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‘Human chain’ will carry books to new Porter Square Books location
The independent bookstore is moving just 1,000 feet away to a bigger location at Lesley University on Massachusetts Avenue this month. Porter Square Books in Cambridge is moving just 1,000 feet down Massachusetts Avenue this month, and they’re going to bring their first stock to the new location by using a relay of volunteers as a “human chain.”
Recreation Director Reviews Short- and Long-Term Park Needs
The Bedford Recreation Department’s study on the potential of Springs Brook Park is under way. But regardless of the findings, and what is done with them, the park will need to execute repairs to continue to operate. Recreation Director Josh Smith said during last Wednesday’s Recreation Commission meeting, “We...
Help Needed in Effort to Find Two Missing Cats in the Page Hill Area
“We think that there is a good chance that these cats are still out there. We need people to check their security cameras, doorbells, in their sheds, and under decks.”. Bedford resident Christine Smith is asking for help in the search for two cats, Biscuit and Vanilla Bean, that went missing seven weeks ago in the Page Hill neighborhood of Bedford. Smith and a team of cat rescuers, neighbors, professional animal trackers, and good Samaritans have been searching for the missing pair since August. Despite several potential sightings, the cats remain elusive.
Dani’s Queer Bar opens in Boston, giving Beantown its first lesbian bar in decades
Dani’s Queer Bar opened its doors to Boston’s LGBTQ community last month, giving the city its first lesbian bar in decades. The venue joins a yearslong “lesbian bar renaissance” that has seen more than a dozen bars for queer women open across the country since the height of the Covid pandemic.
Prost! Harpoon Brewery celebrated their 34th annual Octoberfest festival
The celebration was a beer lover’s delight, filled with chicken dancing, stein-hoisting competitions, pretzel-eating contests, and live oompah music. Plenty of individuals were also dressed for the occasion, sporting Dirndls and Lederhosen.
Fly Fishing Clinic for women set for Oct. 19 in Wakefield
The Rhode Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited in conjunction with the South Kingstown Land Trust will conduct a Fly Fishing Clinic for Women on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Kingstown Land Trust Barn at 17 Matunuck Beach Road in Wakefield. Sheila Hassan of Cast90, an instructor with Fly Fishers International Master Casting, will lead the clinic. Key clinic instruction components include an overview of fly fishing rods, reels and lines;...
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