Berkley, Massachusetts
Berkley is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston and east of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 6,411 at the 2010 census, making it the least populated town in the county.
The present town of Berkley, then belonging to the neighboring towns of Dighton and Taunton, was first settled in 1638. It was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1735. The town was named for the philosopher and bishop George Berkeley, who lived in Newport, Rhode Island from 1728 to 1731. The change in the spelling to 'Berkley' was likely due to the carelessness of the engrossing clerk of the Massachusetts General Court.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.4 square miles, of which 16.5 square miles is land and 0.93 square miles, or 5.24%, is water. The town is bordered by the Taunton River and Dighton to the west, Taunton to the north and northeast, Lakeville to the east, and the Assonet Bay and Freetown to the south. The town is located 35 miles south of Boston, 22 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island, and 30 miles northwest of the Cape Cod Canal.
Near the southwestern corner of the town is Dighton Rock State Park, the home of Dighton Rock, a tidal boulder along the Taunton River that is well known for its strange markings, which have been totally or partly attributed to Norsemen, Wampanoags, or Portuguese explorer Miguel Corte-Real. At the southern tip of Berkley Neck which points into the confluence of the Taunton River and the Assonet River, there is a small island, named 'Conspiracy Island', whose name origin remains obscure.
The highest point in Berkley is the summit of Bryant Hill near the southern border of the town, at 167 feet above sea level.
The town can be accessed by two state routes, Route 24 and Route 79. Route 24, a four-lane divided freeway, bisects the town, and includes one exit for the town at Padelford Street. Route 79 passes along the town's border with Lakeville, and meets Route 140 just across the town line in Taunton. The Berkley–Dighton Bridge crosses the Taunton River to the Segreganset neighborhood of Dighton. The one-lane bridge, designed in 1896 was built in the 1890s, is the only bridge to cross the river between the Brightman Street Bridge between Fall River and Somerset, and the Plain Street Bridge in Taunton, a distance of 12.5 miles. The construction of a temporary bridge began in the summer of 2009. The project expects the original bridge to be torn down and replaced by a new bridge to be completed in 2015.
Myricks is an association community or populated place and a junction of railroad lines in Berkley.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,749 people, 1,843 households, and 1,566 families residing in the town. The population density was 347.6 people per square mile. There were 1,885 housing units at an average density of 114.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96.7% White, 0.6% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.
There were 1,843 households out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.8% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 10.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.35.
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Downtown Bellingham Wa Things To Do - One Of The Healthiest Cities In Western Washington
Subdued Excitement In Downtown Bellingham Washington. Downtown Bellingham WA has many restaurants, clubs and bars to keep you entertained or at least distracted day and night. Many club venues have live music at night and on weekends.
The Downtown area near Bellingham's waterfront has an upscale urban village look and feel that has been intentionally fostered to help local businesses compete with other larger shopping corridors like Guide Meridian Ave. and Bellis Fair Mall.
Over the last decade there have been many new high rise condominiums built near downtown giving the area hundreds of residents happy to stroll the streets and frequent downtown businesses.
Night life in Downtown Bellingham is surprisingly lively and diverse perhaps due to Bellingham's College Town status--- Bellingham is home to Western Washington University.
If you're looking for things to do in Downtown Bellingham you might want to consider checking out are Museums including the SPARK museum, home to the awesome Megazapper Tesla Coil.
Bellingham's waterfront is also a popular staging area for vising the San Juan Islands. Along the downtown waterfront you will find whale watching tour operators and charter companies.
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Spiritual first responders tackle MA drug crisis
(13 Nov 2018) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
IN A CITY STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION, PASTOR JAMIE CASEY IS A SPIRITUAL FIRST RESPONDER.
CASEY AND OTHER CLERGY MEMBERS RIDE THE STREETS OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS WITH OFFICERS AND DRUG COUNSELORS. THEY SEEK OUT PEOPLE WITH ADDICTIONS WHO ARE READY FOR HELP.
ON A RECENT EVENING, CASEY'S TEAM VISITS HOMES WHERE THERE WERE OVERDOSES. AND THEY SCOUT THE CITY.
