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Michael Rock Invited to Read in Moby Dick Marathon
Michael Rock Invited to Read in Moby Dick Marathon
Michael Rock Invited to Read in Moby Dick Marathon
On this date in 1841, the author of Moby Dick, Herman Melville launched out of Fairhaven on a whaling boat named Acushnet. According to History.com, the vessel "anchored in Polynesia, where Melville took part in a mutiny. He was thrown in jail in Tahiti, escaped, and wandered around the South Sea islands for two years." Naturally...
New Bedford's GrandMa's Donuts is Expanding
New Bedford's GrandMa's Donuts is Expanding
New Bedford's GrandMa's Donuts is Expanding
The legendary Ma's (errr, Grand-Ma's) Donuts is expanding.  With the exception of a few years off, the donut and coffee shop has been a New Bedford institution since 1955.  They must have known they were doing something right when customers started lining up around the building looking to buy fresh donuts each weekend before they sold out. N...

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