As we head into a new week, let’s take a look at the news from this past week.

Were you born between 1981 and 1996? If so, according to most sources, that makes you a millennial. And if you’re one who grew up in SouthCoast, you can’t relate to glory day accounts of things like old Lincoln Park or drive-in movie dates. However, you’ve probably noticed at this point there’s no shortage of bygone businesses to be nostalgic over, as the list keeps growing through the years. As a generation’s formative memories and the places they were made continue to fall back further into local history, join us as we recall a few lost gems that are not to be forgotten.

Just moments after falling to top-seeded Oakmont Regional 5-1 in the MIAA Div. 3 state semifinal on Wednesday night, longtime Apponequet baseball coach Jim Cabucio stood in front of his players at Haverhill Stadium and told them to hold their heads up high. “Getting here is hard to do,” he said. “You should be proud.” The No. 4 Lakers made history this year, becoming just the second team in the program’s 65-year history to reach a state semifinal and the first since 2011.

The last time Lucas Tremblay had the winning RBI in walk-off fashion, it was to give the Freetown-Lakeville Youth Baseball team a berth in the 2019 Cal Ripken World Series. This time Tremblay helped Apponequet punch a ticket to the MIAA Division 3 Final Four.

Keep up with high school sports with scores, game highlights, and Player of the Week voting at https://www.southcoasttoday.com/sports.

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Summer is just around the corner and with it comes a plethora of exciting festivals and major events in the vibrant city of New Bedford. From savory seafood to lively cultural celebrations, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

The events include NB Roots & Branches on July 20, as well as the always fun Whaling City Festival July 11-14 and the 108th annual Celebration of the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament August 1-4.

Summer fun: 12 major New Bedford area events & festivals to attend: Here’s the when and where for 2024

Those who’ve been waiting for South Coast Rail will have to continue waiting almost another year before they can ride the rails.

At a public meeting hosted by the MBTA at Bristol Community College on Thursday afternoon, General Manager Phillip Eng unveiled a revised timetable for South Coast Rail service to finally accept passengers: May 2025. The latest delay pushes departure times far beyond the MBTA’s initially promised start date of late 2023.

Snail rail: ‘MBTA owes this region an apology’: South Coast Rail start is delayed another year

It has been 20 years since Fairhaven voters amended the town’s bylaws in May 2004 to allow for the siting of commercial and municipal wind facilities. The project was put out for bid in the spring of 2006, and awarded to CCI Energy, part of a group of local developers that also included Palmer Capital and Solaya Energy.

A majority of residents at a Special Town Meeting ultimately voted to proceed, the project then went through a series of permitting hearings requiring abutter notification, and the turbines began operating in 2012.

Windfall: Fairhaven Wind turbines still benefit the town: What to know in 60 seconds

The company that owns the Dartmouth Mall has emerged successfully from voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in four years. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, or PREIT, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, announced the second bankruptcy filing in December 2023, noting there would be no interruption to services.

The company announced that it had successfully emerged from the second bankruptcy in April.

Emerge: Dartmouth Mall owner says company stronger after emerging from 2nd voluntary bankruptcy

Graduation season is always an exciting time in school districts, as students prepare to embark on their first steps after high school. In New Bedford, there’s some extra cause for celebration this year, as Whaling City Jr./Sr. High School — New Bedford’s so-called “alternative” high school — commenced its largest graduating class ever.

“‘Alternative’ has such a negative connotation,” said Whaling City Principal John Tweedie. “Really, in my mind, it makes more sense to call us a ‘pathway school.'”

Great rate: Whaling City High’s class of 2024 had the highest graduation rate in the school’s history.

This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Top stories: New Bedford area fun, South Coast Rail delayed