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Below is a collection of news articles from various media
sources.
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
Preeminent northeast sailing magazine features New
Bedford as destination port
The secret is getting out! If you have not recently
docked at this historic seaport, it is well worth taking
the time to visit an authentic working waterfront and
explore a seaport where people have gone to sea for... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
Come to
Summerfest this weekend!
Next weekend, downtown will be the site of one New
Bedford's most popular summer attractions, the Greater
New Bedford Summerfest, a weekend celebration of folk
music from around the region, the nation... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
Despite
cleanup, millions of dollars pouring into upper harbor
NEW BEDFORD — The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency could implement next year a new technique in the
ongoing cleanup of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site
that would shave years off the project time... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
Boston-South Coast rail link takes step forward
BOSTON — Massachusetts has closed a $100 million
deal that includes the purchase of nearly 40 miles of
rail lines from CSX Transportation as part of a plan to
build a commuter rail link from Boston to Fall River and... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
7,000
solar panels proposed for New Bedford Business Park in
Dartmouth
The New Bedford Business Park could be home to what
would be one of the largest solar panel fields in New
England before the end of the year. Con Edison
Development wants to install 7,000 solar panels... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/29/2010
Lafrance
family cuts ribbon for new hotel
NEW BEDFORD — The Lafrance family formally
celebrated the opening of their new downtown hotel
Thursday evening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott opened for business
almost... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
State,
city, Cape Wind continue discussions
A Cape Wind official said Wednesday the project's
developers are in ongoing discussions with the city
about using New Bedford as a staging port for the
project and hope to make a formal announcement soon... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
Downtown
Marriott opens ahead of schedule
The much anticipated Fairfield Inn & Suites New
Bedford is taking reservations after opening Thursday
[May 26]. What the soft kickoff lacked in fanfare it
made up for in enthusiasm as staff celebrated the... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
Sold out
commercial marine trade expo puts city on conference and
trade show map
The Commercial Marine Expo, a major marine trade show,
had a successful debut this week at State Pier, bringing
thousands of people to the city and winning rave reviews
from attendees... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
New
rowing program popular at Voc Tech and high school
gymnasiums
NEW BEDFORD - Carolyn McGonagle is passionate about
rowing - and as the new director of New Bedford’s
Community Rowing program, she wants to spread her love
for the sport to as many people as possible... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
New
Bedford solar company goes Net-Zero
Beaumont Solar, after helping its customers reduce
or eliminate their electricity bills since 2007, finally
decided late last year to do something about its own
power bills. "If we're doing this for our
customers, we really... [read more]
Date Posted: 6/16/2010
Wal-Mart
awards city $300,000 for leadership in green jobs
training
Mayor Scott Lang was among three mayors honored at
the 78th Annual Conference of Mayors held in Oklahoma
City for their leadership in green jobs training.
Lang's distinction means that People Acting in
Community... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Small
business loan pool gets needed infusion of capital
NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Economic Development
Council has secured a $750,000 low-interest loan from
the federal Small Business Administration that will help
the council recapitalize its loan pool... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
City
celebrates Summerfest 15th year July 2-4
If Greater New Bedford Summerfest were a teenage
girl, this year might mark its quinceanera. But
organizers are still planning to give the 15-year-old
folk music festival a proper birthday bash. This year's
Friday... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Life
science center touts SouthCoast's biotech potential
The SouthCoast has the potential to attract a host
of biotechnology companies, thanks to committed local
officials, existing and planned infrastructure and
available land, members of state life science... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Jobs
potential touted in tour of State Pier overhaul
NEW BEDFORD — Work on a multimillion-dollar overhaul
of State Pier that will address various structural
deficiencies in the building could be complete by
November, an update that will help breathe new life into
the facility... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Proud
city helps boatyard cut ribbon on indoor facility
NEW BEDFORD — Bayline Inc. Boatyard and Transport on
Tuesday officially opened its new 27,000-sqare-foot,
indoor facility, a multimillion-dollar expansion that
will allow the company to store and repair vessels... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Annual
festival draws 2000 to historic district
NEW BEDFORD — It's always a good day when the
weather is perfect, the bands are rocking and the food
is delicious. That was the scene Sunday at Custom House
Square as an estimated 2,000 people sampled... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
New
Bedford nonprofit rescues 1834 city house
In any other city, a charred, 176-year-old mansion
with gaping holes in the roof might have been
demolished. But not in New Bedford, Mass., where the
mayor and a nonprofit preservation organization joined
forces... [read
more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
WHALE to
recognize preservation projects
NEW BEDFORD — "Preservation is for Everyone" is the
theme of WHALE's 48th annual meeting to be held 6 p.m.
Tuesday [May 18] in the Whaling Museum Theatre, 18
Johnny Cake Hill. The historic preservation... [read more]
Date Posted: 5/18/2010
Quest
Center company BOT USA integrates GPS for unmanned
underwater vehicle
Brooke Ocean Technology - USA announces it has
received a $705 thousand order, from the U.S. Defense
Department to continue the next phase of the integration
of a GPS communications antenna with an... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
New Bedford eyed as Cape
Wind construction base
The developers of the newly approved Cape Wind project are
eyeing New Bedford as one of two possible home ports for the
project, a project official confirmed Thursday. "We're
taking a very close and interested... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
NBEDC, community leaders
step in to breathe life into under-funded tourism effort
Faced with a crippling cut to the city tourism department's
budget last year, Mayor Scott W. Lang had two choices: Let
various tourism efforts stall for lack of resources or find
another way to get the work done... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
'Momentum along the
river' snags another developer
Cliftex North is the latest mill in the city's Upper Harbor
district to be slated for redevelopment after two
Cambridge-based investors closed on the property earlier this
month. Bart Bussink and Michael DeVos... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
Agreement reached to
clear way for demolition of old Aerovox mill
After nearly two years of negotiations, a $13 million settlement
agreement has been reached that clears the way for the old
Aerovox mill to be razed by next year. The Environmental
Protection Agency and AVX Corp... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
PBS highlights New
Bedford in program “American Experience”
The PBS program “American Experience” features New Bedford in
its look at the history of American whaling industry from its
17th Century origins in drift-and-shore whaling off the coast of
New England...
[read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
City's rebirth featured
in Bank of America film
The city and its ongoing revitalization efforts will be
showcased tonight at 9 [with future replays] on national
television through a mini-documentary created by Bank of America
to air during a new series on... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
New Bedford Whaling museum unveils $350k art gallery expansion
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is undertaking its largest
expansion in more than a decade, converting what used to be
storage space into about 2,000 square-feet of museum gallery.
The project, which is part of... [read more]
Date Posted: 4/30/2010
Sea & Ice exhibit opens at New Bedford Explorium
An exhibit chronicling
one of the chillier chapters in the saga of the Schooner
Ernestina, formerly Effie M. Morrissey, opened Saturday
at the Ocean Explorium on Union Street. The
116-year-old Ernestina has... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/17/2010
Business
park projected to add 500 jobs in three years
The growing New Bedford
Business Park will create another 500 jobs within the next three
years, the director predicted Wednesday at its annual meeting.
