During the month of September, the 37th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Thomas “Frank” McCoy, a WWII veteran who served in the Third Armored Division of the United States Army, participating in the infamous the Battle of the …

On Monday, February 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Mayor Jon Mitchell and other city officials will join with Congressman Barney Frank in re-opening the Andrea McCoy Recreation Center at 181 Hillman Street in New Bedford.  This will mark the first time the fully renovated recreation facility is open to the …

“Melville “Roy” Anderson, 100, who was born on August 25, 1922, in Chicopee, Mass., to Arthur and Catherine (Arrowsmith) Anderson, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2023 at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., after a short illness. Roy was the eldest of 10 children. He attended local Chicopee schools …

“An environmental services company and its owners have been indicted on 98 counts in connection with worker safety violations and illegal asbestos work allegations conducted in New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, North Andover, Stoughton, Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and Brockton, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today. Franklin Analytical Services, Inc. …

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D- Calif.) today in introducing the bicameral U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, President Biden’s bold, inclusive, and humane framework for the future of the United States immigration system. “Even before the cruelty of the last four …

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $11.7 million in Skills Capital Grants awarded to 47 educational institutions across the Commonwealth to update equipment and expand student enrollment in programs that provide career education. Twelve of the organizations are receiving a Skills Capital Grant for the first time, and one school, Essex …

A grandmother shared how grateful she was for workers and strangers at the Stop & Shop on Dartmouth Street in New Bedford for helping her autistic granddaughter who lost her special doll: “Yesterday my autistic granddaughter lost her special doll named Sandy. I would like to give a shout out …

“A deliriously entertaining new musical comedy that brings down the house!” – New York Post The national tour of the Tony-nominated musical Something Rotten! arrives at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, November 27, at 7:30 p.m. It’s an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode …

The New Bedford Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, a.k.a. the Portuguese Feast, a.k.a. Madeira Feast is the largest event New Bedford has every year. More than that, it is the largest Portuguese feast in the world and the largest ethnic festival in New England. The feast was founded in 1915 …

Faces of New Bedford is a project by Colton Simmons. If you are interested in booking a shoot or getting prints from the series email all inquiries to josh@@newbedfordguide.com. If you’d like to see the faces from newest to old go here. Faces Of New Bedford – #01: Kat Knutsen …