Announcements

On October 22 and 23, 515 Fall River and 776 New Bedford students will attend the UMass Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement Youth Summit in the Main Auditorium. Participating schools from Fall River will visit on October 22 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and include Kuss, Morton, Talbot, …

The Wareham Police Department will be hosting an Open House on Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Acting Chief John Walcek said, “We want to give the citizens of Wareham a first-hand look at our station …

New Bedford High School is ramping up its enrollment efforts for next year’s incoming freshmen class with students making the pitch to area middle schoolers to consider joining the Whalers. More than 500 Normandin and Ford Middle School students visited NBHS today to learn directly from NBHS students about all …

New Bedford Public Schools has opened seven Family Engagement Centers, located throughout the City of New Bedford school district. A public opening ceremony and reception for the new network of centers was held today at Hayden McFadden Elementary School. The event was attended by families, students, staff, community resource partners, …

The Friends of Jack Foundation, Fun 107 and 1420 WBSM will hold its final Food for Tots fundraiser event of 2019 on Thursday, October 17, at locations across the SouthCoast. This month’s event, titled “Sweet Finale,” features several bakeries and ice cream shops, including Acushnet Creamery, Honey Dew Donuts, Artisan …

Residents of Wareham, elected officials and Southcoast Health staff celebrated on Friday the start of construction on Tobey Hospital’s emergency department expansion, a $25 million capital project funded in part by philanthropic contributions from the community. The expansion, with a target completion date of late 2020, will quadruple the facility’s …

Residents may sign up for calls and texts, for both emergency alerts and general updates. The City of New Bedford has launched NB Alert, a new emergency notification system that residents may sign up for to receive calls or texts directly to their phone. NB Alert will provide public safety …

The Bishop Stang High School Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $12,000 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). LSTA is administered on the federal level by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in the Commonwealth by the MBLC. …

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will host an event on Saturday, October 26th, 2019 commemorating the 1619 arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America. The event will begin at 1:00 PM at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 33 William Street. The event is free to …