A developmental coach with the Norfolk Tides, Rodrigues says: “To work in professional baseball you need to be someone who just loves baseball and loves being around a team … and in the end, honestly, I’m coaching a baseball game and it’s a kid’s sport.”
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His life and his career: ‘Robbie’ Mendes is the Boys & Girls Club
If you count his time as a member, his connection to the club spans a remarkable 57 years, and his passion for its mission still burns brightly. Executive director has “never worked a day in my life.”
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Walter James Sylvia’s journey from alcohol addiction to poetry
In his book “Necessary Surrender,” the lifelong New Bedford resident said “I really had to put my hands up and say, ‘Look, I’m not God, I don’t control the universe. I’m not going to beat a river into submission, I’m going to go with the flow.’”
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Inspired by Black community, Justina Perry pays it forward
The founder of Buy Black NB and her own women’s health clinic says, “I think that it is important to have people who inspire you that you can see yourself in.”
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Jim Stevens: Everybody has GiftsToGive
The founder and CEO of the all-volunteer charity battles childhood poverty one gift package at a time. Philanthropy is about “learning love and compassion and empathy.”
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Bryon Knight: New arts center in Fairhaven looks to educate as well as entertain
Shepherd Center for the Performing Arts President says his mission is to not only highlight local talent but to teach skills and train the community.
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Joe Thomas: A Spinner of tales for more than four decades
With Spinner Publications, he has spent much of his adult life chronicling the fertile history and culture of the people of this region with words and images. When this New Bedford-based company issued its first book in 1981, Amazon was still only a jungle and the web was primarily the province of spiders.
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At 24, Fairhaven filmmaker Alyssa Botelho celebrates 20th short film
She’s in the final stages of producing “Sweet Freedom,” a movie based on the New Bedford abolitionist Polly Johnson, and shopping it to high-profile film festivals such as Sundance and Tribeca.
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And the ‘Oscars of teaching’ goes to Andrew Rebello
Diman Vocational principal and New Bedford High graduate honored with national award. “His dedication to students, staff, and community is evidenced by his dynamic leadership, steadfast determination and collaborative approach to teaching and learning.”
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Educator Wolkowicz: Making sense of the world through music
NBSO education director is co-founder of Sound Explorations, which brings science, art and environment into focus through the magic of melody.