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Firefighter Matthew Perry During normal times, the firefighters would have been honored by Governor Charlie Baker at the Annual Firefighter of the Year Awards Ceremony. The event will still happen next week, but it will be conducted virtually instead of in person. The good news is that anyone in the Greater New Bedford area can watch the ceremony on a Facebook Live stream or by clicking here and watching it on YouTube. The virtual event will happen this coming Monday morning, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. If you miss the live feed, the ceremony will be archived here. The New Bedford Fire Department ...

Join us for a free lunchtime Materials in Focus webinar on brick 1/3 The Parchment Works by Will Gamble Architects Source: Johan Dehlin Source: Fred Howarth Source: Rory Gardiner Join us on Thursday 18 March for the first in a series of lunchtime webinars focusing on materials. Speakers from Peter Barber Architects, Mae and Will Gamble Architects will talk about specifying brick sustainably Materials in Focus is a new series of free AJ virtual events in which we will be exploring the use of materials in design and how architects can specify and use these materials more sustainabl...

Feb 25, 2021 So many queer historical figures have been erased from history. These luminaries include performers, activists, writers, and scientists whose contributions are invaluable but not given their due praise. Fortunately, more and more books are being published that highlight the lives of queer and BIPOC people alike. The following list contains several queer historical figures who have not yet had books written about their lives, although some of them have written their own autobiographies. Though they are lesser known, these people deserve to have their stories known and celebrated....

Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A bottle of whisky dubbed the “holy grail of single malts” has fetched £1 million in a Scottish auction. © Supplied by Markus Stitz Whisky Auctioneer founder, Iain McClune, at The Gleneagles Hotel American Bar. The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old, sold by Perth-based Whisky Auctioneer, is the first bottle ever to fetch a seven-figure sum at a Scottish auction and the first anywhere to hit the...

The lesbian armed forces couple from Plymouth forgotten by history One thing is largely missing from our rich history: women; and even more so, lesbians. The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now History is packed with incredible stories filled with interesting people who have shaped our past, present and future. But one thing is often missing from this rich history: women. Even more so, lesbians. It's important to highlight our city's LGBTQ+ heritage and history - the people and places that have made Plymouth, and the world, what it is. The award winning Plymouth LGBT Archive, hosted...