Since the start of the recession more than two years ago... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/17/2010
Editorial: New Bedford’s back to shipping
Once the wharves of New
Bedford were one of the great centers of American commerce. The
whaling fleet was based there, providing lamp oil to a
burgeoning nation, and sleek clipper ships offered the quickest
passage to... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/17/2010
City's brownfield assessment sites ranked for economic
development potential
Members of the City of New
Bedford Brownfields Task Force unveiled a list Thursday ranking
some potentially dirty sites for federal environmental
assessment dollars. The properties are brownfields, which
means... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/17/2010
The 33rd New Bedford Half Marathon—Classic Race in this Historic
Seaport City is Again USATF-NE Championship
In New Bedford, Massachusetts
they “Embrace the Race”. It will run March 21 at 11:00 a.m. and
is one of the best New England has to offer, indeed one of the
best in the USA. The New Bedford Half Marathon is the second... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/17/2010
Kerry, Frank back emphasis on New Bedford harbor in use of trust
money
Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Barney Frank have thrown their support
behind the city’s applications to the New Bedford Harbor trust,
arguing more emphasis should be placed on projects in the harbor
and its immediate vicinity... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
NBEDC offers free workshop for artists gives tax tips
The New Bedford Economic Development Council offers a series of
workshops to artists, performers and creative entrepreneurs of
New Bedford in order to provide them with the tools needed to
bring their endeavors... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
New Bedford wants rest of PCB settlement money
NEW BEDFORD — City officials are pushing
for the remaining funds in the New Bedford Harbor trust to be
allocated to city projects, arguing that the money should be
spent as close as possible to where the damage from... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
Port's shipping business quietly taking off
It was just a few years ago that not a single freighter tied up
to a New Bedford pier. Today, by comparison, it is almost a
traffic jam. About 28 freighters, most of them offloading
produce from northern Africa, are scheduled... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
New Bedford considers future of Aerovox site
After almost two years of negotiations, the company responsible
for demolishing the old Aerovox mill is on the verge of signing
settlement agreements with the city and state and federal
environmental agencies that will... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
New Bedford shows off its cultural revival
City leaders exercised their bragging rights Friday as the
Massachusetts Cultural Council came to town along with guests
from "Gateway Cities" across the state. They came to the former
Star Store — now UMass Dartmouth's... [read more]
Date Posted: 3/08/2010
City Brownfield sites reviewed for economic development and job
creation opportunities
The City of New Bedford Office of Environmental Stewardship and
the New Bedford Economic Development Council have formed a
Brownfields Task Force of partners and stakeholders with the
goal to identify Brownfield... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
Feds award $20 million for New Bedford rail project
High-speed commuter rail option eyed
NEW BEDFORD — The state has been awarded $20 million in federal
grant money to reconstruct three freight rail bridges that are a
critical part of the infrastructure needed for the South Coast
Rail Project, federal officials... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
A commercial marine expo moves from Providence to New
Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — A major marine trade show will be coming
to the city in June, bringing thousands of visitors and
potentially generating more than $1 million in economic
activity, according to city and event officials.. [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
AHA! Awarded $32,000 from Mass. Cultural Council
The AHA! Night 2nd
Thursday free Arts and Culture Program in downtown New
Bedford has been awarded $32,000 from the Mass. Cultural
Council Adams Program for the fifth consecutive year of
funding... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
New Bedford zoning board approves special permit for
Cliftex conversion
The Zoning Board of
Appeals on Thursday unanimously approved a special
permit for a multimillion-dollar proposal to transform
the Cliftex 1 mill building into rental apartments.
"This is going to be an overall improvement... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
New Bedford's Walega named HUD New England Regional
Director
BOSTON — Richard A.
Walega — who took over Feb. 1 as head of the New Bedford
Housing Authority — has been named HUD's new New England
Regional Director.
In announcing Walega as President Barack Obama's choice... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
Art exhibit balances local contemporary work and
city’s historic perspective
The New Bedford Art Museum
announces the opening of the first “New Bedford Invitational:
From Swain to Today”, a biennial exhibition that provides a view
of the contemporary art community in New Bedford while... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/24/2010
Panel of seasoned entrepreneurs support business
startups through informal discussions
MassChallenge is
offering a “Startup Unpanel” that will give startup
entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to discuss directly with a
number of seasoned entrepreneurs in three 20 minute sessions
among groups of no more than... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/9/2010
Developers take on New Bedford mill once slated for
demolition
NEW
BEDFORD — A multimillion-dollar proposal to transform
the Cliftex 1 mill building into rental apartments is
wending its way through the city permitting process and
will come before the Zoning Board of Appeals on
Thursday... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/9/2010
New Bedford renewable energy company makes a come back
NEW
BEDFORD — Vectrix Corp., an electric scooter company,
has been relaunched under new ownership after entering
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall. The
new company, which is incorporated in Delaware, has made... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/9/2010
City museum with unique concept draws over 6000 a year to
south end park
NEW
BEDFORD — Mayor Scott W. Lang calls it "the biggest
little military museum in the country."
And the numbers show that more people than ever before
are visiting the Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum
to learn... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/9/2010
Runway safety project at New Bedford airport enters public
input phase
NEW
BEDFORD — The Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting
public comments on a multimillion-dollar plan to improve
runway safety at the New Bedford Regional Airport, the
corps announced this week.
"It's entirely a safety project,"... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/9/2010
Free Legal Workshop for Small Businesses: Wednesday, February
24th, 2010
A legal workshop will be held for those business owners who
are struggling to keep their business running or who are looking
to expand their business. Expected topics include: Contracts,
Real Estate... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/2/2010
Fishery Council restores fishing days to scallop fleet
PORTSMOUTH,
N.H. — In a rare reversal of what was to have been a
final decision, the New England Fishery Management Council on
Wednesday rescinded its November decision and restored fishing
days to the... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/2/2010
Providence TV station showcases NB momentum
NEW BEDFORD,
Mass.—Downtown New Bedford is buzzing with new
businesses.
Despite tough times, some 39 new shops and restaurants
have opened their doors here in the past two years.
“New Bedford for a very long... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/2/2010
Rail plan on track despite grant loss
NEW
BEDFORD — South Coast Rail came up short in its bid for
$1.9 billion in federal stimulus money, but the loss
will not affect the future of the project, officials
said. "The project wasn't dependent on the money... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/2/2010
New downtown Korean restaurant receives rave reviews
Sharpen your chopstick skills. A new Asian cuisine has come
to town, and it is renowned for being tasty, nutritious, and a
powerful boost to the immune system. The clean, slick and modern
but casual Ginger Grill... [read more]
Date Posted: 2/2/2010
New fishing rules open up monitor jobs
NEW
BEDFORD — New regulations intended to rebuild groundfish
stocks in the Northeast will also result in the creation
of up to 100 new jobs in the fishing industry.
"Starting May 1st there is going to be a need for... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
Boston Globe explores New Bedford’s museums, restaurants and
other interest points
In the 1850s this was the richest city in the country due to the
fortunes amassed by whaling ship captains.
Today New Bedford’s harbor is the richest fishing port in the
nation based on the dollar value of the catch, thanks to the
high price of scallops. Whaling and fishing are at the heart of
the city’s 13-block, 34-acre New Bedford Whaling National
Historical Park, established by Congress in 1996. A stone’s
throw from Interstate 195, visitors can walk cobblestone streets
and learn about life in the “City That Lit the World.’’... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
Casino developer locks up New Bedford waterfront site
NEW BEDFORD — A New York City developer has secured options on
the old NStar power plant on the city's waterfront for the
development of a casino, state Sen. Mark C.W. Montigny confirmed
Thursday.
"They contacted us in the last 24 hours to say they had signed
the options," Montigny said of KG Urban Enterprises, which lists
an address of 125 Park Ave... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
Sea and sky look state of the art in an aquarium built on
science
NEW BEDFORD - Standing sentry over Union Square, the grand
neoclassical structure that was once headquarters of the New
Bedford Institution of Savings is now a repository for wealth of
a different kind. These days the former financial temple harbors
the riches of the sea, having been transformed into the Ocean
Explorium, part aquarium and part science museum. Since its
grand opening in July, New Bedford’s newest attraction has
quickly become a popular family destination... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
New Bedford Business Park looks ahead to another successful
year
While many businesses were breathing a sigh of relief at the
passing of 2009, Thomas G. Davis of New Bedford saw the year as
just another opportunity to expand the New Bedford's Business
Park.... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
'Voices from the Waterfront' book recounts oral histories of
fishing industry figures
A new book designed to provide its readers with a window into
New Bedford's complex and colorful fishing industry was released
Jan. 14... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
Whaling Museum gets funds to restore Bourne Building
NEW BEDFORD -- The century-old main gallery of the New Bedford
Whaling Museum is set to undergo a total renovation and
restoration project, thanks in large part to a $1.5 million
federal government appropriation.
