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City's economic progress draws praise
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BEDFORD The city got a solid pat on the back Thursday
for its economic development efforts from the man who
heads the state's public investment bank, along with
advice to keep the momentum going.
Robert L. Culver, president and chief executive officer
of MassDevelopment, said New Bedford is "on a roll" when
it comes to moving the city forward. He cited "really
substantial changes" being made in the business and
government sectors. Mr. Culver said the city benefits
from good leadership and its location and enough
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Curtain raises on crown jewel of city mills
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BEDFORD The largest, most visible, oldest and most
architecturally significant mill restoration in this
city of more than 100 mill buildings still standing is
almost ready to shine.
The Lofts at Wamsutta Place will open for tenants in
less than two weeks construction schedules, city
inspectors and the gods of old mills willing.
A five-year-long, $35 million project, the Wamsutta
Mills buildings are in the Hicks-Logan-Sawyer
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Busting at the seams, New Bedford apparel firm snags another
city location
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BEDFORD A city company that solves other businesses'
problems with messed-up apparel orders, distribution
difficulties and warehousing needs has outgrown its
South End quarters and is moving to a North End factory
recently purchased for $1.65 million.
Darn It! Inc. has grown so robust since it began in the
mid-1990s it recently purchased the 314,000-square-foot
Fibre Leather Manufacturing building at 630-686
Belleville Ave. The company whose slogan is "Your
problem is our business" plans to rename it the "
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Sled your inhibitions and try luge
 NEW
BEDFORD Wanted: youngsters willing to lie on their
backs on thin fiberglass sleds and whiz down ice
channels at speeds of more than 90 mph with no brakes.
If this sounds like a good time to you, the U.S. Olympic
Luge team wants to send you for a ride in the city on
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, when the USA
Slider Search comes to town.
While no ice is involved this time of year, a simulation
of sleds on wheels coasting through the streets
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New Bedford alternative energy company continues to grow
 NEW
BEDFORD - Take a rusting, hulking pile of scrap metal,
add a few tons of construction debris, and what do you
get?
In the case of Ze-gen Inc., a new source of energy.
Ze-gen, founded four years ago, is using the
unappetizing conglomeration to make fuel for power
plants.
Borrowing technology from the steel industry, the
company turns scrap metal into a 2,800-degree metal bath
and injects construction debris deep into the bubbling
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Ahead is new merchandise partner for annual Patriot Golf Day
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BEDFORD, Mass. -- Ahead announced that it has become a
Merchandise Partner for the second annual Patriot Golf Day to be
held at participating golf courses around the country August 29
September 1, 2008. AHEAD has designed a limited edition cap
for Patriot Golf Day and will donate $2.50 for each cap sold to
participating pro shops to the Folds of Honor Foundation.
We are very pleased to support such a worthy cause, said Ken
Shwartz, CEO, AHEAD. These men and women have made the ultimate
sacrifice in protecting
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