Your town’s farmers market may be closed for the season, but it’s open year-‘round at the Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket! For details, call 401-312-4250 or go to www.hopeartistevillage.com. Or, to find farm-fresh food near you, go to www.semaponline.org.
If you haven’t had your flu shot yet, make it a priority. And, although the black bear sightings have disappeared, there are deer everywhere, so drive carefully.
The Commonwealth’s congressional districts have been redrawn, down to nine from ten – and Barney Frank has decided not to run for re-election! Hats off to one of the smartest and most colorful members of Congress and a great advocate for the South Coast!
There’s more movie madness afloat – “The Golden Scallop,” a “mockumentary” about seafood contests, was filmed in Wellfleet and will debut in the spring. And for more movie madness, check out the Fairhaven listing below.
A day-trip to Boston may be well-worth the travel to see the astonishing “Pompeii” exhibit at the Museum of Science. Go to www.mos.org or call 617-723-3500 for details.
Every year the UMass/Amherst dining services hands out souvenir “Tastes of Home” cookbooks at Parents Weekend – the 2011 edition features recipes submitted by the children of Anne Ferreira of Assonet and Maureen Teefy of Marion.
The Southcoast Health System has consolidated some of its regional services to form the Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association (VNA). Home health and hospice care agencies in Fall River, Fairhaven and Wareham will be restructured and operate out of Fairhaven, Little Compton RI, Fall River and Raynham. For more info, call 508-961-5270 or 774-627-1966.
And who says you can’t go for a boat ride in winter? Take a seal-watch cruise on the Cuttyhunk ferry out of New Bedford’s State Pier. For schedule and ticket prices (which includes lunch!), go to www.cuttyhunkferryco.com or call 508-992-0200.
If you’re over 50, check out the day trip (Jan. 16) to Foxwoods Casino sponsored by the New Bedford Senior Travel Program. Call 508-991-6171 for complete details.
With the drawdown of US troops in Iraq, many of our region’s servicemen and women will be transitioning back home here, looking for work, affordable housing and needed services. Every city and town in Massachusetts has a veterans’ services coordinator, but we can all show our appreciation for their service by helping them in any way we can. Starting this month, the Registry of Motor Vehicles will offer an option to have the word “veteran” appear on driver’s licenses or state identification cards upon renewal (that option is already available for license plates) to give our troops well-earned recognition.
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