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From the Whaling City Festival board: After almost 45 years of celebrations, the Whaling City Festival, one of the city’s trademark events will be canceling the 2014 festival. The New Bedford’s Whaling City Festival Board of Directors voted Monday evening to cancel the 2014 Whaling City Festival. The action taken …

The Port of New Bedford, America’s most valuable commercial fishing port, has released a six-pronged plan for the revitalization of the Northeast’s struggling groundfish fishery, and to expand the port’s overall functionality. According to the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission’s (HDC) “Groundfish Port Recovery and Revitalization Plan for the Port …

New Bedford has partnered with ABC Disposal to implement a new curbside collection program for trash and recyclables designed to increase citywide recycling, reduce litter and decrease the amount of trash sent to the Crapo Hill landfill. Beginning on June 23, 2014 throughout New Bedford, ABC Disposal will collect trash …

Effective Tuesday July 1, 2014,the following shuttles will be eliminated: Acushnet / Fairhaven Shuttle Mattapoisett / Fairhaven Shuttle Swansea Shuttle Somerset Shuttle This was done after much review and solicitation of comment from the riding public and the SRTA Advisory Board. For more information visit www.srtabus.com.

UPDATE: This boy has been found and is home. Police are in the area of Bullard St. and Acushnet Ave. looking for a 4 year old boy who wandered from his home. He is wearing a horizontal striped shirt, tan pants, and goes by the name of Jesus. Anyone with …

The Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded over $1 million in Cultural Facilities Fund grants to several local organizations. • $500,000 to the New Bedford Whaling Museum for a new education center to expand programming needs. • $440,000 to the New Bedford Port Society to restore the Seamen’s Bethel and Mariner’s …

Reigning Miss New Bedford, Jillian Zucco, will be hosting a blood drive on World Blood Donor Day on Saturday, June 14. Teaming up with Southcoast Health and the New Bedford Bay Sox, the 21 year-old nursing student will be at the Paul Walsh Field in New Bedford with the Southcoast …

There is a possible con artist working his scam in downtown New Bedford. From one of our readers: I work at a shop downtown and a man came in yesterday to buy a bottle of water. When he got to the register he paid with a $50 bill and then …

The Ocean Explorium is pleased to announce the arrival of a baby White Spotted Bamboo Shark. After approximately 100 days in the egg, this fully-formed young shark hatched Sunday morning. Exhibit Curator Warren Gibbons, said “We are very excited. Visitors are most attracted to young animals. There was a tremendous …

This morning at approximately 2:40am a home invasion was reported in the 1600 Block of Acushnet Ave. The suspects and the victim are known to each other. The suspects forced their way into the apartment and pointed a gun at the victim. They stole his laptop and two cell phones. The …