Continued from previous page The Whaling Museum’s capital campaign raised $6 million, bringing its total endowment to $7.6 million. The Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth received a $35,000 grant from the Braitmayer Foundation. The funds support the center’s Climate Science Learning Projects in schools throughout the South Coast.
The Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River has a great line-up: there’s Caravan of Thieves June 20; Sonny Landreth June 27; Block-a-Palooza with Roomful of Blues (FREE!) July 18; Buckwheat Zydeco August 9; and more! For complete details, visit www.narrowscenter.com, www.ncfta.org or call 508-324-1926.
to-Hyannis CapeFLYER train would come flying through town at almost 60 mph. At the last minute, they petitioned the state for flashing lights at a dangerous crossing on County Rd. School cafeteria workers at the Coelho Middle School in Attleboro denied lunch
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The UMass system has created the James J. Karam Scholarship Fund for South Coast students planning to attend any of the UMass system’s campuses. Starting July 1, drivers will have to pay a toll to cross the Sakonnet River Bridge in East Bay RI. Commuters can use their Newport Pell Bridge E-ZPass transponders or pay $.75 one way. Separate rates will be in place for out-of-state vehicles and trucks. The good news is that bus service between New Bedford and Fall River now runs into the evening, along with many other SRTA routes. For new schedules, go to www. SRTAbus.com or call 508-999-5211.
Listen to the Music Mark your calendars for the 20th Annual Onset Blues Festival in Wareham on August 3. Call 508-295-7072 or go to www. onsetvillage.org. The free “Summer of Love” concerts return to Onset Bay in Wareham every Wednesday starting June 26. Call 508-2957072 or go to www.onsetvillage.org.
photo by Chad Anderson
MassDevelopment issued a $57.8 million bond on behalf of Southcoast Hospital Group’s new primary and specialty health care center in Fairhaven.
From July 11 to August 29, enjoy free “Thursday Evenings in the Park Concerts” at the Whaling National Historical Park garden in New Bedford. 508-996-4095 or www.nps.gov/nebe. Pack a blanket and a picnic for “Music at Sunset” at Blithewold in Bristol June 26, July 10, July 14, August 7 and August 21. For the concert schedule, go to www. blithewold.org or call 401-253-2707. Don’t miss the New Bedford Folk Festival (formerly called Summerfest) July 6 and 7. For info, visit www.newbedfordfolkfestival.com. The Sandywoods Center for the Arts in Tiverton will present Billy Mitchell June 21, Cliff Eberhardt June 28, the New Bedford Sea Chantey Chorus July 12, Village Harmony July 20, “Forever Young” July 31, Otis Read August 3, and more! Go to www.sandywoodsmusic.com or call 401241-7349. The Zeiterion in New Bedford presents David Byrne & St. Vincent June 27, Joan Baez June 29 and Cindi Lauper Juuy 9. Go to www.zeiterion.org or call 508-997-5664.
Strange, But True Town officials in Rochester received almost no advance notice that the Boston-
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to 25 students a few months ago because their pre-paid lunch accounts were short on funds. Not only did this incident go viral and attract national attention, but it also resulted in death threats for some school administrators. Then-Attleboro school superintendent Pia Durkin, the incoming superintendent for the New Bedford schools, was one of those threatened. Lunchtime patrons at the Olive Garden restaurant in Taunton were startled back in April when a diner wearing a kilt lifted it up to show everyone what he wasn’t wearing underneath. One of the other diners happened to be an off-duty state trooper… Eel poaching has become big (illegal) business in Rhode Island lately, with demand for tiny American eels (“elvers”) fetching $2,000/pound in Asia. Things were hoppin’ in Lakeville a few months ago when two kids found supposed “Bigfoot” bones in the woods. Calls came in from national media and the Discovery Channel, but the medical examiner said they were most likely from a large bear. (Bigfoot, call home…) A man who stole almost $800 left behind on a store counter in New Bedford had second thoughts when he found out that it was a woman’s SSI money, her sole