History

New Bedford’s history has always been characterized by strong shades of light and dark. More than most cities our highs are very high and our lows are really low and there seems to be an aversion to that middle gray area. It just seems to be a characteristic of New …

Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases, the buildings, but new businesses have replaced them. In other instances, the buildings or …

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, Mechanics Lane, Washburn Street and others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they can …

If you were to randomly ask many locals on the street to explain why Patriots’ Day is a state holiday and so many have it off, they would struggle. I mean, ask them without allowing them to access their smartphones. Most know that it has something to do with the …

Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases, the buildings, but new businesses have replaced them. In other instances, the buildings or …

By Yue Ryder “I just wanted to share my thoughts with you because I just realized something about new bedford that I never really thought about before… I hope you like this as much as you liked the photo.” Settled in 1652 and incorporated in 1787 New Bedford is the …

Every schoolboy learns about how America “won the war” against, as well as our independence from, Britain in the 18th century. As often happens in history, events are summarized into neat, tidy little packages – an assumption with the advent of the Revolutionary War is that England packed up their …

This famous William Allen Wall painting “Gosnold at Smoking Rocks” depicts the arrival of the first European to set foot in New Bedford. It can’t be proven, but it is said that he made “…landfall on the west side of the Acushnet River, somewhere around the South Terminal, northwest of …

by Edward Camara Before all the residents of New Bedford go nuts and buy all the tissues in town, let’s understand a few things about the departure of the Paul Revere sign that went up in the early 1990’s at a point where Route 195E changes from 3 to 2 …