Colloquially called the “Bathtub Jesus,” this common feature in yards throughout New Bedford is more accurately called a “Bathtub Mary/Madonna” front yard shrine, or a lawn shrine. While it may be hard to believe that there are actually people who live on the South Coast in general and specifically New …
Read More »Family and New Bedford Police seek public’s help in finding missing teen
“My sister has been missing since 8:00pm last night, Sunday, November 18. Her name is Kayvana Martinez, she is 17 years old. She was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a black sweater. The police have been notified. If you have any information, please call her mother at (774) 328-4469.” …
Read More »Grand opening of the P.A.C.E. YouthBuild Youth Development Center, December 6
PACE, Inc announces the Grand Opening of the PACE YB Youth Development Center on December 6th from 5-7pm at their new location, 127 West Rodney French Boulevard, second floor, Suite 2104, New Bedford, MA. The PACE YB Youth Development Center, which will house not only our flagship YouthBuild Program, but …
Read More »Free Horse Drawn Carriage Rides in downtown New Bedford on Dec 22
Downtown will be full of holiday spirit with free horse-drawn carriage rides at Custom House Square on December 22 from 1PM-5PM.
Read More »Clasky Common Park Festival of Lights Celebration set for Dec. 9
Join the countdown celebration to illuminate festive displays of dazzling lights throughout Clasky Common Park in New Bedford, MA at 5PM on December 9th. A musical chorus will perform and Santa Claus is expected to join the celebration!
Read More »City of New Bedford Tree Lighting set for Dec. 1
Join Mayor Jon Mitchell, New Bedford City Councilors and the New Bedford community for the annual tree lighting celebration! At 4:30PM Santa and Mrs. Claus will lead a parade up William Street to the Main Library. The countdown celebration will begin at 5:00PM with greetings from elected officials, holiday music, …
Read More »New Bedford’s “Guns for Groceries” recovers 85 guns, 2,000 rounds of ammo
Over 85 guns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered during the “Guns for Groceries” event that took place on Saturday at the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in New Bedford. From The Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford: “Guns for Groceries in memory of Dr. Rev. Robert Lawrence. Over …
Read More »National Weather Service forecasts below freezing temps for Thanksgiving
An outbreak of arctic air is forecast to drop temperatures well below freezing across the Northeast U.S. For Southern New England, it could be the coldest air for the holiday observed since records began in 1872.
Read More »The South Coast Hot Jobs List – November 18, 2018
Here are the Hot Jobs in the New Bedford area from the NewBedfordGuide.com jobs database, as of November 11, 2018. Click the right arrow to browse the next job. Want your job listed here? Contact leo@newbedfordguide.com. _____________________________________________________ Personal Advocate – Lifestream At LifeStream, Inc. we firmly believe that our employees …
Read More »Two people struck, killed by a train in Wareham
On Saturday, November 17, at about 7:30 p.m., Wareham Police, along with multiple emergency agencies responded to the railroad tracks near Minot Avenue for the report of two pedestrians struck by a train. At the scene, officers discovered the two individuals had died as a result of the accident. The …
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