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State leader in solar, Dartmouth opens new six-megawatt solar
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Where’s Waldo in Westport? EverythingWestport.com Saturday, July 12, 2014
Find Waldo in Westport throughout the month
of July! Where’s Waldo? In
Westport, of course! Back by popular
demand, the famous fellow in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is
visiting 20 different local businesses throughout the month of July. Those who spot
him can win prizes, including buttons, books, and more. From Partners Village
Store, to Westport Bait and Tackle, to Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, to
Beautiful Things Gift Shop…..Waldo figures will be showing up in 20 local
establishments. Anyone who wishes to search for Waldo
throughout the month of July can pick up a Find Waldo in Westport!
“Passport” (listing all 20
participating businesses and addresses) at Partners Village Store (or other
participating businesses), and proceed to have your “Passport” stamped or
signed by the participating business when the 8” Waldo figure is spotted at
that business. Having your
“Passport” stamped or signed at 16 or more businesses and turning in your
stamped Passport at Partners Village Store will win you a Waldo button and
small prize and an entry for other, larger prizes to be drawn at a Waldo
Grand Celebration Tuesday, July 29 at 3:30pm at Partners Village Store. The Grand Prize
is a complete six-volume set of Waldo books. People who prefer a shorter
version of the hunt can get stamps from eight businesses and pick up a Waldo
button (while supplies last) at Partners Village Store. Waldo is the creation of Martin Handford, whose entertaining drawings of crowd scenes swept the world in 1987.
Since then, the Where’s Waldo books have held a cherished spot on bookstore
shelves the world over. There are now
over 55 million Waldo books in print worldwide and they’ve been translated
into eighteen languages. An entire generation has grown up searching for
Waldo and his cast of wandering companions. In celebration of
Waldo’s longevity and popularity, his American publisher, Candlewick Press,
is teaming up with the American Booksellers Association and 250 independent
bookstores all across the country, including Partners Village Store here in
Westport to have fun and encourage people to visit local businesses. There is no
charge to participate, and the game lasts for the entire month of July. For
more information about hunting for Waldo in Westport, call Partners Village
Store at 508.636.2527. Happy hunting! Participating Businesses: Partners Village Store, 865 Main Road Gooseberry Natural Foods, 1037 Main Road Village Corn Crib, 894 Main Road Country Woolens, 842 Main Road Lee’s Market, 796 Main Road Deni’s Closet, 937 Main Road A.S.Deams, 440 Main Road Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, 489 Old County Road Ace Hardware, 593 American Legion Highway Beautiful Things Gift Shop, 772 Main Road Westport Bait And Tackle, 1111 Main Road Dedee Shattuck Gallery, 1 Partners Lane Westport River Watershed Alliance, 1151 Main Road Westport Apothecary, 784 Main Road The Art Stable Gallery, 865 Main Road Head Town Landing Country Store, 488 Old County Road Westport Historical Society, (Call For Hours), 25 Drift
Road Perry’s Bakery, 1037 Main Road Ten Cousins Brick Oven, 997 Main Road Sisters Of The Wool, 782 Main Road State leader in solar, Dartmouth opens new six-megawatt
solar project. EverythingWestport.com Sunday, July 13,
2014 Spartanburg-based Pacolet Milliken
Enterprises Inc. recently announced the completion of a 6-megawatt solar
energy facility in Dartmouth, Mass.
It encompasses 20,000 solar panels
on a parcel that contains cranberry bogs and a composting center. Ameresco Inc., a renewable energy company, constructed
the facility in less than six months and will oversee its operations. "Our energy division at
Pacolet Milliken has two goals," Rick Webel,
president of Pacolet Milliken, said in a statement. "To work with
best-in-class partners and to invest in high-quality, long-term renewable
energy generation, and we have found both in this solar energy
facility." During its first year of
operation, the facility is expected to generate enough energy to offset the
annual electricity requirements of 820 typical U.S. homes. The town of Carver
and Silver Lake School District will purchase the energy at favorable rates
over the next 20 years, the company said. "We are excited to be a part
of this new solar facility in Massachusetts and to be working with our
partner Syncarpha and the team that brought this
project together — Ameresco, the town of Dartmouth,
the landowner and NSTAR, the local utility company," said Ralph Walker,
senior vice president of energy for Pacolet Milliken. "We hope this is
the first of many projects in the state." Dartmouth town leaders
made a deliberate decision to welcome solar some years ago, concluding that
solar farms would be less intrusive than wind turbines and would benefit the
town’s finances. “We just got out
in front, I think, of a lot of communities and made a push in that
direction,” Town Administrator David G. Cressman
recently told the Boston Globe. One solar farm at
Dartmouth’s town landfill powers the town’s municipal buildings. Westport lost
years in the solar commitment, focusing instead on a failed, multi-megawatt
wind turbine that would have been located in Central Village, a concept
soundly rejected by the town’s people. Recent contracts
were recently awarded to Borrego to supply Westport with solar power. More on
this later. Baycoast Bank
Supports WRWA Summer Interns. EverythingWestport.com Sunday, July 13,
2014
Inset: James Goodman & Brendan Cormier. The WRWA hires
students from local colleges to assist with its education and monitoring
programs. BayCoast Bank's investment allows
for the WRWA to bring two interns aboard for the summer: James Goodman &
Brenden Cormier. James is a recent
graduate of Bristol Community College. He's hoping to transfer to UMass
Amherst and pursue a degree in environmental science, and feels lucky to
have found a dynamic organization in his hometown which combines his two
passions, children and the environment. James has inherited a
love for working with children of all ages; his parents are teachers.
James is specifically looking to become involved with the clean energy
movement and become a catalyst for changing the way people obtain and
distribute electricity. Brendan is
currently going into his final year studying Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Systems with an emphasis on Business Management at the University of New
Hampshire. Brendan grew up living just up the river from Hix Bridge and has enjoyed spending time swimming,
boating and wakeboarding on the Westport River. He finds it a fulfilling
experience working for an organization that works to preserve the environment
he grew up in so that many others can enjoy its wonders. Brendan worked
throughout high school with the Trustees of Reservations at the Westport Town
Farm and has had experience teaching children about nature and the joy he
finds in the outdoors that some kids have not had the chance to know and
looks forward to another teaching
opportunity.
WRWA Executive
Director Matt Patrick thanked BayCoast for its
generous contribution and commented, "It helps us do two things: educate
children and provide work experience for two very promising graduates from
our local state university who are interested in pursuing careers that will
benefit the environment." About BayCoast
Bank BayCoast Bank is a mutually-owned
savings bank which was chartered in 1851. Currently, the Bank serves
southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with locations in Dartmouth,Fall River, Fairhaven,
New Bedford, North Dighton, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Westport, and
Tiverton, RI. BayCoast Bank offers a wide range of
financial services including investment management, trust services, and
insurance and brokerage services to consumers and businesses. Its affiliates
include BayCoast Financial Services, offering
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities and college savings plans; and
Partners Insurance Group, LLC, an independent agency representing several
insurance companies that provide automobile, home, life and business
coverage. Nicholas Christ is the Bank's President and Chief Executive
Officer. Main headquarters are at 30 Bedford Street, Fall River, MA 02721.
For additional information on the Bank or its services, please visit www.BayCoastBank.com or call 508.678.7641.
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