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This Old Market Basket Ad Is Wild
This Old Market Basket Ad Is Wild
This Old Market Basket Ad Is Wild
After we stumbled across a vintage newspaper ad for DeMoulas (before it was rebranded by the DeMoulas family as Market Basket), we had to share it with you. There were so many things in the ad that are pure gold. Naturally, with the ad being nearly 70 years old, you'd expect out-of-date references and insanely cheap prices, but we just have so much to say about it. First ...
Craigslist 'Safe Zones'
Craigslist 'Safe Zones'
Craigslist 'Safe Zones'
This week, a local man was robbed after responding to a Craigslist ad in a New Bedford housing development. A motion filed last month by Ward Five City Councilor Kerry Winterson could have prevented that crime. Winterson proposed establishing city police stations as "safe zones" for pre-arranged transactions...
Craigslist Robbery
Craigslist Robbery
Craigslist Robbery
A Mattapoisett man is robbed at gunpoint after responding to a Craigslist ad in New Bedford. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says the 21-year-old victim from Mattapoisett was interested in buying a dirt bike advertised on Craigslist, but when he arrived at the given address in the Brickenwood housing development Tuesday night, he was met by a male suspect armed with a large gun...
Does McD's Really Care?
Does McD's Really Care?
Does McD's Really Care?
Over the weekend, McDonald's ran a very interesting advertisement. The one-minute commercial featured messages posted to the "Golden Arches" signs throughout different communities throughout the United States. The messages were vastly positive, and extremely personal in some cases...
Sen. Brown Raises Native American Question in Ad
Sen. Brown Raises Native American Question in Ad
Sen. Brown Raises Native American Question in Ad
Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has launched a new television ad highlighting his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American heritage.   The 30-second ad features clips of news reports on Warren's claims.   Warren has said she was told as a child that her mother was part Cherokee and part Delaware Indian and that she never questioned that story...