Sen. Paul Kirk, D-Mass. and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., joined
local and state dignitaries and National Park Service
representatives in the museum's Bourne Building this morning to
celebrate the project, which will restore the structure to its
1907 splendor while bringing it up to modern building codes... [read more]
Date Posted: 1/26/2010
Polaroid, Acushnet Foundation funds boost workforce, early
literacy programs
NEW BEDFORD — The Community Foundation of Southeastern
Massachusetts recently awarded $108,000 in workforce development
and early literacy grants with funding from the Polaroid and
Acushnet Foundation Funds... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
City breaks ground on waterfront project with Market Basket
NEW BEDFORD — Gov. Deval Patrick gathered Friday with state
and local officials on the former Fairhaven Mills site to
celebrate the ground breaking of the Market Basket supermarket,
the anchor store for the new retail.... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
Tallest residential tower in downtown reconstruction financing
approved
NEW BEDFORD — With the help of state and federal financing,
the unlucky Regency Tower apartment building downtown will get a
new lease on life in 2010, Gov. Deval Patrick announced Friday.
The announcement before... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
Historic waterfront mill conversion going ahead.
100 market rate loft units to be ready in Fall 2010.
NEW BEDFORD — Plans to transform a historic mill building on the
Acushnet River into 100 market-rate apartments are moving
forward after months of legal wrangling. Developer Steve
Ricciardi closed last month on the... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
Bank of America announces major 3 year gift to establish
after-school program
NEW BEDFORD — City students will have new opportunities
for after-school learning and activities with financial
support from the nation's largest bank. Bank of America
has committed $190,000 a year over three years to pay... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
Life science company wins tax credit award; looks to expand in
New Bedford
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a
$570,000 tax incentive to a New Bedford manufacturer, boosting
the company's plans to expand and hire more employees.
Morgan Advanced Ceramics, which makes... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
NPR focuses on city solar company Konarka
Many old factories around the country now sit dark and
empty. But at a once-defunct Polaroid film factory in New
Bedford, Mass., the lights are on again and a new industry is
rising up inside the ruins of an old one... [read more]
Date posted: 1/11/2010
City in top 10 for retail growth next year
PROVIDENCE – The Providence metropolitan area is one of the
10 U.S. regions most likely to see its retail sector grow next
year, according to a new study by Pitney Bowes Inc. The
Stamford, Conn.-based company’s Pitney Bowes... [read more]
Date posted: 11/24/2009
New Bedford rowing program takes giant leap forward
BOSTON — Mayor Scott W. Lang's long-held dream to transform
the Acushnet River into a center of rowing activity took a step
closer to reality Thursday with the official announcement of a
partnership between the... [read more]
Date posted: 11/24/2009
Forbes ranks New Bedford region in Top 10 of America's Safest
Cities
NEW BEDFORD — Though street-level crime has increased this
year in New Bedford, officials say the joint efforts of law
enforcement and community groups over the last several years has
helped the city be recognized... [read more]
Date posted: 11/24/2009
City renewable energy company gets Boston Globe attention
After spending years developing plastic solar energy cells,
Konarka Technologies Inc. of Lowell was ready to begin
full-scale production of flexible films that could be
incorporated into purses and backpacks to create solar... [read more]
Date posted: 11/24/2009
New Bedford hosts another movie film crew
NEW BEDFORD — An argument over a Christmas tree might seem
an unlikely inspiration for a movie script, but that is what
brought a film crew to the city on the weekend. Written
and produced by Dighton native Tommy Whalen... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
New Bedford emerging as cleantech leader
NEW
BEDFORD — Efforts by city officials to position the city
as a "cleantech" hub have started to pay off, and many
industry experts say the city could see a burst of
economic activity over the next several years... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Federal stimulus benefits city workforce
Local
employers, nonprofit organizations and other agencies
will have a chance to apply for newly available money
for adult education and English language programs.
The state has set aside $1.4 million in federal stimulus... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Tom Cruise/Cameron Dias film shoots chase scene on Route 18
NEW
BEDFORD — There was an unusual sight on Route 18
Thursday night: a dozen cars, in perfect unison, moving
in reverse. On cue, the cars stopped, waited, then drove
forward, choreography they repeated again... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Downtown New Bedford Wine & Tapas Bar on its game!
Despite
an economy that has taken its toll on restaurants,
Richard Cardoza's downtown New Bedford fixture — Cork
Wine & Tapas Bar — remains as vibrant as ever.
Cardoza opened the popular night spot in December of
2006... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
State grants funds to Harbor Development Commission
NEW
BEDFORD — The New Bedford Harbor Development Commission
has been awarded two grants from the Massachusetts
Seaport Advisory Council, which met Friday in Salem.
The city received a $50,000 harbor coordinator... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Redevelopment of Gateway Cities as creative places is
potential job growth driver
At
a recent roundtable with leaders from across the state,
we learned how Massachusetts discovered the value in
"creative economy" economic development well before
Richard Florida popularized the concept with... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Mural a testament to New Bedford's art history
It's
startling when you first see it.
The postmodernist mural that Sig Haines and Zach Meunier
have been painting this past couple of months on a side
wall of Carter's clothing store in downtown New Bedford... [read more]
Date posted: 11/10/2009
Another successful Bioneers Conference wraps up downtown
NEW
BEDFORD — The curtain came down on the annual Bioneers
by the Bay gathering in downtown New Bedford on Sunday
afternoon and, as the participants departed, Desa Van
Laarhoven, executive director of the... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
$1.9B stimulus sought for South Coast Rail
State officials have applied for federal stimulus funding to
cover the entire cost of the South Coast Rail project: $1.9
billion.
