Announcements

In January of each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) office requires communities to count the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless to provide a basis to evaluate the nature and extent of homelessness. On Wednesday, January 29th from 2:00 p.m. to Thursday, January 30st at …

1852 Portrait of Abraham H. Howland by William Allen Wall (N.B. Free Public Library) Series Introduction Welcome to the seventh installment of the series “Historical Personages of New Bedford.” The previous six installments can be found by using the keyword “personage” in the search window in the column at the …

Welcome to next installment in the New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana series. Previously we covered William Street, Kempton Street, Middle Street, Centre Street, Ashley Boulevard, Elm Street, Coggeshall Street, and others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they can be found by using …

After some serious snow shoveling -or snow blowing- and lots of sore backs, you’ll be happy to know that there is no substantial amounts of snow forecasted for this weekend! Saturday there is a slight chance of snow, but if it does snow, it will be anywhere from a coating …

3rd Annual West Island 5K Run/Walk & Kids Mile Fun Run (Jim Mahaney Photography) Running a 5K has never been so popular than the past few years. Once upon a time they were solely an athletic competition, but these days they are the perfect community event to unite people behind …

“I have been a “Big Sister” to Leann since August of 2012. Becoming a “Big Sister” has been a rewarding and fulfilling experience that has had a positive effect on my life. To me, being a “Big Sister” means that you make a commitment to a child to be a …

The City of New Bedford has announced that the citywide snow emergency parking ban, which was effective as of 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, will be lifted as of 2:00P.M. today, Wednesday, January 22, 2014.

The Team Noah Foundation was founded in honor of Noah Fernandes. In 2006, Noah was diagnosed with M.E.L.A.S. – a progressive and degenerative mitochondrial disease. One of our goals will be to help fund research for The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) in hopes of one day finding a cure. …

The Veteran’s Transition House, with UMass Dartmouth, is assessing the needs of Veterans in Bristol County with this brief survey. The results of the survey will allow the Veteran’s Transition House to better serve the Veterans in our area. In March of last year, Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray announced the …

Grow Education’s (Grow) mission is to cultivate edible schoolyards in the New Bedford public schools. Grow offers teachers the opportunity to engage and collaborate through retreats and workshops, focused on enhancing community partnerships as well as incorporating garden-based learning into curriculum. Through the creation of school-based gardens, we hope to …