Saturday October 25th 3pm-7pm Wicked family fun (outdoors) at the Haunted Playground – 593 Kempton St.- including games and prizes, pony rides, Zombies doing the thriller dance, pumpkin decorating, face-painting, candy-apple making, lots of refreshments, costume parade and prizes, and the famous “Spooky Walk”. Please let all the families know …

Mayor Jon Mitchell announced today that the City will provide a one month extension (until the end of October 2014) to the warning period for violations for some of the recently enacted ordinance changes and regulations associated with the City’s new automated trash and recycling collection program. This extended warning …

The Greater New Bedford unemployment rate is much higher than the rest of Massachusetts, but believe it or not there really are a lot of jobs available for qualified applicants. Sometimes the barrier to a new job can be the lack of information on available job openings. To solve this, …

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL: $64,765 – $79,000 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS & PERSONNEL Responsible for personnel functions, i.e. regulatory compliance and reporting, policy development and documentation,  classification, compensation, benefits administration, training, and performance management, in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws, City Code and policies.  Knowledge …

The Fairhaven Board of Selectmen made four conditional offers of employment for the position of police officer with the Fairhaven Police Department at their meeting Monday night. The four candidates are Matthew Sobral, Jerome Penha Jr., Jonathan Alves and Scott Coelho. The employment offers are contingent upon each candidate successfully …

There’s enough thrills and chills for everyone at this year’s Boo at the Zoo! Join us for ten nights of slightly spooky family fun from 6pm-9pm on October 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 and Thursday, October 30. We’ll have tricks, treats and friendly Halloween activities in our Mad Scientist Lab. Climb aboard …

Edaville USA is thrilled for the return of our Pumpkins AGLOW festival returning on October 3rd through the 26th on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Back by popular demand, come see the garden of endless jackolanterns. Dress in your Halloween costume and join the costume parades. You can trick or treat …

The Greater New Bedford unemployment rate is much higher than the rest of Massachusetts, but believe it or not there really are a lot of jobs available for qualified applicants. Sometimes the barrier to a new job can be the lack of information on available job openings. To solve this, …

New Bedford High School is seeking help with Spanish, Creole, and Portuguese language support/translation for teachers to help communicate with parents during our Open House Night on October 9, from 6-8. Do you know of any South Coast serves partners with bi-lingual skills that can help? If so, please contact …

Everyone has heard the saying “If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes.” This applies to New England’s weather and particularly to this weekend’s weather! Last weekend things seemed to turn as nature sent everyone the memo that Autumn is arriving – cool evenings and mornings convinced us …