The project to construct a rail extension from Boston to Fall
River and New Bedford has many selling... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
Renewable energy group sees a bright future for SouthCoast
Hopes for large-scale job creation in the Fall River and New
Bedford areas often involve offshore clean-energy projects that
would require manufacturing wind turbines and other equipment in
a new green-collar industry... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
Owners of new airport restaurant confident they've done it up
'right'
NEW BEDFORD — About two years after the Airport Grille
closed its doors, the restaurant — completely renovated and
substantially expanded — is set to reopen Thursday under new
ownership. "It took longer than we... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
City hosts 5th annual Bioneers by the Bay conference
New Bedford will again host the Bioneers by the Bay:
Connecting for Change conference. The 5th annual conference will
be held in several venues throughout historic downtown during
the weekend of October 22-25, 2009... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
Sea gives way to sky at Ocean Explorium's Hubble exhibit
NEW
BEDFORD — There is a lot more to explore at the Ocean
Explorium with today's opening of a NASA traveling
exhibit on the Hubble space telescope. "This is
huge for New Bedford. It will be an eye-opening experience for... [read more]
Date posted: 10/20/2009
History unveiled on cemetery tour
It's mid-October and time to start focusing on all things
spooky. The haunted trails, hayrides, and costume parties are
all still a must, but consider something new with a cemetery
tour in New Bedford. This Sunday, Oct. 18... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Proposed rail station aims to reconnect city to waterfront
TAUNTON — A proposed commuter rail station off Route 18
would become the new home of the Greater New Bedford Career
Center, as well as a catalyst for private development in the
neighborhood, according to state and city... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Rhode Island Monthly features city wine and tapas bar, Cork
If you want to build a city, look for liquid. Some of the
Atlantic coast’s most engaging cities have been built (or
rebuilt) not according to the most desirable land plots but in
proximity to water... [read
more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Gateway Cities leaders argue for tax credits
BOSTON — New Bedford and other struggling cities in the
state could revive their economies if given more means to
encourage development and historic restoration... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
New Bedford's arts community opens its doors
New Bedford's arts community threw open its doors this
weekend as the fifth annual Open Studios event took place at
more than a dozen venues across the city. Artists working in
glass, paint, textiles, wood, metal and clay invited... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Working Waterfront Festival entertains with fishing, farming
attractions
NEW BEDFORD — Scallop shells were flying, whaling boats were
moving and fish were frying on the first day of the Working
Waterfront Festival on the city's port. Saturday's sunny,
crisp weather was a welcome change from... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
New Bedford welcomes new restaurant to Goulart Square
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — New Bedford city officials joined
legislators and restaurant owners to celebrate the opening of
Fresca Grill recently. As the name indicates, the focus of the
new restaurant is to provide the freshest... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Seeing red: Crab company finds home in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — When Capt. John Brewer and the five crew
members aboard the crab boat Krystle James tied up at the South
Terminal Wednesday morning after an eight-day trip, they were
enjoying a rare glimpse of land... [read more]
Date posted: 10/07/2009
Training and Workshop Opportunities
The New Bedford Economic Development Council Creative Economy
Development Office presents a fall series of workshops for
artists. The series is offered to artists, students and creative
entrepreneurs to provide them with... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
Again, city gains international attention for richness of
tourist attractions
A recent Associated Press article, picked up by ABC News
Travel, USA Today Travel, New York’s Newsday and Gaea Times, in
Kolkata, West Bengal, India, calls the New Bedford “a perfect
destination for an autumn swing... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
Efforts over past 4 years begin to bear fruit in
downtown economic development
NEW
BEDFORD — The city's downtown has always been poised for great
things although that potential was at times cloaked by vacant
storefronts and empty streets. But to some people, the gleam of
opportunity was... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
Historic preservation meets sustainable design in downtown
New Bedford
NEW
BEDFORD — Imagine this city's industrial rooftops lush
with grasses and plants that soak up stormwater, thereby
preventing combined sewer overflows that pollute New
Bedford Harbor with untreated sewage... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
City celebrates working waterfront with weekend of free
festival
NEW BEDFORD — With surf and turf as the key ingredients of
the 2009 Working Waterfront Festival, you can expect to find
enough seafood and produce — and entertainment related to
growing, catching and cooking it... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center unveils its 2009-2010 season
New
Bedford’s Zeiterion Performing Arts Center announces the
opening of its 2009-2010 season as a “Kaleidoscope of the
Senses”. A diverse and magical array of entertainment, the
season’s programming kicks off... [read more]
Date posted: 9/22/2009
New Bedford artist's murals gaining popularity across the
country
Good
news, sports fans — if you just can't get enough of
Fenway Park or wish you could live in the middle of
Gillette Stadium, you can make that dream come true with
help of New Bedford artist M-C Lamarre... [read more]
Date posted: 8/21/2009
First New Bedford hotel in 40 years unites waterfront with city
NEW
BEDFORD — For 40 years — and through many failed
attempts — the city's downtown has been bereft of a
hotel. On Thursday, the chain was broken as a
crowd of more than 50 people gathered to celebrate the official... [read more]
Date posted: 8/21/2009
City secures major tenant for Riverside Landing
NEW BEDFORD — Market Basket, a Tewksbury-based supermarket
chain, will open its first New Bedford store on the site of the
former Fairhaven Mills next year, bringing more than 500 jobs to
the region, officials... [read more]
Date posted: 8/21/2009
SouthCoast rail report touts economic gains
NEW BEDFORD — A commuter rail connection to New Bedford and
Fall River will stimulate nearly $500 million annually in new
economic activity and create up to 3,800 new jobs, according to
a report released... [read more]
Date posted: 8/21/2009
New textile business in New Bedford bucks trend
NEW BEDFORD — Bucking the long-term decline of the region's
garment industry, a new textile business opened its doors
Monday. New Bedford Tactical Gear is set to begin work
this week with 15 former employees... [read more]
Date posted: 8/21/2009
Reports of abundant young shellfish bode well for city fishery
NEW BEDFORD — The city's scallop industry received a
double-dose of good news, as two scientific studies found strong
scallop stocks and high numbers of young shellfish on Georges
Bank... [read more]
Date posted: 7/24/2009
Regency Tower will undergo overhaul
NEW
BEDFORD — Years after falling into disrepair, the city's
tallest building will get a top to bottom overhaul under
the ownership of a Boston developer. The Regency
Tower, a 15-story apartment complex at... [read more]
Date posted: 7/24/2009
New Bedford port remains tops in value of landed seafood
NEW BEDFORD — Even with its groundfishing fleet on the verge
of collapse, the Port of New Bedford is being recognized for
landing the nation's largest value of seafood in 2008, primarily
due to sea scallops that... [read more]
Date posted: 7/24/2009
Downtown New Bedford planning process stirs the imagination
Imagine downtown New Bedford with a Union Street dormitory
for UMass Dartmouth graduate students and a new classroom
building for Bristol Community College across from the Greater
New Bedford Community Health... [read more]
Date posted: 7/24/2009
City Celebrates in historic New Bedford
Urban Adventurers, get ready: Summertime is here, and
downtown New Bedford is ready to rock. Every Thursday, the
cobblestone streets of downtown New Bedford will be hopping with
festivities as City Celebrates... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
New Bedford highlighted by state media again
NEW BEDFORD - Two days after the dawn of the new year in
1841, the whaler Acushnet tiptoed into frigid New Bedford
Harbor, the first small steps on a lengthy voyage to the hunting
grounds of the South Pacific... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
Fairhaven
Mills site begins transformation
NEW BEDFORD — Just two months after the city was awarded
$2.6 million in state money to reconstruct the roads surrounding
Fairhaven Mills, a substantial portion of the work is already
done, and workers are busy... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
City boasts unique connection to the sea
NEW
BEDFORD — Despite the toughest of economic times, the dream of a
place to celebrate New Bedford's unique connection to the oceans
is coming true. On Saturday, July 4, the Ocean Explorium will
open its doors to... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
Folk music festival draws art, crafts, and crowds
NEW
BEDFORD— With a cruise ship in port, the Cape Verdean parade
marching down Union Street on Sunday morning and Summerfest
taking over the historic district, downtown was the
place to be this weekend... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
New Bedford port hopes to become 'a player' in short sea
shipping
NEW
BEDFORD — After traveling 280 nautical miles, a barge carrying
more than 300,000 pounds of equipment destined for a power
generation plant in Dartmouth docked at State Pier Thursday.
The barge's arrival is an... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
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 been launched. The site can be accessed by
clicking on the Master Plan... [read more]
Date posted: 7/7/2009
Traditional celebration brings city neighborhoods together
NEW
BEDFORD — It was the kind of day, to quote City Councilor Brian
Gomes, when everyone in this seacoast community would claim to
have some Cape Verdean roots. And who can blame them,
after Sunday's... [read more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
First of 16 cruise ships visits New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — Like a returning snow bird, the white cruise
ship American Star homed in on State Pier for an overnight stay
Monday, offering its 90 passengers an opportunity to explore the
city's attractions. It was the [read
more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
Waterfront mixed-use development project moves forward
NEW BEDFORD — After months of debate, demolition of
Fairhaven Mills is under way and city officials say it could be
completed in a month. In the past few days, workers have
been removing windows that contain [read
more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
Visitors from former Soviet states visit Whaling City
NEW BEDFORD — It was probably a first. A 31-year-old woman
at the Day of Portugal celebration on Acushnet Avenue in New
Bedford on Sunday, asked for ID at the beer tent, produces a
Kazakhstan passport. [read
more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
Community embraces Bay Sox
On May 31, 1997, the Torrington Twisters played their
first-ever game before a crowd of 3,320 at Fussenich Park, a
former minor-league park on a site that has today hosted
baseball for a century. Twelve years (and a roughly [read
more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
New Bedford community theatre thrives after 62 years
It's like this hidden-in-plain-sight treasure that local
theater lovers know about but the rest of Greater New Bedford is
mostly oblivious to. Your Theatre. Name me another
New England city or town that has had a [read
more]
Date posted: 6/17/2009
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 being
solicited for aspiring leaders whose [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
New Bedford Bay Sox kick off 2009 season June 4th
The New Bedford Bay Sox will kick off their inaugural season
at Paul Walsh Field on Thursday, June 4th at 6:30 p.m. The team
will take on the Holyoke Blue Sox, in their first of 45 games
this summer. Opening Day will provide [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
Offshore wind farms closer to becoming a reality
WASHINGTON — Change is blowing in the wind and hundreds of
thousands of people living on the coast of Massachusetts soon
transform the way they power their homes and businesses.