ON A STREET STOP, CASEY CONVINCES 29-YEAR-OLD JAMES SESSINE TO GET INTO TREATMENT.
(NATS)
SOUNDBITE (English) James Sessine, Seeking recovery:
I'm an IV drug user. I shoot heroin daily and it's coming to the point where just enough is enough.
SUCCESS CAN BE ELUSIVE. PEOPLE AREN'T HOME … OR AREN'T ANSWERING.
FOR CASEY, IT'S PERSONAL. HE'S IN RECOVERY.
(NATS)
HE SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE TO PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
SOUNDBITE (English) Associate Pastor Jamie Casey, South Coast Community Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts:
For 20 years, I fought and fought and fought against myself. 'Cause you're your biggest enemy. You know that, right? (Man on tracks: I am. I'm my worst enemy.) Right and then, so what ended up happening was is I had to come to a place where I lost everything, right? But then I had to surrender to this addiction, surrender to my circumstances, and surrender to myself, and then surrender to God.
CASEY IS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR IN A NEARBY CHURCH AND WORKS AT A RECOVERY CENTER IN THE CITY. HIS OUTREACH WORKS STEMS FROM A LONG-AGO PROMISE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Associate Pastor Jamie Casey, South Coast Community Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts:
My best friend and I, we made a deal … excuse me. A while back when we started out ministry, he looked at me and he said, 'Promise me we'll never stop getting our hands dirty.' And I made that promise to him and God, because had people given up on me, I wouldn't be here.
CLERGY MEMBERS SAY THEY CAN SOMETIMES RELATE TO STRUGGLING PEOPLE IN A WAY POLICE OR COUNSELORS CANNOT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. David Lima, Head of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford:
So, you've got to reach people where they are and let them know they're loved and cared for, and try to build that relationship so that when they're ready, they're able to come in.
AFTER MORE THAN A THOUSAND VISITS, ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WILL GO INTO TREATMENT. BUT IT REPRESENTS SOME PROGRESS IN THE FACE OF A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
MICHAEL HILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS_NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
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Peter Pereira: Week in Photos - January 27, 2017
Peter Pereira: Week in Photos - January 27, 2017. This week I talk about my favorite photos that I photographed this week. From a mason working under cover in New Bedford, MA to a tech repairing traffic lights in Fairhaven, MA. Also checked out the oldest running elevator in the country located in New Bedford City Hall. Thanks for watching and see you next week.
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The Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Spiritual first responders tackle MA drug crisis
(13 Nov 2018) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
IN A CITY STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION, PASTOR JAMIE CASEY IS A SPIRITUAL FIRST RESPONDER.
CASEY AND OTHER CLERGY MEMBERS RIDE THE STREETS OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS WITH OFFICERS AND DRUG COUNSELORS. THEY SEEK OUT PEOPLE WITH ADDICTIONS WHO ARE READY FOR HELP.
ON A RECENT EVENING, CASEY'S TEAM VISITS HOMES WHERE THERE WERE OVERDOSES. AND THEY SCOUT THE CITY.
ON A STREET STOP, CASEY CONVINCES 29-YEAR-OLD JAMES SESSINE TO GET INTO TREATMENT.
(NATS)
SOUNDBITE (English) James Sessine, Seeking recovery:
I'm an IV drug user. I shoot heroin daily and it's coming to the point where just enough is enough.
SUCCESS CAN BE ELUSIVE. PEOPLE AREN'T HOME … OR AREN'T ANSWERING.
FOR CASEY, IT'S PERSONAL. HE'S IN RECOVERY.
(NATS)
HE SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE TO PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
SOUNDBITE (English) Associate Pastor Jamie Casey, South Coast Community Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts:
For 20 years, I fought and fought and fought against myself. 'Cause you're your biggest enemy. You know that, right? (Man on tracks: I am. I'm my worst enemy.) Right and then, so what ended up happening was is I had to come to a place where I lost everything, right? But then I had to surrender to this addiction, surrender to my circumstances, and surrender to myself, and then surrender to God.
