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The Very Best of Westport Matters
 hosted by Claude Ledoux

Title

Description

Runtime

Date

Disc

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Quahog Relay

Westport's shellfish department operations

 

6-20-03

56

Lobstering on the Adrien-Rose

Small scale lobstering operations in Westport

 

6-23-1995

61

Life on a local Christmas tree farm

A Quiet Place Westport MA

 

10/18/96

68

Regional Landfill Operation

Crapo Landfill Dartmouth MA

 

11/6/96

69

Ernie Waite Part 1

Farmer, life experiences Part 1

 

74

Ernie Waite Part 2

Farmer, life experiences Part 2

 

1-24-1997

75

Ernie Waite Part 3

Sawmill and pig farmer

 

1/1997

73

Gill Netting:
The Westport Fisherman, 1996

Claude films the captain and crew of the Fishing Trawler Marci Ann during a one-day, gill-netting trip.

0:59:30

2/21/97

76A

Agricultural Activities

Assorted segments of Westport agriculture

 

4/29/03

91

How to run a successful small business:
Butler's Donuts, 1998

Claude interviews Former Owner, Alex Kogler

0:39:54

3/20/98

97

Greenhouse Farming

Lettuce growing on a large scale

 

5/8/98

101

Horseshoeing

How it's done

 

7/17/98

  105A

Culinary Arts Schooling

New-Bedford MA HS. Culinary class

 

10/2/98

108

Stone Walls, 1999

Brian Guimond and Co. demonstrate the art of building a stone wall.

0:52:45

9/24/99

129

Work Horses

Stables, Harnesses. Mules at work

 

10/15/99

130

Honey Harvesting

How it's done

  5/16/2003

134

Northern Wind Fish Processors, Part 1

Fish, shellfish and scallop processing plant

 

2/00

139

Northern Wind Fish Processors, Part 2 Fish, shellfish and scallop processing plant  

2/00

140

Billy White's Antique Shingle Mill, 2000

Mayflower descendent, Billy White, demonstrates how homesteaders made wood shingles in the early 1900's.

0:46:31

5/5/00

145

Billy White's Antique Engines, 2000

Mayflower descendent, Billy White, demonstrates his collection of antique, one-lunger engines.

0:58:18

5/12/00

146

Homemade Firewood Processor, 2000

Claude Ledoux and Billy White demonstrate their amazing firewood processor made mostly from junk!

0:45:05

6/21/00

149

Raising Beef - Westport Style, 2001 Darren Mendes, Jim McBratney and Gary Ranney of the Triple S Farm demonstrate their local cattle raising operation.

1:06:35

8/17/01

 
Pearl Harbor Veteran

Lifelong Westport resident, Manny Martin, a Pearl Harbor veteran, recalls December 7, 1941.

 

12/8/00

158

Ledoux, White Woodcutting

Forest improvement and wood harvest

 

7-13-01

176

Fall River Bio Reserve

Exploration with Director Debbie Edelstein and Forester Mike Labossierre.

 

7/26/02

171

Barge Ride

Slow barge ride with Tripp Marine up Westport's East River

 

9-7-01

181

Tunnel Rats

Deep tunnel work

 

7/26/02

208

Raising Prize Rabbits, 2002

Westport resident, Jim Bounakes, demonstrates the workings of his local rabbitry.

0:44:55

8/9/02

210

L'independent former French Paper

Fall River, MA ethnic publication

 

8/1/03

  246A

Cleanup of an Old Barge, 2003

Tripp Marine Works, Tiverton, RI, removes a navigation hazard from the Sakonnett River.

0:58:45

9/19/03

250

New Bedford Commercial Fishing, Part 1

Fishing Vessel Tropico net dragging operations

1:01:40

6/27/05

320

New Bedford Commercial Fishing, Part 2

Fishing Vessel Tropico scalloping operations

1:00:19

6/27/05

321

Tripp Farm Pollution Cleanup, 2007

Extensive volunteer work designed to stop manure from entering the Westport River is stopped by the Feds.

0:60:00

7/31/07

325

An Endangered Species:
The Westport Farmer, 1997
Follows the corn crop from spring to fall showing various operations on the John Silvia Farm, the Santos Bros. Farm, and Manuel Ferry's,  Milky Way Farm.

0:45:30

May - Oct
1997

  316

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