantity of wine, and was able to truly enjoy the full flavors of the wine. But the “taste” was a little out of balance. The wine was a little sweeter than I usually like. If the wine’s acids had been a little higher, that might have balanced it out. And I once again appreciated the difference between “taste” and “flavor.”
The least complex sense Taste, the name of the sense that we get from food and beverage, is done by the tongue. This sense is relatively simple compared to sight, smell and hearing. It compares with the sense of “touch” which, within itself, is probably actually more complex. Taste is primarily divided into four aspects; sweet, salt, bitter and acid. There are other minor taste aspects, but they are not relevant to wine.
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One of the most valuable aids for helping a wine taster to identify the aromas is the “aroma wheel” which was “invented” by Ann C. Noble, a “sensory chemist” and now retired professor at the University of California, Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology. The “aroma wheel” provided an aid to wine writers and wine judges in developing a description of a given wine’s aroma that is useful to readers. About the same time, other wine writers had been working on other
Taking that sniff of the wine from the glass before drinking it helps prepare you for what you are about to taste. aroma description aids, including an attempt of making a linear spectrum of wine aromas, but none seemed to catch on. For example, a given wine might have a seed-fruit-like aroma aspect such as apple or pear, but another wine might have a citrus character ranging from orange, lemon or grapefruit. There seemed to be no way to interconnect the citrus aroma with the seed fruit aromas. While the so called “aroma wheel” is used by some wine tasters and judges,
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what was finally used to aid wine judges was a long list of aromas of all sorts of fruits, berries, vegetables etc., and including many items that most people might recognize and be able to match up with the smells they get from a wine.
Violets and wet dog Forgetting about the oak that might dominate the aroma in a decent Cab, one might easily detect violets, leather, cedar or even tobacco or a cigar box. A “bad”, or poorly made Cabernet Sauvignon might have sweaty socks, or worse yet, wet leather, or even a wet dog smell. (Note: when the olfactory quality of a wine is poor, connoisseurs refer to them as “smells”. When the aromas are good, they use “aroma.”) The basic aroma of a fresh, simple white wine is often described as apple-like. This is because the primary aroma of that wine is based on an ingredient called malic acid, which is found in a fresh apple. If you cut an apple in half, you will get that aroma. But, if you let that cut apple sit out and turn brown, there will be another aroma, that of lactic acid, the acid found in milk. This occurrence is referred to as “malolactic” fermentation. No, you will not detect any “milk” in the aroma of a wine, but somehow, there are wines that tend to have a bit of “butter.” For example, a description of a rich flavored Chardonnay is often “big and buttery”. And, no, the winemaker did not put butter in the wine.
So, how did it get there? The answer is that the fermentation process of converting the grape sugar into alcohol also converts other
natural compounds of the natural grape into more complex and often (and fortunately) aromatic and delicious compounds. Take for example the juice of pressed Gerwurztraminer grapes. Before fermentation, the juice has a nice apple and a little floral aroma, but after fermentation it becomes quite complex with roses, passion fruit and lavender flower. Some say it is a bit like lychee nuts, and so it should, as lychee and Gewürztraminer share some of the same compounds. Another important aspect of wine aroma is the effect that aging can bring about. With time, a wine actually changes, as the tannins and other acids react with some of the aromatic components, which results in a more complex wine. The tannins begin to dissipate and the wine become smoother and more pleasant. One could dig deeper into the compounds that contribute to a wine’s aroma. But it becomes less important for the wine consumers to know. For example, do you really want to know that Methoxypyrazine is the compound that contributes the herbaceous aroma you get in Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc? I don’t. What really counts is that you, the wine taster and buyer, understand that while the wines of different producers may vary, similar grape varieties will result in similar wines. So when you find a variety you like, it is fun to see how various producers make different but similar wines from the same grape. Finally, you also need to know that taking that sniff of the wine from the glass before drinking it helps prepare you for what you are about to taste. So, when you pour that next glass of wine, swirl, sniff and contemplate the aroma. And then take that first sip, and swish it about before you swallow. And then you can appreciate the wine and its flavor, and decide if this is a wine that you not only like, but one you will probably buy again. I hope so.
