Haunting Child Labor photos include image from Fall River
Sometimes you find haunting faces from the past in the weirdest places.
A website depicting images from the era of child labor in the … Read Full Story
read moreWeaver’s Cove meeting Wed. may be jaw-dropping?
The robbers are wearing suits
Remember the old cartoons when you would see a bandit with a mask and he was already wearing the black and white stripes of prison.
I hate to break it to you, but the biggest thieves nowadays wear suits and … Read Full Story
read moreThe toxins behind obesity and why we will continue to get fat
So the country is getting fatter!
A new study says that 42 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030.
Are you really surprised?
In this age of fast food, remote controls, and fattening diet products, what do we really … Read Full Story
read moreAttacking the church
It seems if trouble doesn’t find me, I find it and when it comes to the church, it seems my views have rankled a few listeners in the region.
It started on Monday when I spoke of a story kicking … Read Full Story
read moreSagres scores hosting Milan Lucic for dinner
Last month it was Patriots Lineman Matt Light. This week it was Vancouver native and Bruin’s star Milan Lucic.
Lucic was in town on Tuesday night causing a stir on Columbia Street.
He dined at Sagres Restaurant and when word … Read Full Story
read moreDiagnosis: seasonal disorder known as Red Sox fever
I put on my Sox again today. I’m hoping they don’t end up with holes on my toes, like so many, many, times before – except for of course in 2004 and in 2007, when all of our Red Sox, … Read Full Story
Sen. Brown to visit can’t count sheriff
So Senator Scott Brown will be coming down to the South Coast on Tuesday to discuss Secure Communities with Sheriff Thomas Hodgson.
Let’s hope he brings some of his own numbers.
Whether you agree or disagree with the program, what … Read Full Story
read moreHoodies and media hoods, the Trayvon Martin death
So you are walking down a street at night and someone is fallowing you in their car.
Does it really matter if you are male or female? Does it matter if the person following you is the same color of … Read Full Story
read moreBoston Media snub UMass
You would think the state’s biggest Public University would get some respect.
If you did the math and checked the statistics you would realize that more kids from the state go to Umass Amherst than any other school in the … Read Full Story
read moreINCREDIBLE! Man flies like a bird
Did you ever want to flap your arms and fly as a child? Many people will admit to this fantasy. Well for one scientist, it is no fantasy.
Using windsurfer wings, and some robotics and Wi joysticks and Android phone … Read Full Story
read moreThe Veil over the River
It’s like they strung together a thousand of vóvós black veils to cover the steeple of the First Congregational Church in Fall River, but it won’t cover the mess the city is in with the famous church where Lizzie Borden … Read Full Story
read moreTaunton offers webpage for casino news, input
You have to hand it to Taunton’s freshman Mayor Thomas Hoye.
It has been a few weeks since the Mashpee Wampanoags declared their intentions to propose a casino project on the outskirts of the Silver City, and the city has … Read Full Story
read moreHere comes the money in the casino fight (updated)
You would think that a disgraced former Congressman, who was derided for his animosity towards the environment, would have nothing to do with an Indian casino proposal in Massachusetts. You would be wrong.
Richard Pombo, the former Congressman from California … Read Full Story
read moreScholar says Casino land trust process can take only “a few months”
If the Mashpee Wampanoag’s are able to purchase land to place into trust, it may only take “a few months” for that process to take place. That was the legal assessment of UMass -Amherst, Native American Legal studies scholar, Peter … Read Full Story
Aquinnah now in casino sweepstakes?
The bombshell announcement by Mayor William Flanagan that the federally recognized Aquinnah Tribe of Gayhead is once again dipping its toe into the casino talks, has taken many people by surprise… even my source in the Mashpee.
It was … Read Full Story
read moreIn casino talks, Taunton holds the cards, sorry FR and NB!
Casino eyes!
You could say the whole region has them. They also have had a serious case of casino heartbreak. From Fall River, which has now tried twice to roll the dice right, to New Bedford where former Governor Bill … Read Full Story
read moreUncovering the city’s historic vein!
Screaming under the city streets lays its historic vein.
It is a vein which gave it a name.
It is a vein which pumped the economic heart of this city, taking it into the Industrial Revolution with a mighty roar … Read Full Story
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