Offshore wind farms are no longer [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
New Bedford receives $1M for road improvements
NEW BEDFORD — The state has awarded more than $1 million to
the city for street improvements near the former Wamsutta Mill,
with the goal of encouraging more private investment in the
neighborhood. [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
New Bedford renewable company featured on CNN
NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (CNN) -- When you think scooter,
you might think of something a child would ride. The
Vectrix VX-1 maxi scooter, which weighs much more than a typical
bike at 515 pounds, is anything but [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
NASA selects city environmental company to provide wastewater
treatment system
Aquapoint, a New Bedford environmental company, was selected to
provide the wastewater treatment system for NASA’s LEED
certified Infinity Science Center in Southern Mississippi.
LEED, is the U.S. Building Council’s standard [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
New Bedford’s Ocean Explorium Wins Best Kids Activity Award
Cape Cod Life magazine recently awarded the Ocean Explorium
at New Bedford Seaport a South Coast Gold Award for Best Kids'
The award underscores the success of the Ocean Explorium whose
mission is to establish [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
City awarded EPA grant for brownsfields study
The city of New Bedford is one of nine applicants in the state
to receive Recovery Act funding dedicated to the cleanup and
redevelopment of contaminated industrial and commercial sites,
known as brownfields. [read
more]
Date posted: 5/26/2009
Ale house opens in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A new pub-style establishment recently
opened in the downtown business district of New Bedford. The
Rose Alley Ale House, at 94 Front St., joins the ever growing
list of businesses that have expanded [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
Stimulus funds to hasten cleanup in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD - Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money
will be invested in a massive cleanup of polluted New Bedford
Harbor, home of one of New England's oldest and largest
Superfund sites, federal officials [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
New Bedford downtown is quietly growing
Even the news that the state will hold off advertising the
rerouting of Route 18 until at least 2010, effectively
postponing a plan to make New Bedford's downtown area more
pedestrian friendly, can't divert city officials' beliefs [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
Restoring Ernestina Video
NEW BEDFORD — It has been 11 months since Ernestina
sailed on home waters, but the historic schooner is returning to
the city next Saturday, having undergone extensive restoration
on the forward part of its 115-year-old [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
'Chronicle' to explore the 'new' New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — Could this city be shedding its image as an
"undiscovered" gem? It is getting help from "Chronicle," the New
England magazine program produced by WCVB-TV5 in Boston. [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
Mariners impressed by city and harbor beauty, amenities
NEW BEDFORD — There were swells in the harbor Thursday, all
of them aboard the New Bedford Fast Ferry for a slow-speed
survey of the waterfront and all that it offers the flotillas of
the yacht clubs of the Northeast. [read
more]
Date posted: 5/5/2009
Film industry thriving in New Bedford
New Bedford is gaining a reputation as a film friendly city
with multiple locations suitable for almost any type of film
imaginable. In the past two years, the city has been the
location for a segment of the [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
City launches master plan
NEW BEDFORD — The city will complete a master plan
for development that brings together the pieces of
earlier efforts and creates "a road map" for the future,
Mayor Scott W. Lang announced Friday. [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
Developers offer beams from mill building for Ernestina
NEW BEDFORD — The developers of Riverside Landing plan to
donate 24-foot-long beams of southern yellow pine to the
preservation of New Bedford's historic schooner Ernestina, city
officials announced Tuesday. [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
New Bedford Antiques finds new home at Wamsutta Place
A building in the Lofts at Wamsutta Place mill complex will
soon be the new home of New Bedford Antiques; an antiques
cooperative presently located in the Fairhaven Mills building on
Coggeshall Street. [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
New Bedford progress highlighted in state-wide press
The Sunday Herald is taking a look at how communities across
the state are poised for a post-recession recovery. NEW
BEDFORD - In the 19th century, when whales were oil wells on the
high seas, New Bedford was [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
Environmental secretary narrows rail options to three
State environmental officials further narrowed the possible
routes for bringing commuter rail to New Bedford, whittling down
the list from five options to three. Secretary of Energy and
Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
Business Assistance for Nonprofits
A low-cost workshop series designed to assist nonprofit
community organizations in capacity building and professional
development will be launched April 16 as part of a series called
Nonprofit Breakfast Briefs. [read
more]
Date posted: 4/16/2009
New Bedford antiques company featured again
New England Demolition and Salvage, one of New Bedford’s
well-visited source of antiques and hard-to-find house
restoration items was featured again – this time on a broadband
video channel. [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
Mayor Lang outlines New Bedford's challenges
NEW BEDFORD — In a wide-ranging State of the City address,
Mayor Scott W. Lang acknowledged the economic woes facing the
city but also looked to the future, highlighting a proposal for
a revamped city employment model [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
New Bedford redevelopment “Success Story”
Channel 10 News visited New Bedford’s new Riverside
Landing site to discuss a New Bedford “Success Story.”
NEW BEDFORD — If all pieces fall in place on an
optimistic schedule of developers and public officials, by
summer [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
Freestones celebrates 30 years as a downtown destination
Freestones Restaurant and Bar is celebrating 30 years of
business in downtown New Bedford’s historic district during the
month of March. The celebration includes special pricing of
items that were favorites in 1979 [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
New Bedford gets a chance to show off for world's seafood buyers
NEW BEDFORD — This city ships everything from sea scallops
to skate fillets around the world, and Tuesday the world — or at
least its seafood buyer representatives — came to bear witness
to the origins of their imports [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
'A new beginning' for New Bedford Half Marathon
NEW BEDFORD — The 32nd New Bedford Half Marathon on Sunday
marked a new beginning with the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
taking over the race, and provided financially hard-pressed
downtown restaurants, pubs and [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
National Park Service appoints new head of New Bedford Whaling
National Historical Park
NEW BEDFORD - National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional
Director Dennis Reidenbach has selected Jen Nersesian as the
superintendent of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
in New Bedford, Massachusetts [read
more]
Date posted: 3/20/2009
'Top Chef' winner visits New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — After a feature on the Bravo channel's "Top
Chef" earned Oceans Alive Scallops national acclaim, the company
decided it wanted to repay the favor. They invited Hosea
Rosenberg, who won the [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
Historical Commission gives go-ahead to tear down Fairhaven
Mills
NEW BEDFORD — The proposed demolition of the remaining
buildings comprising the Fairhaven Mills complex to make way for
a new retail and mixed-use development took a major step forward
Wednesday. [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
Airport runway project clears first environmental hurdle
NEW BEDFORD — State environmental officials have signed off
on a plan to extend runway and runway safety areas and make
other improvements at the New Bedford Regional Airport, meaning
the facility has cleared its [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
International online running website features the New Bedford
Half Marathon – as a “grand New England racing tradition in a
historic seaport city
Get ready to lace up on March 15, 2009 for the 32nd annual
New Bedford Half Marathon, one of New England’s Premier Half
Marathons, and see why it continues to be a memorable racing
tradition. Rated in the top twenty-five half [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
Downtown New Bedford opens up to half-marathon crowd
NEW BEDFORD — Maybe you hate to "eat and run." But how about
"run and eat"? Indeed, Downtown New Bedford Inc. is hoping
to whet the appetites of both runners and spectators at the
March 15 half marathon [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
Buzzards Bay group buys building in downtown New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — Seeking to get closer to the object of its
efforts and to raise its profile, the Coalition for Buzzards Bay
has purchased a building in the city's historic district that is
a long stone's throw from New Bedford Harbor. [read
more]
Date posted: 3/05/2009
Fishing movie to be shot in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — The city's fishing industry will be in the
spotlight this summer when an independent film company comes to
shoot a feature film with the working title, "Whaling City."