CASEY IS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR IN A NEARBY CHURCH AND WORKS AT A RECOVERY CENTER IN THE CITY. HIS OUTREACH WORKS STEMS FROM A LONG-AGO PROMISE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Associate Pastor Jamie Casey, South Coast Community Church, Fairhaven, Massachusetts:
My best friend and I, we made a deal … excuse me. A while back when we started out ministry, he looked at me and he said, 'Promise me we'll never stop getting our hands dirty.' And I made that promise to him and God, because had people given up on me, I wouldn't be here.
CLERGY MEMBERS SAY THEY CAN SOMETIMES RELATE TO STRUGGLING PEOPLE IN A WAY POLICE OR COUNSELORS CANNOT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. David Lima, Head of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford:
So, you've got to reach people where they are and let them know they're loved and cared for, and try to build that relationship so that when they're ready, they're able to come in.
AFTER MORE THAN A THOUSAND VISITS, ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WILL GO INTO TREATMENT. BUT IT REPRESENTS SOME PROGRESS IN THE FACE OF A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
MICHAEL HILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS_NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
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Frederick Douglass monument at the New Bedford City Hall
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1. CRANE ESTATE,IPSWICH 42°41'6.94N 70°46'44.82W
2. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS,BOSTON 42°20'22.69N 71° 5'38.38W
3. ST.MARK'S CHURCH,PITSFIELD 42°27'3.97N 73°15'59.37W
4. FORT SEWALL,MARBLE HEAD 42°30'30.21N 70°50'30.99W
5. FAMEUIL HALL,BOSTON 42°21'36.27N 71° 3'22.78W
6. ST.JOHN'S CHURCH,NORTHAMPTON 42°19'7.50N 72°38'13.32W
7. CASTLE WARREN,BOSTAN 42°19'14.10N 70°55'41.84W
8. BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME,SPRINGFIELD 42° 5'37.52N 72°35'6.26W
9. MASONIC TEMPLE,LOWELL 42°38'47.99N 71°18'45.58W
10. FORT REVERE,HULL 42°18'19.34N 70°54'21.71W
11. POET'S TOWER,GREENFIELD 42°35'41.13N 72°35'11.66W
12. ST.ANNE'S PARISH,FALL RIVER 41°41'37.17N 71° 9'48.41W
13. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT,CHARLESTOWN 42°22'35.32N 71° 3'38.49W
14. DANFORTH MUSEUM OF ART,FRAMINGHAM 42°16'53.69N 71°25'4.14W
15. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,BOSTON 42°20'39.67N 71° 5'5.09W
16. NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM,STOCKBRIDGE 42°17'16.02N 73°20'8.99W
17. JOHN F.KENNEDY LIBRARY&MUSEUM,BOSTON 42°18'58.59N 71° 2'1.39W
18. FORT PHOENIX,FAIRHAVEN 41°37'27.48N 70°54'8.19W
19. ST.PIUS PARISH,LYNN 42°28'47.11N 70°56'55.70W
20. BANCROFT TOWER,WORCESTER 42°16'35.31N 71°48'57.09W
21. PILGRIM MONUMENT,PROVINCETOWN 42° 3'7.64N 70°11'19.35W
22. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH,AMHERST 42°22'30.05N 72°31'6.32W
23. WALTHAM CITY HALL,WALTHAM 42°22'34.05N 71°14'7.31W
24. CASTLE HOMMOND,GLOUCESTER 42°35'6.28N 70°41'33.13W
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Tyringham, Massachusetts
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White’s Mill, Acushnet Ma.
Explored June 15th 2018
A great find with some really old relics. Out & about I spotted the old White’s mill & factory. just off a side road in Acushnet, Ma are these gorgeous historical old ruins of the past.
On the Acushnet River, a dam was first built in 1746. About 1799, William White Sr. built a stone, water-powered cotton mill, which was run by him and three of his sons. The mill was heavily damaged by a fire around 1830 and was rebuilt the following year. A second fire in 1854 ended that business. The mill was then converted to a sawmill by Samuel B. Hamlin, whose family operated it into the 20th century.
