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New Bedford Port Hopes to Become 'A Player' in Short Sea Shipping

By Charis Anderson New Bedford Standard-Times NEW BEDFORD — After traveling 280 nautical miles, a barge carrying more than 300,000 pounds of equipment destined for ...
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New Bedford Starts Web Site for 'Master Plan'

NEW BEDFORD — A new Web site dedicated to providing the public with access to information about “New Bedford 2020: A Citywide Master Plan” has ...
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Traditional Celebration Brings City Neighborhoods Together

Cape Verdean Parade — a Celebration of Ethnic Pride By Curt Brown, New Bedford Standard-Times NEW BEDFORD — It was the kind of day, to ...
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First of 16 Cruise Ships Visits New Bedford

“American Star” Cruises into City By Don Cuddy, New Bedford Standard-Times NEW BEDFORD — Like a returning snow bird, the white cruise ship American Star ...
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Waterfront Mixed-Use Development Project Moves Forward

Demolition of Fairhaven Mills is Under way By Brian Boyd, New Bedford Standard-Times NEW BEDFORD — After months of debate, demolition of Fairhaven Mills is ...
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Visitors From Former Soviet States Visit Whaling City

By Don Cuddy New Bedford Standard-Times NEW BEDFORD — It was probably a first. A 31-year-old woman at the Day of Portugal celebration on Acushnet ...
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Community Embraces Bay Sox

By Jon Couture New Bedford Standard-Times On May 31, 1997, the Torrington Twisters played their first-ever game before a crowd of 3,320 at Fussenich Park, ...
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New Bedford Community Theatre Thrives After 62 Years

Your Theatre, a Local Arts Treasure, Would Love to Have a New Home By Jack Spillane, New Bedford Standard-Times It’s like this hidden-in-plain-sight treasure that ...
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Leadership Program Seeks Participants

Leadership SouthCoast is seeking employers to sponsor their employees as Class of 2010 participants. The program year commences in September 2009. Scholarship support is also ...
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