With a script written by Jay Burke [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
BUILDING THE DREAM
NEW BEDFORD — In late January, city officials and the owner
of the Fairhaven Mills waterfront industrial site met in Boston
with top architects and planners who have worked on
state-of-the-art, energy efficient development [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
High-end manufacturer Symmetry Medical Inc. thrives in
low-end economy
Low-skill manufacturing may be on life support in New
Bedford, but high-skill manufacturing seems to be pumping more
iron every day. One of the big success stories in 2008 was at
the New Bedford Business Park. [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
City wins major cultural grants
NEW BEDFORD — The Massachusetts Cultural Council on Friday
announced two grants totaling $95,000 for New Bedford to
continue building its "creative economy," with one for $60,000
to the New Bedford Economic [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
New Bedford energy company looks to harness canal's current
A New Bedford-based company is seeking a license to harness
the fast-moving currents of the Cape Cod Canal to generate
electrical currents. In November 2007, Natural Currents
New England was issued a preliminary permit [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
City solar company secures $5 million loan for manufacturing and
job creation
Lowell, Mass. – Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in
development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic®, a
material that converts light to energy, today announced the
company has received $5 million in [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
WinnCompanies completes solar installations at historic New
Bedford mill
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — WinnCompanies has completed solar power
installation at New Bedford's Whaler's Place, an affordable
senior apartment community located at 90 Riverside Ave.
The 168 kW solar photovoltaic [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
Ahab would love New Bedford’s Whaling Museum
If you’ve ever wondered what life aboard a whaling ship was
really like, you might read Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick,
or Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea, which
described the sinking that inspired Melville’s classic. [read
more]
Date posted: 2/24/2009
Darn It! featured in Boston media again
A New Bedford company located in the city’s north end upper
harbor business district is featured again by the Boston media.
Darn It! recently found a spot on Channel 5’s popular program
Chronicle. [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
City projects marketed at state-wide developers’ event
NEW BEDFORD — City officials seeking to encourage developers
to take a more detailed look at New Bedford's "shovel-ready
development opportunities" held a show-and-tell Wednesday in
Boston at a marketing event [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
Recycler to move to New Bedford, bringing up to 100 jobs
NEW BEDFORD — A company that recycles plastic bottles and
aluminum cans has decided to relocate its New England operations
from Taunton to New Bedford, bringing 11 current jobs with plans
to add about 40 more in [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
New Bedford Ballet school springs back to its feet
NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Ballet — where hundreds and
hundreds of children and dozens of adults have practiced the art
of dance — was homeless and near death last summer, but today
will soar with a ribbon-cutting [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
Data shows Creative Economy benefits city businesses
NEW BEDFORD — As AHA! closes in on its 10th anniversary and
116th AHA! night event, the organization has released a UMass
Dartmouth evaluation of its impact, indicating that directly and
indirectly it pumps more than [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
Urban winery opens in downtown New Bedford
Conjure up a mental image of a winery. You probably
envision ranks of well-kept vines marching up a sun-bathed
hillside and a group of buildings including a European-style
tasting room. Think again. [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
Marketing workshops offered to area small businesses
Business owners serious about growing their business,
earning more revenue and making more profit can benefit from a
program sponsored by the Massachusetts Small Business
Development Center (MSBDC) [read
more]
Date posted: 2/06/2009
Applicants sought for city youth summer jobs
NEW BEDFORD — Much earlier than in past years and due to
increased demand, New Directions Southcoast Inc. will begin
accepting applications for summer job programs starting Friday
Feb. 6 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. [read
more]
Date posted: 1/14/2009
Major hurdle cleared in Fairhaven Mills site development
NEW BEDFORD — Three parties with a lot to gain or lose over
the Fairhaven Mills development project have won, with an
agreement this week by businessman John Meldon to sell his land
to Dickinson Development Corp. [read
more]
Date posted: 1/14/2009
City closes sale of three Fairhaven Mills sites
NEW BEDFORD — The city has closed the sale of three
properties for $500,000 at the Fairhaven Mills site, and it and
the developer anticipate that substantial progress will be made
during the coming year. [read
more]
Date posted: 1/14/2009
City renewable firm lands $20M investment
NEW BEDFORD — A company developing new technology to turn
waste into gas at its New Bedford research and development
facility has announced a major new investment intended to carry
the company from the [read
more]
Date posted: 1/14/2009
International yacht company celebrates 150 years of
manufacturing in America based in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — If you've been in business since the Lincoln
administration, you must be doing something right. The
Edson Corp., a marine accessories manufacturer in the North End,
can make that claim. [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
The buzz continues to grow about New Bedford: unlikely national
and state media coverage
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Convinced that this storied seaport of
cobblestone streets has ended years of economic devastation and
crime, a local developer plans to build a Marriott hotel on New
Bedford’s waterfront [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
City wins NECBL franchise: the NEW BEDFORD BAY SOX
NEW BEDFORD — If summer league baseball is the stuff dreams
are made of, then in this city dreams really do come true.
On Wednesday, the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England
Collegiate Baseball League formally [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
Support grows for baseball team
Baseball lovers, get your peanuts and Cracker Jack ready for
the Bay Sox, the collegiate summer league team Mayor Scott W.
Lang plans to announce today. If New Bedford is going to host a
team, it can only do so with the [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
Two businesses thrive downtown
The most successful entrepreneurs in downtown New Bedford
over the last decade are two 30-something guys who come to work
wearing T-shirts. Jeff Goggin and Craig Paiva, the
respective owners of the Green Bean coffee [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
City advocates for additional tools for Gateway Cities
NEW BEDFORD — State legislators focused on revitalizing
Massachusetts' "Gateway Cities" outside the Boston/Route 128
beltway got an earful Wednesday from New Bedford's mayor and
staff about the need for special [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
WGBH Greater Boston features New Bedford company DARN IT!
A reinvented New Bedford company that once manufactured
clothing now solves control and logistical problems caused by
offshore manufacturing. Darn It! provides services that include
everything from garment [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
Hurricane barrier to be “boardwalked”
The state has awarded the city $1 million to provide people
with new opportunities to enjoy views of the water. The
money will help pay for a new park off the Acushnet River and a
new walking path atop the city’s hurricane barrier [read
more]
Date posted: 12/19/2008
Film industry focuses on New Bedford
Massachusetts is cultivating a taste for the film industry,
and Southeastern Massachusetts cities and towns, including New
Bedford, are stoking the kitchen fire to get their portion of
the meal. The state's identity as the home [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
New owner picked for Regency conversion
NEW BEDFORD — A new owner of the Regency Tower was chosen
Wednesday with a pledge to overhaul the 15-story landmark and
convert it from apartments into condominiums that will support
downtown revitalization [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
City applauds comeback cafe
NEW BEDFORD — The city Wednesday officially welcomed back
one of its premier eateries — the M&C Cafe at 436 Belleville
Ave. — almost a year after a serious fire shuttered the popular
Portuguese family restaurant and [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
City Active in North-End, South-End and Downtown Business
Development Planning
Mayor Scott W. Lang today highlighted the progress his
administration has made on several strategic planning efforts
designed to unlock new business development opportunities in
three of the city’s commercial areas [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
The LOOP - UMass students experience downtown New BedfordA
growing number of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth students
are visiting New Bedford's downtown shops, restaurants, museums
and [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
Holiday Stroll marks new era for Downtown New Bedford
Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet their young admirers.
