By the 1870s, there were 115 mills in the city, all owned by 40 corporations, making it the largest textile center in the country. ... The city’s population grew from 14,026 in 1860 to 45,160 in 1875 and to more than 100,000 by 1900.Read more
The United States represents less than 5% of the global population, yet we have almost 25% of the world’s COVID-19 infections and deaths – more than any other nation.Read more
Mother Nature took an excruciatingly long time to create this marvelous portrait we enjoy for free, so why do many of us just want to blow through it?Read more
For many dog owners, their pet is a valued member of the family, and in most cases caring for a canine includes investments in training, grooming, and regular checkups with their veterinarian.Read more
Grab your festive facemask and pick up some pine-scented hand sanitizer because the holiday season is still on. And we’ve got a few ideas to help you find your holiday spirit from a socially acceptable distance:Read more
When you think of the world after the Industrial Revolution until a generation ago, how progress was slow and steady for two centuries plus –...you realize that the ...accomplishments of the last decades ...happened in the historic blink of an eye.Read more
It's all about the stuffing - and here we have Irish stuffing, and French stuffing - and, of course, it wouldn’t the South Coast without a couple of recipes for Portuguese stuffing.Read more
Many family traditions and large get-togethers just won’t be possible this year, but we can still make the holiday season memorable and meaningful by adapting to and taking advantage of the necessary changes in our daily lives.Read more
A Restaurant Reopening task force, led by the city’s Department of Planning, sought and received input from many sources in late spring and early summer as it formulated its ultimately successful plan.Read more
Homeowners this summer have given their backyards, decks, and gardens an update so they have a comfortable space to soak up the sun – and more importantly these days, space to just breathe freely.Read more
America needs a memorial to Frederick Douglass, the former slave who became, as the title of Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Douglass biography makes clear, the nation’s “Prophet of Freedom.”Read more
But in an abnormal year of state-mandated restrictions sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, how are they doing? What are they doing differently?Read more
Groundwork is the coworking facility at 1213 Purchase Street in the Quest Center in New Bedford. It was established just five years ago, but has grown quickly and attracted a dedicated membership that yearned for a “third space” ...Read more