Toddlers love to go places and have fun. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park offers free, engaging activities each week at Whales, Tales and Sails. This free, one-hour story hour takes place each Friday morning beginning at 10:00 AM. This weekly event features professional storyteller Jackson Gillman and includes stories, …
Read More »Body of 47-year old woman discovered in Dighton
Dighton Police, State Police Detectives and Prosecutors from the Bristol County DA’s office are actively investigating the discovery of a female’s body this morning at the Hunter’s Hill residential neighborhood in Dighton. Dighton Police received a call from a resident in the neighborhood around 8:15 this morning to report the …
Read More »The South Coast Hot Jobs List – 19 November 2015
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 available for qualified applicants. Sometimes the barrier to a new job can be the lack of information on available job openings. To solve this, each …
Read More »New Bedford High School to Host Community Resource Fair
New Bedford High School will host a Community Resource Fair on Thursday, November 19 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the NBHS gymnasium, 230 Hathaway Boulevard. Workshops will begin at 6:30 p.m. with academic, college financial aid, NBHS academies and immigration informational workshops available. The fair is sponsored by GEAR UP …
Read More »McDermott Rocks Rachmaninoff
On Saturday, November 21, 7:30pm at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra presents Paulus, Rachmaninoff & Beethoven, featuring interantionally acclaimed pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.The program also includes Stephen Paulus’s Sea Portraits, originally commissioned by the NBSO for our 90th …
Read More »2015 Holiday Shows at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center present eight different shows between Thanksgiving and New Year’s to heighten holiday spirits! From nationally touring musicals, to Broadway stars singing cabaret and holiday classics, holiday memories are waiting to be made at The Z! Tickets from $15 to $99 are available at www.zeiterion.org, 508-994-2900 …
Read More »Hunger Heroes Project: Families Helping Families
WHAT: United Way of Greater New Bedford will host its first annual Hunger Heroes Project: Families Helping Families. Families are being encouraged to volunteer together on November 21st, National Family Volunteer Day, to help give other families a happy Thanksgiving. During this event, 400 Thanksgiving packages will be prepared to …
Read More »State Police Investigating Fatal Crash on I-95
Yesterday evening at approximately 5:00 p.m., troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Framingham Barracks responded to reports of a vehicle striking a pedestrian on I-95 South in the area of Exit 15B in Dedham. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2014 Ford Fiesta struck a 44-year-old female from Roslindale who, for …
Read More »State Police Investigating Fatality In Vehicle Off The Road
At 8:10 p.m. Saturday evening, troopers from the State Police Barracks in Middleboro responded to Route 495 southbound at exit 7 in Raynham for reports of a vehicle off the road into the median. Troopers located a 2013 Lexus sedan in the median with an unresponsive man inside the locked …
Read More »City of New Bedford Joins with Area Municipalities to Save on Energy Costs
The City of New Bedford has partnered with 22 municipalities in the region through the Southeast Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) to launch a regional Community Electricity Aggregation Program. By the combining purchasing power of customers in the participating communities, the program allows residences and small businesses to …
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