Musicians will perform. The aroma of holiday treats will fill
the air. The city’s giant tree will sparkle on the library
steps. All this and more is planned for visitors to New Bedford
[read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
NBEDC moves forward with Creative Economy Task Force
recommendations
The New Bedford Economic Development Council is pleased to
announce that Meg Albert has joined the organization as a
consultant for the next three months to begin implementing the
recommendations of the Creative [read
more]
Date posted: 11/24/2008
City tackles first master plan in 44 years
NEW BEDFORD — In 1964, the city created the forward-looking
"Master Plan for 1980." But since 1980, the city has taken at
least a half-dozen incomplete or unsuccessful stabs at a new
comprehensive master plan. [read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
Bioneers by the Bay conference kicks off Thursday, October 23
at New Bedford’s Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
The
4th annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
conference kicks off on Thursday, October, 23 at the
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center with speakers Majora
Carter, Van Jones, and Simran Sethi. The event is free
and
[read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
Workforce development strategies focus of October 23rd summit
The Massachusetts Regional Workforce Strategies Initiative
will hold a Southeastern Massachusetts Workforce Development
Summit on Thursday October 23, 2008 at Massasoit Community
College Conference Center, 770 Crescent
[read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
SMILES mentoring program – making a difference in SouthCoast
workforce development
The
following is a three-part series on the SMILES mentoring
program which appeared in the New Bedford
Standard-Times. The author, Jim Mathes, is the executive
director of the organization and Vice President of the [read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
Businesses benefit from District Attorney’s seminar on internal
financial controls, employee fraud and more
The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, in
conjunction with several area banks and Chambers of Commerce,
will host the second annual Small Business Seminar for small and
medium-sized businesses at White’s of Westport [read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
After two weeks on the job, new president of Whaling Museum has
only positive impressions
An Attleboro resident, Mr. Russell, 43, is former vice
president of the International Yacht Restoration School and
Museum of Yachting in Newport, R.I. Here is the transcript
of the interview conducted in his office at the museum.
[read
more]
Date posted: 10/22/2008
Downtown New Bedford Inc. names new executive director
The Board of Directors has announced the appointment of
Diane Nichols as Executive Director of Downtown New Bedford,
Inc., the voice of the downtown business community, its
residents and property owners. Ms. Nichols will
[read
more]
Date
posted: 10/08/2008
Mill development project moves ahead
NEW BEDFORD — A years-long, contentious battle over the
future of the Cliftex Mill 1 building on the upper Acushnet
River has entered a new phase with new owners and a $30 million
plan to turn the historic structure
[read
more]
Date
posted: 10/08/2008
City welcomes leading edge renewable energy company to Business
Park
NEW BEDFORD — A company that manufactures a thin-film solar
material cut ribbon Tuesday to mark its move into the former
Polaroid building in the New Bedford Business Park as state and
local officials touted the
[read
more]
Date
posted: 10/08/2008
South Coast Rail unveils rail station plans
NEW BEDFORD — The South Coast Rail project announced 18
proposed rail stations for commuter service between this city,
Fall River and Boston on Monday, including three in New Bedford.
The local rail stations would be
[read
more]
Date
posted: 10/08/2008
Working Waterfront Festival fares foul weather well
NEW BEDFORD — When the Northern Neck Sea Chantey Singers
from Northumberland County, Va., closed the city's Working
Waterfront Festival on Sunday with a fervent rendition of the
old spiritual "Heaven Look Down on Me,"
[read
more]
Date
posted: 10/08/2008
New Bedford based business, A Teaching Tree, markets creative
teaching materials on web
NEW BEDFORD, MA, Sep 30, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
Not many people realize that today's teachers are mandated to
dress their classroom bulletin boards with something that does
more that show off their
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Working Waterfront Festival this weekend!
No need to tune into television for seafaring dramas like
"Lobster Wars" and "Deadliest Catch" to get a peek inside life
chasing catch on the water. This weekend, New Bedford's fifth
annual Working Waterfront Festival shows
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
New Bedford attracts its largest downtown convention
….x5!
The 4th annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for
Change, a national environmental and social justice
conference, will take place this year for the first time
in historic downtown New Bedford, from Oct. 23 to 26.
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
NBEDC has money to lend
NEW BEDFORD — It isn't only individuals who are living
week-to-week these days. Small businesses — healthy ones,
established ones — are having cash flow trouble and could topple
like dominoes unless someone
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
WindCheck Magazine hightlights New Bedford and other
SouthCoast seaside communities as sailing destinations
Buzzards Bay can lay claim to being one of the most
consistently windy bodies of water on the East Coast. A
fortuitous southwest-to-northeast orientation and a
funnel shape create a venturi effect that accelerates
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Some Thoughts on New Bedford from a visiting sailor
How can I say enough about New Bedford? If it weren’t
for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I’d vote for New
Bef ’d to be the capital city of Massachusetts. After
all, their fish chowder is as good, or better, than
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Happy to be stranded in New Bedford
THE MOTORSAILER Queen Charlotte was forced into New Bedford,
Mass., by engine problems, but truly, the crew could hardly be
sorry. New Bedford is a splendidly salty town — the headquarters
of the New England whaling fleet
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Whaling Museum names new president
NEW BEDFORD — The 43-year-old former vice president of the
International Yacht Restoration School and Museum of Yachting in
Newport, R.I., has been voted the new president of the New
Bedford Whaling Museum
[read
more]
Date posted: 9/26/2008
"Green Up" Your Business
Going green isn't just better for our planet—it's
better for your business.
Study after study confirms that consumers are
eco-conscious about where they shop and how products are
made. All the big companies are into
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Sisters open JuiceBox downtown
NEW BEDFORD — Officials cut the ribbon on another
"hip," lifestyle-oriented business in the downtown
business district Monday, marking the opening of The
JuiceBox at 285 Union St. operated by sisters Natasha
and
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Metal band films video at Orpheum
NEW BEDFORD — The Orpheum Theater stage saw a lot of acts
during its heyday from 1912 to 1958, when it closed its doors,
but none like the band that took the stage on Sunday. The
theater’s ambience went from
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
Community contributes talent, energy to public art
project
NEW BEDFORD — From Clark's Point to Butler's Flat to
other landmarks along the Acushnet River, New Bedford's
landscape started coming to life in a 105-foot panoramic
mural over the weekend. Area artists and
volunteers began
[read
more]
Date
posted: 9/26/2008
OUR VIEW: ArtWorks saw city's creative future
Fifteen years ago, few in New Bedford would have
looked at the empty store fronts and boarded-up windows
and seen a bright future for the city. But some
did. In the empty mills they envisioned a place for studio and
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
New Bedford’s creative economy a critical factor in
city’s renaissance
New Bedford, MA – In 1993 the founders of ArtWorks!
envisioned that the arts and artists would become a critical
factor in New Bedford’s renaissance. As the 21st century
unfolds, arts-related businesses, institutions and
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
New Bedford, America’s largest commercial fishing
port, hosts the 5th Working Waterfront Festival, a
celebration of commercial fishing culture
Rounding out a busy season of city festivals, the Working
Waterfront Festival brings together in a very literal sense both
the creative and the economic aspects of the city’s “Creative
Economy”. The festival represents the
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
City orchestra nurtures new talent; promises to
delight audience opening night
Solo instruments and small ensembles undeniably make
beautiful music, but without an orchestra, musicians
cannot achieve what 12-year-old Fairhaven violinist
Kimberlee Joseph describes as the "big sounds."
