Best of the South Coast

Where are the best Portuguese restaurants in the south coast, Massachusetts area? In February, 2015, we asked New Bedford Guide readers  that very question. Portuguese restaurants in New Bedford, Fall River, Westport and Acushnet topped the list. Here are the results. [poll id=”3″ type=”result”]

    This is a photo of our delivery of winter clothing to Mercy Meals and More on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014. We picked up the generously donated items yesterday from the Andrea McCoy Recreation Center. Thanks to all those that volunteered and helped spread the word, but Mercy Meals …

October flew by, November is coming up quickly, and this year Halloween is on a Friday, thankfully! What other way to end a long week, and kick off a weekend than to celebrate this thrilling day! For some of us we will finally be able to go all out for …

  Bishop Stang High School hosted its 15th annual rock-a-thon event to support four local food pantries. The rock-a-thon resulted in over 6,525lbs of food collected. Every year the members of the Bishop Stang High School Sr. Teresa Trayers, SND Chapter of the National Honor Society gather for a rock-a-thon …

The cooler weather brings some amazing events to the city of New Bedford. This past weekend the city hosted the New Bedford Oktoberfest and the New Bedford Chowder Festival. On December 14th, 2014, thousands of Santas will converge downtown for the New Bedford Santa 5K Fun Run. Official details on …

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held today at the Crapo Hill Landfill in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to mark the entry into commercial operation of the CRMC Bioenergy Facility, an anaerobic digestion project developed by Massachusetts-based CommonWealth Resource Management Corporation (“CRMC”) in cooperation with the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District …

Here’s New Bedford Guide’s first local artist spotlight! I had a chance to meet Stryker Jeff at his artist space at 101 Rodney French Blvd. during New Bedford Open Studios from October 4-5, 2014. Want to get featured? Send us an email to info@newbedfordguide.com. Stryker’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Art-by-Stryker/212430425510397?ref=br_tf

An estimated 1000 participants gathered at Fort Taber on Sunday, September 28 to raise awareness and money for the Southeastern Massachusetts Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds to support Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The Southeastern …

Downtown New Bedford is jam-packed with incredible restaurants and cafes. Within a few short blocks, we have access to Mexican, Thai, Italian, Japanese, Seafood and the list continues. I mean, come on. How lucky are we?! Every time I drive in, it’s nearly impossible for me to leave without going …

On September 21, 2014 from 9 am to 3 pm, Fort Taber Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts will host a Corvettes and Classics Super Cruise. There will be trophies to the top corvettes, classics, trucks, motorcycles and military vehicles. Also there will be museum and Fort Taber walking tours, food, …