Marlissa Briggett, Author at South Coast Almanac

A Bicentennial of Berries..It’s Cranberry Season Again

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2016 represents the 200th anniversary of commercial cranberry production in Massachusetts which makes it the oldest cranberry growing region in the country. With approximately 13,500 acres of commercial cranberry bogs in the state, primarily in Southeastern Massachusetts (that’s us! and Cape Cod, too), our farmers produce 15 percent of the world’s cranberries. Folks, we own […]

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Ride On! Biking on the South Coast

5 Comments / Biking, Outdoors / Marlissa Briggett

We’ve been doing a lot of bike riding these days, training first for the Pan Mass Challenge and now for the Buzzard’s Bay Coalition’s 10th Anniversary Ride. We thought we might share with you some of our favorite local bike rides. They’re all roughly between 20-30 miles because we’ve found that’s the correct mileage needed

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Hip & Zen: Yoga on the South Coast

1 Comment / Outdoors, yoga / Marlissa Briggett

Sometimes I’m physically exhausted by how hard it is to stay hip and trendy. Is avocado toast still worthy of an Instagram? Why is everyone talking about “cold brew” and what happened to normal iced coffee? While these questions may plague me with uncertainty, one thing is for sure: yoga is still hot. Luckily, the

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Bristol Community College’s Cutting Edge Design

1 Comment / Building & Design, History, Uncategorized / Marlissa Briggett

The First Zero Net Energy Campus Science Lab in the Northeast Last December, I toured the John J. Sbrega Health & Science Building on BCC’s Fall River campus with its architect, Jim Moses from Sasaki Associates. Over the past two years, he’s been making weekly trips to check in on the building — I’d been

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7 South Coast’rs Give Us Their Summer Reading Recs

Leave a Comment / Books / Marlissa Briggett

We love summer. We love reading. We love lists. We are wildly attracted to their combination: summer reading lists. And so we thought it would be fun to compile a list from notable South Coast readers. We asked a handful of interesting and smart folks what they thought we should read this summer. Here’s the

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An online South Coast book group?

Leave a Comment / Books / Marlissa Briggett

Yes, that’s right. It’s our new-fangled take on the old-fashioned book group. We’re forming an online community of book lovers to discuss literature connected with the South Coast. First up — Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin, an engaging memoir from a writer who decides to give up her job at the Boston Phoenix to become a

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A South Coast Tale for St. Patrick’s Day

Leave a Comment / History, St. Patrick's Day, Uncategorized / Marlissa Briggett

What does a prison break, Queen Victoria, and Australia have to do with St. Patrick’s Day in New Bedford? The answer lies in a thrilling 1876 escape from a remote Australian prison involving six Irish Nationalists, a secret agent, a rowboat and a fearless sea captain. Sarah Rose, Curator of Education at the New Bedford

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Five South Coast Couples We Love

Leave a Comment / South Coast folks, Valentine's Day / Marlissa Briggett

We love the South Coast. We’re also fond of many people who call it their home. In honor of Valentine’s Day on Sunday, we present South Coast Almanac’s favorite local couples: Mayor Jon Mitchell and Dr. Ann Partridge Together since 1996 Why we love them: A few weeks after they met at a wedding, the mayor

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The Magic Number is 5 — 5 Ways to Celebrate the South Coast this January

1 Comment / Food, Launch, Making of a Magazine, music, Outdoors, Restaurants, Things To Do / Marlissa Briggett

Hey! The calendar will soon turn to 2016. That means just 5 more months until our magazine launches and you can hold our lovely print (or digital) edition in your hands as you sit on the porch, or at the beach, or on your boat, engrossing yourself in all that makes the South Coast special.

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In Search of Nature and the Perfect Yankee Swap Gift…

Leave a Comment / Outdoors, Shopping / Marlissa Briggett

I’m attracted to trends that can be reduced to hashtags. So when REI announced they were staying closed Friday and were encouraging folks to #OptOutside, I thought it was a great idea. We took the lists compiled by the Buzzards Bay Coalition suggesting good walks for the day after Thanksgiving (2014 List and 2015 List). We picked West

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