On Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will host a Volunteer Day & All-American Cookout, a volunteer-driven initiative designed to provide our national park with the people-power to ready the park for the upcoming summer season and engage communities in the National Park …

Trinidad-born, New Bedford Artist Alison Wells, captures the essence of Downtown New Bedford in her solo exhibition “COLLAGE 02740”. Her recent offerings of paper collages will be on view at Colo Colo Art Gallery, 29 Centre St. from May 3 – May 21 Wells depicts a side of Downtown New …

Want to improve your health and wellness? How about for FREE?  Well, you’re in luck! Throughout the month of May, FREE fitness classes are being offered every weekend! No costs. No commitments. Each weekend, a different class will be offered to provide you with optimal choices and variety to feel …

Cheyenne Bayse is a coach at New Bedford Community Rowing On Saturday April 28th and Sunday April 29th, New Bedford Community Rowing (NBCR) hosted two regattas which brought over 200 visitors to the race site at Pope’s Island Marina. Saturday’s regatta (or race) was held between two high school teams, Hingham High School …

It’s the month of May, and that means something great for the City of New Bedford; the Taste of SouthCoast is rapidly approaching.  On Sunday May 20th it will mark the 6th year that Custom Square will be home to samplings of some of the area’s finest cuisine, and you …

New Bedford students will join students from around the state in celebration of “Walk and Bike to School Day” on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, as part of the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School program, in partnership with New Bedford Mass in Motion/CORD and the City of New Bedford.  Parents, teachers, …

In the movie Dodgeball there is a saying, “If you can dodge a tool, you can dodge a ball.” That’s painfully true, but I’d prefer to say, “Regardless whether you can dodge a ball or not, you can raise money for charity.” With a mission to raise a lot of …

In a little city called New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts strange things are happening. What was once a dilapidated city and looked at as literally the “armpit” of Massachusetts, there is now a spark.  It first started burning several years ago with a little bar and grille that …

The Dartmouth high school drama club proudly presents it’s annual spring musical production of Denis Lawrence Jr.’s Murder at Luigi’s. “Murder At Luigi’s” is a fun filled night of music, laughter within a murder mystery show where the audience participates throughout the show. Well over 30 Dartmouth High School students …

Join us May 4th at 9AM-4:30PM at the New Bedford Whaling Museum (18 Johnny Cake Hill) located in downtown New Bedford, MA for a discussion of the workforce development needs of the emerging ocean renewable energy industry.  The keynote speaker will be Representative William R. Keating  U.S. House of Representatives. In Europe …