New Bedford Guide

Don Green in 2009 and in 1940. (NationalArchives) by Andrew O’Leary Just 18 years old, George and Donald Green, twin brothers from the south end of New Bedford, were woken at 8AM as loud explosions rocked the harbor of Oahu. It was Sunday, December 7th, 1941; a day that “lives …

As the South Coast has many influential artists, let’s take a minute to drift a little further south and take a trip to Rhode Island. Trophy Wives, a hard hitting five piece pop punk band hailing from Providence consists of guitarist Chris Piquette, vocalist Sam Boxold, bassist Travis Danforth, drummer …

Winter is coming around and prices on activities are being cut in half on Groupon.com. Groupon is a website that gives people deals on activities and events. It features discounted gift certificates that can be used at many companies local and national. Recently I was looking for a discount on …

This weekend will be a rather unusually warm one for this time of year. We’ve already had a bit of snow and temperatures in the teens…and here we are with a Saturday that will reach 56 degrees. As the saying goes, “Don’t like the weather? Wait 5 minutes.” We’ll have …

This summer we shared why we felt Buttonwood Park Zoo was a bucket list destination. Now, we’d like to share why you should become a member, what perks you’ll enjoy and some of the benefits. Becoming a member is not “upselling.” You genuinely reap some fantastic benefits. Besides being a …

My name is Brian Harrington. My wife Kerrie and I have been huge animal lovers our whole lives so it was no surprise that by late December 2013 we had a once feral 12 year old cat named Bonnie, one almost 11 year old beagle/lab/pit mixed rescue dog named Otis, …

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 first thing that comes to mind for many people when Libad’s Seaside Tavern is mentioned is their showcase on the Bar Rescue television show. You would do yourself a serious disservice if you let any television show that is less than an hour long depict any person, place or …

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Last week I had the chance to sit down and talk with another of UMass Dartmouth’s distinguished political science professors, Professor Avery Plaw. Professor Plaw, as I mentioned last week in my Drone Database article, is one of the founding members of the database and also the university’s coordinator for …