Education

PACE Head Start is currently accepting applications for the upcoming school year which will begin in September 2019. Head Start provides a free family-centered school readiness program for approximately 300 children ages 3-5 from income-eligible families living in New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Acushnet. Head Start children benefit from an …

The Buttonwood Park Zoo is now home to not one, but two, endangered red pandas. In its monumental 125th year of operation, the Buttonwood Park Zoo opened its very first red panda habitat by welcoming a young red panda named Jacob. Jacob arrived in June of 2018 from Cleveland Metroparks …

New Bedford’s Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods is recommending to the City Council that the Administration allocates $250,000 for the construction of a rear entrance to the Pulaski School to alleviate the traffic flow issues in the area. The recommendation will be heard at tonight’s New Bedford City Council …

New Bedford High School officially added Hospitality and Tourism to its Career Vocational Technical Education program, continuing its expansion of vocational education in the district. The program is connected to the National Academy Foundation (NAF), and the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is the 5th NAF program at the high …

For students looking to explore graduate business degree options, UMass Dartmouth is hosting an open house on Wednesday, August 7 from 4-6 p.m. in the Charlton College of Business lobby. The Charlton MBA is responsive to the changing demands of the global, technology-driven economy. Taught by leading business scholars and …

The New Bedford Chapter of the Prince Henry Society of Massachusetts awarded $52,500 in scholarships to Greater New Bedford college-bound students. For the 39th consecutive year, the society held its annual scholarship brunch at the Century House in Acushnet on June 16. In 1980, Milton Ferreira and the late Anthony …

To celebrate the release of its newest book — Under Sun, Stars and Sails: A Whaling Family’s Life at Sea by Marsha Hall Brown, Spinner Publications will hold a book launch event and signing on Thursday, July 11, 2019 from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m. at the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s …

Southcoast Health announced today that the St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary awarded five $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors entering college in the fall to pursue careers in healthcare. • Sandra Allen, the auxiliary scholarship chair, presented the awards to: • Samantha Landry, a graduate from Bishop Stang High School, …

Spinner Publications is excited to let you know about a new book that will be released at the end of June entitled “Under Sun, Stars and Sails ~ A Whaling Family’s Life at Sea” written by Marsha Hall Brown, a descendant of a Nantucket whaling master. Captain Joseph Marshall had …