American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Greater New Bedford encourages our community to celebrate, remember and fight back against cancer. Over the course of the 18 hour event, participants remember those we have lost and celebrate those who have won the fight. All are welcome to attend, this is …

Quite the weather mix is in store for us this weekend. We go as low as 52 degrees overnight on Friday and as warm as 82 degrees on the same day. That’s 30 degrees of a difference! Friday morning will start off with a shower, clear and warm up. Saturday, …

The Massachusetts State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section and the Massachusetts Environmental Police yesterday conducted surprise inspections of commercial trucks in Gloucester serving the seafood industry. Four State Troopers, four Environmental Police officers, and an investigator from the National Marine Fisheries Service conducted eight inspections for compliance of seafood and …

Buzzards Bay Musicfest returns for its nineteenth year with concerts July 8 – 12th at the Fireman Performing Arts Center at Tabor Academy, 235 Front Street in Marion, MA. The series opens and closes with orchestral concerts, with two chamber music concerts and a jazz performance held in-between.  Each year …

OPEN HOUSE EVENT: Interested in finding out more? On Saturday, June 27 from 10:00am-2:00pm Northeast Maritime Institute will be holding an open house. There will be tours every half hour starting at 10:30am, video presentations, you will be able to meet with admissions representatives, experience their simulators, and an activity …

Nearly all students and staff at Roosevelt Middle School will be picking up litter in the South End on Thursday, June 18, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The event is a partnership between Roosevelt Middle School, Operation Clean Sweep, and the City of New Bedford. “This is an opportunity for …

The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center will hold a Fish Fry Fundraiser on Friday, July 17th from 6-11 pm at Cotali Mar Restaurant (1178 Acushnet Avenue). Guests will enjoy platters of fresh local fish donated by Bergie’s Seafood and prepared by the chefs at Cotali Mar. Live music will be …

The New Bedford Educators Association has awarded 8 scholarships to New Bedford High School graduates from the Class of 2015, out of a total of 16 scholarships – 11 more scholarships than the NBEA was able to award last year. With the proceeds of a car wash to benefit their …

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, …

The third and final public forum to discuss the potential casino in New Bedford is scheduled for June 17 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Normandin Middle School (81 Felton St. in New Bedford). On June 23, 2015, New Bedford voters will decide if the City of New Bedford will permit KG …