According to Time Magazine’s Top 10 Commonly BROKEN New Year’s Resolutions, “Lose Weight and Get Fit” is at the top of the list! In fact, Time also notes that 60% of new gym memberships as a result, go unused. Why? Let’s face it. What starts out as a great idea …
Read More »The New Bedford Dog Park – Will it End as an Urban Myth?
With 46.3 million households owning a dog in the U.S. this year, it’s no secret that people enjoy the companionship of “man’s best friend.” And that definitely applies to the city of New Bedford. One has only to drive by a local park or wander past a neighbor’s house to …
Read More »My Favorite New Bedford Guide Articles of 2012
New Bedford is an interesting place to live. The city is known for its whaling past and today it’s best know for having the top fishing port in America, especially when it comes to scallops. Do some “people watching” and you’ll see people walking around in pajama pants, cars racing …
Read More »Best Places to Sled in Southcoast, Massachuetts
The bad news for most is that it’s the coldest time of year. The good news is that we can now go skiing, snow boarding and of course sledding. We recently asked readers on our Facebook page to let us know the best places to go sledding in the southcoast, …
Read More »New Bedford Taxi Service Phone List
Here’s a list of taxi companies in New Bedford.
Read More »New Bedford Guide’s Top Articles of 2012
2012 was an interesting year in New Bedford and Massachusetts. It was a presidential election year with three Massachusetts ballot questions and we got hit by Hurricane Sandy. New Bedford was rattled by a New Bedford police officer being stabbed and teen shot to death by police. We also got hit with some major construction on the …
Read More »Who Remembers Virginia Dare Soda?
I grew up in the late 1970s and have fond memories of Virginia Dare soda; the wooden crates they came in, the ability to pick, mix and match your flavors, the concept of returning the bottles so they could be re-used. It was a BIG deal to me and my …
Read More »11 Things to Do This Weekend
The bad news? There is an 80% chance of rain today and a 50% chance of rain tomorrow. The good news? There are lots of unique events this weekend! This weekend offers a Halloween-themed Buttonwood Park Zoo, a Zombie Night in Providence, a 5-mile run for charity and the UMass …
Read More »New Bedford Chowder Festival Review and Results
This year’s New Bedford Seaport Chowder Festival may have been interrupted by rain, but as we all know, inclement weather will never come between New Englanders and their “chowda.” For 2012’s Seventh Annual Chowder Festival the crowds packed in as usual to try samples of clam chowder, seafood chowder, kale …
Read More »10 Unique Date Ideas
When you’ve lived in the same area for a while it becomes easy for everything to take on a “been there, done that” vibe. Trying to be inventive with date ideas can really leave a person stumped, and that goes for all ages and relationship types. If you feel like …
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