Are you a business that would like to reach a potential 150,000+ customers over the course of a weekend? The 46th Whaling City Festival is coming and the iconic city even is currently accepting applications for vendor tables. The event which takes place at the Veteran’s Memorial Buttonwood Park July …

Hundreds of Roosevelt Middle School students will be cleaning up the south end on Thursday, May 15. The event is a partnership between Roosevelt Middle School, Operation Clean Sweep and the City of New Bedford. According to Keep America Beautiful, over 51 billion pieces of litter land on U.S. roadways …

Governor Deval Patrick today announced $1.19 million in additional funding for the City of New Bedford through the MassWorks Infrastructure Grant Program to help support the Acushnet Avenue Improvement Project. Through the Patrick Administration’s strategic investments in housing and economic development projects, New Bedford has become an attractive place for …

The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Lillian B. Lamoureux Music Scholarships. Established in 2000 and named for the President Emerita and former president of the NBSO Board of Trustees, the scholarships are intended to help support young musicians as they pursue their …

Coordinated by the Department of Parks Recreation & Beaches (PRB), Brooklawn Park History Society and the Wilks Public Library, with local historians, artists and naturalists. Join us as we celebrate and commemorate Daniel Ricketson, a native New Bedford naturalist and former owner of Brooklawn Park. Ricketson wrote the first history …

POSITION: EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER LEVEL: GRADE 8 $13.67hr – $19.93hr DEPARTMENT: POLICE FUNCTION: Perform the duties of Emergency Telecommunications Dispatcher and its related work as assigned by the Chief. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the general supervision of the Chief. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None. RESPONSIBILITIES: Receive and process calls for assistance from various …

Enrichment toys were given to Emily and Ruth, two Asian Elephants at the Buttonwood Zoo in New Bedford, MA on Friday, May 9, 2014. The Windy Wind-Chime. Materials: Nylon webbing, recycled propane tank, steel pipe/tube, steel sheet metal. Elephants can wrap trunk around the bottom clapper and make noise and …

On May 31st from 4 to 7pm, the SouthCoast LGBTQ Network will be sponsoring its inaugural event, “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Celebrating a Decade of Marriage Equality” to be held at the Waypoint Center on New Bedford’s historic waterfront. This event has two goals: to celebrate ten years of marriage …

The State of Massachusetts started auctioning off unclaimed items on eBay last week.

New Bedford Public Schools is asking all staff, parents and community members to participate in a Family and Community Engagement Survey active from May 5 to June 6. District leadership will use the survey to communicate successes and measure community perceptions about their ongoing efforts to improve student achievement. Designed …