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MUSICAL SOUTH COAST
Roomful of Blues
Be thankful for South Coast sounds by David Prentiss
What kind of music do you listen to? Do you only listen to one type or do you like a wide variety? When I started thinking about this question I decided to look at my iPod to see how many categories of music I have on it. I found twelve: big band/ vocal, bluegrass, blues, celtic/folk, choral, classical, country, jazz, opera, pop, reggae, and rock. That’s why I’m glad I live in the South Coast. In the month of November alone, you can find a live performance of 50
just about every one of those types of music: Handel’s Messiah by the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, chamber music concerts by the South Coast Chamber Music Society and by Concerts at the Point, a jazz concert of “My Favorite Things” by young musicians who have receive music scholarships from the Tri-County Symphonic Band and Music Association And there’s much more:everything
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from the eclectic pop/rock/country/ big band musician Lyle Lovett to Celtic Fire to afro-cuban jazz great Chucho Valdes at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center. Be sure to keep in touch with our calendar of events at www.coastalmags.com for listings at venues throughout the South Coast.
Blues at the Narrows The Narrows Center for the Arts always offers a wide range of music and November is no different, with performers ranging from Rickie Lee Jones to Steve Earle.
And if you love the blues, then this month you are going to spend a lot of time at the Narrows. On November 1st, New Orleans bluesman Anders Osborne opens for Toots and the Maytals. I saw Osborne this summer at the White Mountain Blues Festival and can tell you he can play. He tours the country nonstop and recently performed with Robert Cray in Denver and at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in California. Nobody pushes the blues harder than Tommy Castro and he’ll be at the Narrows with his band, The Painkillers, on the 4th. Castro has performed with B.B. King and John Lee Hooker and in the mid-1990s he led the house band for NBC’s Comedy Showcase. The Blues Foundation has awarded Castro multiple honors including Blues Male Artist of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and with his band, Band of the Year. On November 9th three of the original members of The Blues Project will bring back the music they created when rock ‘n roll was still young, a special rock-blues sound coming out of Greenwich Village in New York. They were hailed as the East Coast’s answer to the Grateful Dead and blew away audiences at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in the 1960s. The members of the Blues Projects were recognized as exceptional musicians who reveled in extended improvising and jam sessions. Two of the original members later went on to form Blood, Sweat and Tears. Finally, one of the greatest blues bands
of all time, Roomful of Blues, will fill the Narrows on November 21st. Few bands today have blues credentials like Roomful of Blues. They have been nominated for five Grammy Awards and seven Blues Music Awards. They were named the Blues Band of the Year in 2005 and Billboard called the band “a tour de force of horn-fried blues…Roomful is so tight and so right.” The DownBeat International Critics Poll has twice selected Roomful of Blues as Best Blues Band. I first heard Roomful of Blues when I was in high school. They came up to small jazz and blues club in Beverly called Sandy’s and blew everybody away. The horn section is a good as it gets and they always have a lead guitarist that can play. Their first was the consummate bluesman Duke Robillard, who can play more blues than anybody. Then came the extraordinary Ronnie Earl, perhaps the most intense and soulful blues guitarist playing today. Now they have Chris Vachon, who is carrying on where the others left off.
Something for everyone Whether you are going to spend all of November listening to the blues or want to mix in Handel’s glorious Messiah and Smetana’s amazing piano trio, the South Coast has quite a variety of music for you. The great composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein said that music is a thing of infinite variety. As a composer of both symphonies and the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, he knew what he was talking about. Consider all the different types of music there are, and consider how much variation there can be within even a single type of music, how much pleasure, joy, and comfort. Maybe that is why music is so pervasive in all human cultures, because there is truly something for everyone in music. The infinite variety of human feelings and experience meets its match in music. One of my favorite songs by B.B. King contains the lyric “I like to live the love that I sing about, in my song.” Living, loving and singing—they all go together, don’t they?
