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New Bedford, Mass. Newsstand: 50 cents FIRST STRIKE LNG dealt critical blow Coast Guard deems Fall River unsuitable By STEVE URBON Standard-Times senior correspondent FALL RIVER — To the cheers of local, state and congressional leaders, Coast Guard officials have stopped their review process after determining that the Taunton River is unsuitable for traffic in large LNG tankers bound for a proposed terminal at Weaver’s Cove. POINT OF Wednesday’s ruling CREATION is another in a series of setbacks for the project, Energy firm and is serious enough teams with to provoke predictions Brayton Point WINSLOW TOWNSON/The Associated Press that this should be the to build test Red Sox’ second baseman Dustin Pedroia, right, is congratulated by designated hitter David Ortiz after hitting a home run on the second pitch of his end of it. and research team’s first at-bat in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night at Fenway Park in Boston. Pedroia began a 13-1 onslaught against the Colorado But the project’s facility, which Rockies backed by another masterful performance by starting . sponsors say other- is expected wise. to create 100 jobs. A11 In his decision, Capt. Roy A. Nash, captain of Sox let bats, Beckett do the talking in Game 1 the Port of Southeast- ern New England, based in Providence, reinforced the views he expressed in May BOSTON — On a dark, damp October night in the Back Bay, that wasn’t when he issued the second in a series of the wind whistling through Fenway Park. It was another sellout crowd, recommendations against the plan. welcoming the to the big time. ALL BOSTON This time, as he wrote to Weaver’s Cove “FRAAAANNN-CISSSSS!!! FRAAAANNN-CISSSSS!!! FRAAAANNN-CIS- CEO Gordon Shearer, a personal trip up the SSSS!!!” Turn to Sports, B1, for full coverage of waterway on deep-draft vessels convinced They’re better than you think. They score runs like an American League the Red Sox’ victory over the Rockies. him there are too many navigational haz- team. They draw walks. This series will be no romp. Players said it. ONLINE EXTRA ards, particularly on the last leg under the people said it. I said it (as the WBSM-AM morning show is no Braga Bridge and through the old and new JON COUTURE doubt reminding everyone this morning). Catch up between games at Brightman Street bridges. That whistling catcall? It’s the perfect background music to a night that SouthCoastToday.com/redsox At the World Series “Vessel masters would face extraordi- tied Jeff Francis to the most lopsided loss to ever start a World Series, and nary navigational maneuvers when tran- See COUTURE A11 siting the waterway and the safety risks are too great to favorably recommend Power surge has residents steaming See LNG A11 a high-voltage wire on West Street into a usually Credit card NStar rejects claims from Wareham customers lower-voltage wire that supplies electricity to houses, causing a large power surge. By JENNIFER LADE left the boy with a neighbor and re-entered the A terrifying experience, to be sure. But just as Standard-Times staff writer house to retrieve her 14-month-old daughter, scary is the thought of paying for $10,000 worth fraud hits WAREHAM — As Heather DeSousa watched who had been sleeping. of damages that resulted from it. TV with her 4-year-old son last Friday at 10:30 “My son was hysterical,” Ms. DeSousa said. She and other affected homeowners are wor- p.m., smoke and sparks burst from an electrical She later found out that the smoking outlet was ried that if they file claims with their insurance outlet in the wall. caused by a power surge that affected about 100 companies, their policies could be canceled or, area eatery Uncertain what was going on, she grabbed her homes in the surrounding area. A tree branch at the very least, their premiums increased. son and ran out of their County Road home. She that had fallen in the wind and rain had pulled See SURGE A11 Not Your Average Joe’s chain warns customers INSIDE TODAY FORGING A PATH TO PEACE By BRIAN FRAGA Phyllis Lopes has proposed Standard-Times staff writer WEATHER Chilly with some rain; building a peace garden at high 54 and low 47. A2 The Dartmouth-based restaurant chain Buttonwood Park to honor Not Your Average Joe’s is dealing with this LOTTERY Daily Number: 8862; the memory of her grandson, week’s announcement that as many as more lottery, A2. Cecil Lopes III, whose picture 3,500 customers may have had their credit- is shown on a television card information compromised. Vol. CLVIII, No. 213. 60 pages, 3 sections. screen at Ms. Lopes’ New Diana Pisciotta, a spokeswoman for Not Bedford home Wednesday. Your Average Joe’s, said the thefts affected YOUR SECTION YOUR TOWN Mr. Lopes was killed three customers who dined at all of the chain’s Ad index A4 Dartmouth A9 years ago on Halloween 13 Massachusetts locations, including the Advice/Comics A20 Fairhaven A19 night in a drive-by shooting restaurant at 61 State Road in Dartmouth, Classified B8 Freetown A13 at the United Front housing in August and September. Crossword A20 Lakeville A13 development; police have “No one particular restaurant has been targeted. It’s across all the restaurants,” Ms. Horoscope A21 New Bedford A3, 7 yet to name a suspect in the Pisciotta said. Movies Coastin’ murder. His grandmother “We don’t have specific information at Obituaries A14, 19 wants the garden to serve each restaurant, but we do think overall it Opinion A16-17 as “a visual testament to the is a very small percentage of the number Television A23 need for eliminating violence of customers who ate at our restaurants in and fostering peace.” that period,” she said. To read about Ms. Lopes’ Not Your Average Joe’s posted a notice vision, see Jack Spillane’s to customers on its Web site Wednesday, 0 78908 22248 0 PETER PEREIRA/The Standard Times column on Page A3. See FRAUD A11

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