558 South Street Raynham, MA 02767 Phone: 508-823-1344 http://raynhampubliclibrary.org/ Recently my friends and I visited the Raynham Public Library to do a wheelchair accessibility review. We’ve been visiting various town libraries to see which ones are fully wheelchair accessible and which ones have adaptive equipment and offer specialized services for the disabled. There is [...]
Onset Avenue Onset, MA 02558 http://www.harborwatchinn.com/location/todo.html Onset Town Pier is located in Onset Village and is just before the Bourne Bridge. It’s a great place to visit the ocean without waiting in long lines of traffic to get over the bridges to Cape Cod or spending a lot of money on gas! I go to the [...]
82 Onset Ave Wareham, MA 02558 Phone: 508-295-8828 Kenny’s Salt Water Taffy is located on the water at the Onset Town Pier and is only open during the summer months. It’s been around since the late 1865. I usually stop by when I’m at the Onset Town Pier for it’s right on the pier and [...]
Gertrude Boyden Wildlife/Nature Refuge – PART 2 1298 Cohannet St. Taunton, MA. 02760 Phone: 508-821-1676 http://www.greenfutures.org/associates/boyden.html Last night my friends and I decided to pack a picnic dinner and head back to the Gertrude Boyden Wildlife/Nature Refuge to do a wheelchair accessibility review of the parts that we missed when we were there last week. [...]
1298 Cohannet St. Taunton, MA. 02760 Phone: 508-821-1676 http://www.greenfutures.org/associates/boyden.html Once in a while it’s nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and get in touch with nature. This is what my friends Tony, Kevin and I did today when we visited the Gertrude Boyden Wildlife/Nature Refuge. It used to [...]
Rt 6: 728 G A R Hwy Swansea, MA 02777 Phone: 508-677-2211 http://www.ponderosasteakhouses.com/ My friends and I recently ate lunch at Ponderosa Steakhouse in Swansea. We didn’t find it very wheelchair accessible so we decided to do a wheelchair accessibility review of the restaurant since we were there. We did take a few pictures which no one [...]
65 Independence Dr # 6 Hyannis, MA 02601 Phone: 508-790-8850 www.oldnavy.com I recently went shopping at Old Navy in Hyannis Festival Plaza so I decided to do a wheelchair accessibility review. There are no automatic doors. The entry is very difficult to get my wheelchair through. Once inside I started wheeling my wheelchair around the store. [...]
262 Swansea Mall Drive, Suite 775 Swansea, Massachusetts 02777 Phone: 508-679-2543 http://www.visitswanseamall.com/html/index18.asp In all of my years I’ve never felt so embarrassed and humiliated as I did today doing a wheelchair accessibility review of the Swansea Mall. But before I tell you about our dreadful experience let me first tell you about our wheelchair accessibility [...]
Summer Street & Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110 Phone: 800-872-7245 TDD/TTY 800-523-6590 http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&code=BOS We went to South Station in Boston today after our ride on the “T” from Lakeville to Boston. (See our review of the “T”). Since we were here we decided to do a wheelchair accessibility review! I really enjoyed being [...]
The “T” Toll Free: 1-800-392-6100 Deaf or Hard of Hearing: TTY (617) 222-5146 Main Switchboard: (617) 222-5000 Website : http://www.mbta.com/ Accessibility: http://www.mbta.com/accessibility/ Ric, Kate and I decided to take a ride on the “T” from Lakeville to Boston because we wanted to do a wheelchair accessibility review of the “T”. We purchased tickets at [...]
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In loving memory of my grandfather, 'Bud' McAuliffe.
