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Hotel
proposed for New Bedford waterfront
 fter
years of false starts, a major, national hotel chain is
apparently coming to downtown New Bedford.
Lafrance Hospitality Co. of Westport, the owner of four hotels,
including the Hampton Inns in Westport and Fairhaven, is in the
process of buying the Finicky Cat Food property at 16 Front St.
on the city's waterfront.
Company CEO Richard Lafrance confirmed Wednesday the company is
actively negotiating with the... [read
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Crime in city
down through May compared to a year ago
 Violent
crime in the Whaling City is down in every category for the
first five months of the year compared to last year, and
property crime is down in every category except larceny,
according to city statistics.
Rape reports are down 36 percent from January to May 2007
compared to the same period a year ago, while robbery dropped 15
percent and assault by 12 percent. There were two murders in the
city by the end of May 2006; the city has not had a homicide
this year.... [read
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Retail
developer eyes project in city's Hicks-Logan area
 A
major national retail developer that owns the Dartmouth Mall and
55 other malls across the country has partnered with a casino
developer to develop 30 or more acres in the Hicks-Logan section
of the city.
The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), a
publicly-traded $3.5 billion company based in Philadelphia with
regional malls from Maine to Florida, has signed a 90-day
contract to develop land controlled by Northeast Resorts, a
casino development company from Western Massachusetts.... [read
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Entrepreneur
opens downtown cosmetic boutique
 With
a solid background in corporate sales and a life long love of
makeup, Larissa McLaughlin has rediscovered that her hometown is
a great place to set up a new cosmetic boutique business, the
Blush Beauty Bar, at 29 Centre Street in downtown New Bedford.
Over 100 friends, family and business owners attended a ribbon
cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 6th to kick off the official
opening of the Blush Beauty Bar on June 7th.... [read
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Fast Ferry
reports increase in advance bookings
 As
the New England Fast Ferry enters the fourth year of its
eight-year licensing agreement to link New Bedford with Martha's
Vineyard, the outlook is bright, according to company President
Michael Glasfeld.
"We're very happy with the key trends we're seeing.
Advance bookings are up more than 30 percent over last
year. Also, weekend travel is up 15 percent over the
last couple of weekends, which shows winter is gone and
people are beginning to come out."... [read
more]
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