The accompanying cloudburst pelted many areas with hail and capped record-breaking rainfall amounts for June.
Local fishmongers are steamed about the rising price of clams, in scant supply due to recent storms.
The unexplained high fevers, bruises, sore throat and fatigue Steffany suffered as the school year wound down would not go away. A trip to the doctor confirmed that Steffany had strep throat, but that wasn't all, her mother said. While New Bedford lawmakers lost a battle this week over state funding for the reconstruction of Route 18, they may yet win the war. The project would change the highway into a tree-lined boulevard that would reconnect the city's downtown to the waterfront. Adam DeTerra doesn't quite remember Paul Revere galloping across the New Bedford skyline.