Do you remember the Notre Dame Church fire?
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Forty years ago, Fall River’s Flint neighborhood saw unimaginable devastation – the Notre Dame de Lourdes Church caught fire and burned to the ground, taking along with it most of a city block. The city didn't just lose some buildings that day. The Flint was never the same after that. Read more about the history of the church, and how people who were there felt on that horrible day.
Several Patriots players, along with team owner Robert Kraft and Massachusetts First Lady Lauren Baker, were in Fall River on Wednesday celebrating the reopening of a renovated Department of Children and Families' home for young adults. Check out more from this amazing event right here.
And everyone needs a good friend, even if you’re a library. The Friends of the Fall River Public Library are celebrating 50 years of friendship with the Fall River Public Library. Find out more about the group, its beginnings in 1972, and where it’s headed in the future.
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