The South Coast Chamber Music Series presents “Oboe Chaud” on November 7 & 8. In this second concert of the four-concert series, the spotlight is on oboist Donna Cobert as she performs two unique English works, Ernest Moeran’s rhapsodic Fantasy Quartet and York Bowen’s spicy sonata for oboe and piano. …
Read More »November is New Bedford Open Studios month – guide to all you need to know!
These studios and galleries are in re-purposed former mill buildings around the city. It kicks off on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Kilburn Mills Studios, 101 W. Rodney French Blvd. from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Then, it moves to The Ropeworks, 123 Sawyer Street, on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 …
Read More »State Police Investigating Crash that Killed Elderly Pedestrian
The Massachusetts State Police continue to investigate the death of a Revere man, who passed away after he was struck by a car as he walked across Revere Beach Boulevard in a marked crosswalk last weekend. Allen Flynn, 86, died at Massachusetts General Hospital, to where he had been transported …
Read More »Mayor Mitchell, City Council and Community to Celebrate the Groundbreaking of “Tom Lopes Park”
In June of 2015, in support of the family of Tom Lopes, Mayor Jon Mitchell formally proposed that New Bedford name a vacant City-owned parcel at One Washington Square, “Tom Lopes Park,” to honor the first Cape-Verdean American elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, publisher of Cape Verdean News …
Read More »The South Coast Hot Jobs List – 29 October 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 »State Police and Local Emergency Responders Rescue Lost Hiker
Yesterday afternoon, state police and local emergency services personnel responded to a report of a missing hiker on Tekoa Mountain in Russell. At about 3:45 p.m., a 23-year-old woman from East Longmeadow, who became lost while hiking on Tekoa Mountain in Russell, called 911 for assistance. A state police helicopter …
Read More »New Bedford Home Invasion Suspect Sentenced to Minimum of Six Years in Prison
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced today that a 22-year-old New Bedford man, who broke into a young couple’s home and burglarized their home at gun point in the middle of the night last May, was sentenced to serve six to seven-and-a-half years in state prison Friday …
Read More »OPINION: Concerned parent voices dissatisfaction with current school administration
When is the truth about how bad a shape the school system is in going to make it to the public? After witnessing the outright lies at the school committee meeting last night, I was absolutely shocked. Stating there are only a few teaching positions to fill is an outright …
Read More »City Prepares to Enforce Problem Properties Ordinance; Sends Notices to Nearly Two Dozen Property Owners
In an effort to give fair notice, the New Bedford Police Department sent notices to property owners who would have been assessed police response calls if they had been subject to the ordinance from March 2014 through March 2015. The new ordinance allows the City to declare a residential property …
Read More »‘London to Glastonbury’ art show brings a slice of England to New England, Nov. 7-Dec. 5
Name of Show: “London to Glastonbury” Artist: Heather Berthelette “About” Blurb: “England: a not-so-far away land of enchantment and curiosity, captured in paintings by the artist who traveled them. A little bit of England comes to New Bedford through the recent oil paintings of local and traveling artist, Heather Berthelette. …
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