At a press conference in New Bedford City Hall today, Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter and New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the District Attorney’s Office and the City of New Bedford would share the cost of operating the Shotspotter gunshot detection system over the next year. District …

The Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues Friday, June 15th at 7 PM with Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of small-scale commercial fishermen living in Snead’s Ferry, North Carolina. Film makers Matt and Cornelia Barr will lead a post …

Please join us for our 3rd Annual Gentlemen’s Round Table Breakfast on June 7th. We will start promptly at 8:15am and conclude at 9:30am. The Gentlemen’s Round Table Breakfast will take place in the Roosevelt Middle School cafeteria. Please register online. Our breakfast is designed to introduce 7th grade male …

New Bedford was once called the city that “lit up the world”.  As a whaling port, New Bedford was one of the most important harbors in the world as a leading industry for refined whale oil and candles which were manufactured from these marine mammals. Whale oil and candles produced …

In May New Bedford Guide held it’s second photo contest sponsored by South Coast Architecture.  The theme of the contest was “Old Dartmouth Architecture.”  Dozens of amateur and professional photographers submitted 63 photos with the hope of winning the cover photo on New Bedford Guide’s Facebook page and $200. There is one overall winner for the Southcoast, …

New Bedford’s Abraham Lincoln Elementary School was recognized along with five other schools in the Commonwealth for its sustainable “green” design elements.  The school was one of five schools in the Commonwealth honored by the “Green Schools Organization” as a green learning environment.  Mayor Mitchell presented the award to the …

Several events are planned in New Bedford throughout Memorial Day weekend to honor the courageous men and women who lost their lives serving the United States of America. Saturday, May 26th, 2012 9:00 am at Rural Cemetery The Greater New Bedford Civil War Round Table will conduct a memorial exercise …

“Palavras e Pinturas: Historias de Portugal” (Words and Paintings: Histories of Portugal), a free public exhibition of works by Karen E. da Silva, Ph.D. will be on view June 7-10 in the Jacobs Family Gallery, New Bedford Whaling Museum, part of Day of Portugal weekend celebrations. An author and artist, …

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park celebrated National Junior Ranger Day with games and activities for young people planned and carried out by the park’s Junior Ranger Service Corps. The Corps, formed in September 2010 in response to the challenge of providing activities to youth who had participated in the …

The Tree is a multi-faceted, genre-melding seven-piece band based out of New Bedford and UMass Dartmouth.  This Friday, May 25th, they’ll play their biggest show to date—they will be headlining at the Hard Rock Café in Boston. There are plenty of reasons to see The Tree perform.  For one, they’re …