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Libra – You need to gain more control at home and pay more attention to your money. Stop spending money and stop procrastinating. Scorpio – You need to be more secure in your relationship. Live in the moment, you seem to be looking for this big improvement, but it is time to just be content. Sagittarius – Take a deep breath and buckle down. Lots to do! Whatever you think you have put to rest is starting up again. This time follow through on everything you promise. Capricorn – You must slow down. You are overdoing it. Say no and give yourself a break once in awhile. Play hooky from work or school; you will thank yourself for it. Aquarius – It’s okay to fantasize and daydream. Escape your day-to-day routine and be a kid. Enjoy this break; you will find it most refreshing. Pisces – Movement is good. Stop settling for that dead end job or that one sided relationship. It’s dead weight, toss it out. The only thing preventing moving on is your fear.
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# 7 - 67.4 % of all new claims opened started after the policyholder reached age 80. If you live a long life, you will likely have a need for long term care. # 6 - 28.2 % of nursing home residents over the age of 85 have been in the facility for three years or longer. # 5 - Alzheimer’s disease was the leading reason someone used their long-term care insurance for either home health care or nursing home care. Stroke was number two. # 4 - Nearly one in five (20%) of those receiving benefits from their long-term care insurance transferred from home health care to a nursing home facility. # 3 - The largest open long-term care insurance claim was for a woman who exceeded $1.5 million in paid benefits. Her claim has lasted almost 14years and started after she paid about $2,500 in total premium. # 2 - Women accounted for 64 % of all newly opened long term care insurance claims. # 1 - Over 85 % of women age 85 or older will be living alone in their life time.
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Black Friday no joke by Laura C. Monteiro
If you’re one of the crazy people who ventures out at 4 a.m. on the morning of Black Friday, the most dreaded shopping day of the year, you’ll probably see me. I’m the one wearing my thickest winter coat and my warmest gloves standing amongst all the overtired shoppers with full Thanksgiving bellies who are still wearing their pajama bottoms. You’ll also see my mother, who complains the entire time, yet gloats when she is able to get a name brand slow cooker at the low price of $10. Black Friday shopping always causes controversy and usually splits a group in two:
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nonsense. “I can’t believe you actually do that,” they say. I just roll my eyes and think about all the money I saved despite losing a few hours of sleep. And there are my people—the early bird nuts—who thoroughly enjoy getting up a few hours after getting into bed and heading out to the stores with a wallet full of cash. It’s quite exciting to get in your car while it’s still pitch black outside and head over to your favorite department store and see others like you already standing in line, waiting for the gates to open. Often times you’ll meet up with a friend, and if that doesn’t happen you’ll certainly make friends with whomever you’re standing next to. You discuss the best sales, what your strategies are once you get in the store, if you need to weigh yourself down with a shopping cart or—after three cups of coffee—you’re actually contemplating carrying a flat screen TV all the way to the register with
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your bare hands. Believe me, Black Friday is no joke. Since I’ve been to a Black Friday shopping spree a handful of times, I know what to expect. With the economy being in the state that it is (just google horrendous), it’s important to make your money stretch this holiday season.
Pro tips You’ll have to sacrifice a few hours of sleep, but you probably passed out early from eating so much turkey the night before. Here are a few tips for having a positive Black Friday experience. Plan ahead – You can’t just decide at 2:59 a.m. that you may want to pop in to a store at 3 to see what they have available. The hardcore shopaholics have been planning their moves for days. Every Thanksgiving after we’ve all eaten ourselves into a stupor, my mother, sister and I browse through
the flyers in the newspaper. We first look to see if there is anything we want to buy, because there’s no point in getting up early just to browse around the aisles. Location, location, location – If you’re already on the fence about driving around in the middle of the night, pick a store close to you. You’ll feel safer and more comfortable in your own surroundings rather than having to navigate the streets of Boston looking for a parking spot. Stick with local stores you’re familiar with so you’ll know exactly where to head inside once those doors fly open. Get your game face on – Yes it’s cold, yes it’s early and yes you’re probably wishing you were still in bed right now. Toughen up! It’s Christmas, and if Santa Claus can bring the presents people want, so can you. Plus, you don’t want to go home empty-handed only to hear later on how someone got an Xbox 360 for $19.99 just because they were in the right place at the right time.
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