City to offer free training and familiarization tour for workers in the hospitality industry aimed at helping educate workers about New Bedford attractions and points of interest. The City of New Bedford Office of Tourism & Marketing has teamed with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford Chamber …
Read More »2nd Annual Summer River Exploration Camp to Explore Buzzards Bay and Watershed!
For the second summer, the Buzzards Bay Coalition is proud to offer River Exploration Camp, a week-long day camp delivered in partnership with YMCA Southcoast. River Exploration Camp will allow campers to get up close and personal with the outdoors while exploring Buzzards Bay and the Mattapoisett River. If your …
Read More »Working Waterfront Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary with 2 FREE Events!
In September 2013, the Working Waterfront Festival will mark its’ tenth anniversary. To celebrate, they are presenting Portholes, a series of free, monthly programs designed to engage residents and members of the commercial fishing industry in conversations about critical issues facing the working waterfront. Each month’s programming centers around a …
Read More »15 Things To Do This Weekend (03-05 May)
With temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s throughout the weekend, there is no excuse to head out and partake in the many events, activities and general goings-on. It’ll be mostly sunny, sunny, and partly cloudy for each respective day of the weekend. Most of the events were pulled …
Read More »3rd Annual Fishing for a Cause on June 20th!
Schwartz Center Gears up for the 3rd Annual Fishing For A Cause® Tournament The third annual Fishing For a Cause® striped bass, bluefish, and fluke catch-and-release tournament is scheduled for Friday, June 21 12:01 a.m. to Saturday, June 22 at 4:00 p.m., culminating in a celebratory awards dinner on Saturday, …
Read More »Golf Your Way to a Cleaner New Bedford Harbor!
SouthCoast golfers have a unique opportunity to enjoy an afternoon of golf at a championship golf course while also helping to clean up nitrogen pollution in New Bedford Harbor. The Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Bay Club at Mattapoisett are partnering to host a Golf Outing on Tuesday, May 28. …
Read More »Book Reading, Orchard Planting, and Victory Park Clean Up on May 5th!
Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference (CFC), a program of the Marion Institute, is excited to invite you to get your hands dirty and help us plant an orchard with the orchard donation recipients, the New Bedford Department of Parks, Recreation, and Beaches, on Sunday, May 5th …
Read More »Mayor Mitchell and Local Students to Celebrate “Walk and Bike to School” Day!
Many New Bedford students will join students from around the state in celebration of “Walk and Bike to School Day” on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, as part of the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School program, in partnership with New Bedford Mass in Motion Kids and the City of New Bedford. …
Read More »Taste of Southcoast 2013
The weather is slowly and reluctantly warming up as summer approaches, which means that New Bedford’s festival season is nearly upon us. For food lovers, no New Bedford festival is more exciting than the annual Taste of South Coast. Over twenty of the South Coast’s best restaurants and eateries will …
Read More »Responsible Attitudes toward Pregnancy, Parenting & Prevention’s After-School Schedule!
Southcoast Hospitals’ RAPPP program announces after school programming for May. The Southcoast™ Hospitals’ Responsible Attitudes toward Pregnancy, Parenting & Prevention (RAPPP) Program is hosting a series of after school activities during the month of May. Experienced teachers will also be available to help students with math, science, English and history …
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