The Light visited five local thrift stores to find quality threads for affordable prices — and to understand how their owners and volunteers help stitch the community together.
Author Archives: Avary Amaral
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Postcards from the South Coast
Five summer scenes on the South Coast, from a Portuguese bakery in New Bedford to the commonwealth’s oldest operating general store in South Dartmouth.
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Kim Goddard leads AHA! into its next chapter
The woman heading the downtown cultural nonprofit learned to love New Bedford, and is helping the city and its artists connect and evolve.
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Postcards from New Bedford
Five moments observed in the Whaling City, from the waterfront to the zoo to the courthouse.
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Opinion: Efforts to remove Dartmouth’s Indian logo are based on history, not hyperbole
After adoption as a mascot by Dartmouth High School, the logo has evolved from an insulting cartoon to a questionable attempt at representing a generic Indian, and finally, to what it is today.