The remaining walls of the factory sit on 1.6 acres of land protected by the Fairhaven-Acushnet Land Preservation Trust.
Restoring the New Bedford City Hall
Notice the canopy covering the city hall earlier in the year and the work going on outside? I had a chance to talk to the lead contractor to inform us on exactly what they are doing ...
Walk with the bells
walking through the park in the center of the city - 6pm church bells ring
Superfund Site Cherokee Nitrogen, AL.~100% Water Releases Worst Blood Toxicants in USA
11-13-2012 SUPERFUND SITE: Cherokee Nitrogen Plant suffered a minor explosion.
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Scorecard profiles nearly 1,300 federal Superfund sites scheduled for cleanup on the National Priorities List (NPL), commonly known as the federal Superfund program. The law treats these as some of our nation's worst toxic waste sites, and makes them eligible for long-term remediation. Contamination at Superfund sites results from improper handling of waste and toxic materials, often spanning many decades. Some Superfund sites are old waste disposal facilities, while others were various types of industrial production facilities at which unauthorized dumping and inadvertent spills occurred.
About 11 million people in the U.S., including 3-4 million children, live within 1 mile of a federal Superfund site. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reports that about half of NPL sites assessed from 1992 through 1996 present a hazard to human health, with the highest likelihood of exposure through contaminated ground water and soil. Of the 30 hazardous substances found most often at these sites, 18 are known or suspect human carcinogens, and virtually all are associated with non-cancer health effects (such as toxicities to the liver, kidney, or reproductive systems, including birth defects and low birthweight).
SCORECARD INDICATOR FOR CHEMICAL RELEASES OR WASTE GENERATION:
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'Finding History in Our Own Back Yard' - 3/4/2008
Western Washington University Professor Chris Friday will present Finding History in Our Own Backyard: Georgia Pacific, Your House, Your Neighborhood and Public History at WWU from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, at the Bellingham City Council chambers, Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is offered as the second event of the annual WWU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean's Lecture Series.
Writer Maxing Hong Kingston once noted that America and especially the American West was a place devoid of history because it was a land without ghosts. As true as that may have been from her Chinese American perspective growing up in the 1950s, Kingston missed an opportunity to understand that the landscape around us is filled with many ghostscapes - the layered meanings and perspectives we create about places across cultures and times. What happens when we consider our own local, familiar landscape in historical perspective? What happens when we disagree on the meaning of familiar places, especially because we see them through lenses we create out of our own peculiar understandings of history and place? How do Western students, the University, and the community benefit from thinking about the local landscape historically?
This lecture will attempt to answer these questions. Friday will also present the Georgia Pacific/Waterfront Oral History project and the current Bellingham Historic Neighborhood project that connect WWU students with the local community in the exploration of history outside the classroom.
Chris Friday is a professor of History at Western Washington University. Friday grew up near Mount St. Helens, got his bachelor's degree at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, then received his master's degree and doctorate in American History from UCLA. He lived in China for nearly two years in the early 1980s and taught in the Boston area prior to coming to WWU in 1992. At WWU, Friday's teaching and research/publication areas are Pacific Northwest History, American Indian History, and Asian American History. For most of the last decade, Friday has also been director of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies at Western Washington University (an archives and small research institute). Most recently, Friday started a Public History minor at WWU, which is designed to help students see the connections between their interest in history as an academic subject and history as a discipline practiced in settings well beyond teaching in any classroom.
The purpose of the Dean's Community Lecture Series is to foster connections between the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the local community. What better way to make such connections than learning about our city from our own historians, such as Chris Friday, said Ron Kleinknecht, CHSS dean.
Friday's presentation will also be taped and rebroadcast on Bellingham BTV 10.
Minor earthquake in southeastern Mass., no damage
The United States Geological Survey has confirmed a small earthquake struck about two miles outside of New Bedford around 5:48 on Tuesday evening.
Fallen hero return home to north Arlington from Dover Air F
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