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
A “Salute to Veterans” art exhibit to feature the
original art of Veterans
Starting on AHA! Night, Thursday, September 11th,
2008 the Veterans Transition House will present a
“Salute to the Veterans” Art Exhibit at the Gallery X,
169 William St., New Bedford, MA. The Exhibit will
display
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
Zeiterion's new season brims with diverse
entertainment
It was a very big deal for New Bedford in October
2005 when Lily Tomlin took the stage at the Zeiterion to
open the performance season, the venerable theater's first under
the guiding hand of the newly appointed
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
City-wide artist event celebrates 4th year
Over 100 artists will exhibit in 15 historic buildings
including mills, a former church, and other vintage buildings
throughout New Bedford. The artists will open their studios for
the fourth year in this growing event
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
Creative restoration: the Cummings Building, downtown
New Bedford readies for living-loft spaces
When Dubliner Phillip Dwane set foot in New Bedford four
years ago, he could've sworn he was in his native Erin.
"New Bedford reminds me of old Dublin— especially along the
docks—before Dublin was developed.
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
Partnership melds creativity and science in downtown
New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — In an effort to increase interest in math and
science education in the Greater New Bedford area and strengthen
ties to the role of the ocean in the region, the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
Orpheum alive with vaudeville
NEW BEDFORD — For a few hours Saturday, the
deteriorating Orpheum Theatre regained some of the charm
and energy with which it opened in 1912. Men in top hats
and women in flowing dresses hurried through the
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/09/2008
Practical business tactics for the local economy
Company leaders feeling ill effects from this troubled
economy, who may want to immediately improve business
performance, are invited to join an interactive panel and
workshop on September 18, 2008 which brings
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
City's economic progress draws praise
NEW
BEDFORD — The city got a solid pat on the back Thursday
for its economic development efforts from the man who
heads the state's public investment bank, along with
advice to keep the momentum going.
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
Curtain raises on crown jewel of city mills
NEW
BEDFORD — The largest, most visible, oldest and most
architecturally significant mill restoration in this
city of more than 100 mill buildings still standing is
almost ready to shine.
The Lofts at Wamsutta Place will open
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
Busting at the seams, New Bedford apparel firm snags another
city location
NEW BEDFORD — A city company that solves other businesses'
problems with messed-up apparel orders, distribution
difficulties and warehousing needs has outgrown its South End
quarters and is moving to
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
Sled your inhibitions and try luge
NEW
BEDFORD — Wanted: youngsters willing to lie on their
backs on thin fiberglass sleds and whiz down ice
channels at speeds of more than 90 mph — with no brakes.
If this sounds like a good time to you
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
New Bedford alternative energy company continues to grow
NEW
BEDFORD - Take a rusting, hulking pile of scrap metal,
add a few tons of construction debris, and what do you
get?
In the case of Ze-gen Inc., a new source of energy.
Ze-gen, founded four years ago, is using the
[read
more]
Date posted:
9/02/2008
Ahead is new merchandise partner for annual Patriot Golf Day
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Ahead announced that it has become a
Merchandise Partner for the second annual Patriot Golf Day to be
held at participating golf courses around the country August 29
– September 1, 2008.
[read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
New Bedford Police 'go green'
NEW BEDFORD — They are so quiet, a police officer
riding one can almost sneak up on someone. A
steady, quiet hum was the only sound heard Monday as police Sgt.
Jill Simmons and Officer Christian Gomes rode the Police [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
New access plan for Fairhaven Mills
NEW BEDFORD — The city and the developer for the Fairhaven
Mills site say the project is moving forward with a new access
plan, and Mayor Scott W. Lang said the city has asked the state
to free up $1.3 million for improvements [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
New Bedford tallies up its industrial mills; some to
reuse and others to demolish
NEW BEDFORD — Officials here say an inventory of the city's
101 mill structures is the most comprehensive document of its
kind in the state, claiming it can be a powerful tool for
economic development and historic preservation [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
Public access key component of New Bedford's upper
harbor plan
NEW BEDFORD — A draft plan for upper New Bedford
Harbor revitalization proposes three new, east-west,
public-access ways to the Acushnet River and a
north-south walkway starting above Coggeshall Street and
continuing for [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
Salvage firm enjoying brisk business in new location
NEW BEDFORD — When buying and fixing up a new place,
homeowners can spend thousands of dollars on building materials
such as doors, windows, and hardware. But instead of buying new,
buyers might want to take [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
Governor's road show comes bearing gifts
NEW BEDFORD — Gov. Deval Patrick, in the midst of a summer
blitz of town hall and Cabinet meetings across the state,
visited the city Tuesday, and senior administration officials
announced a $500,000 grant for Bristol [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
2008 Working Waterfront Festival slated for September
New Bedford, MA – The 2008 Working Waterfront Festival will
take place in New Bedford, Massachusetts, America’s largest
commercial fishing port, on Saturday and Sunday, September 27th
& 28th. This free, family-friendly [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
New Bedford efforts to lure airlines facing
roadblocks on way to takeoff
NEW BEDFORD - Mayor Scott W. Lang is trying something
that might not fly: He's lobbying small, regional
airlines to launch service from here to Boston's Logan
International or Warwick's T.F. Green International
airports. [read
more]
Date posted:
8/12/2008
Those underestimated fishing boats
So 28 years ago this summer, a guy named Biff MacLean
threw a big party on the New Bedford waterfront for a
guy named Ted Kennedy who was running for president at
the time. As 85-year-old local politico Sylvester
Sylvia [read
more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Important seafood addition to downtown waterfront opens
NEW BEDFORD — The Waterfront Grille on the site of the
former Louie's on the Wharf and Twin Piers officially opens for
business on Friday at 4:30 p.m. with off-the-boat seafood served
ready to eat — something missing from
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Respected men’s and women’s clothiers want to be where it’s
“happening” and choose New Bedford!
NEW BEDFORD — A pair of parallel men's and women's clothing
shops that have been SouthCoast fixtures in Dartmouth for a
decade plan to pull up roots this summer and, in the words of
one of the owners, head for a
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Economic Development Council advocates for project
Paper endorses progress on Victoria Riverside
NEW BEDFORD — In an extraordinary move, a group of the
area's most prominent business leaders who head the New Bedford
Economic Development Council have attacked the Zoning Board of
Appeals and its chairman
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Still number 1 fishing port in country
NEW
BEDFORD — The value of the Port of New Bedford's seafood
catch dipped a bit in 2007, but it was still strong
enough to make it the nation's most valuable port for
the eighth consecutive year. In 2007, fishermen
landed
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
City continues to interest and impress sailors
NEW
BEDFORD — The city has hosted its first sailing
rendezvous of the 2008 season and judging from the
comments of some of the participants it was an
overwhelming success. The Cape Dory Sailboat
Owners Association
[read
more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
New Bedford clean tech firm positions itself for growth
A
New England company that makes electric scooters is
getting a boost from the high price of gasoline. Vectrix
Corp., which is based in Middletown, R.I., and has an
engineering plant in New Bedford, said its dealership total
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Local business outfits the stars
NEW
BEDFORD - You may not notice Hilary Duff's Girl Scout
vest, complete with merit badges, in the upcoming film
"Greta." Ditto for Sir Ben Kingsley's vintage '50s duds
in "Ashecliffe" the thriller based on Dorchester
native
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
New Bedford means business
NEW
BEDFORD, Mass. Officials here are making a hard sell,
trying to convince developers and investors that the
city is a choice location in which to start or to
relocate a business. They point out that the old whaling
city has a
[read more]
Date posted: 7/28/2008
Keeping the tools of redevelopment in cities
It
is sometimes said that a city is a constant negotiation,
but House Bill 1770, introduced by Rep. Marty Walz of
Boston, will stop much of that negotiation dead in its tracks.
Over the past three years, similar legislation has been
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
Globe highlights Joseph Abboud innovations
Will a new class of globe-trotting Chinese businessmen
clamor for imported pin-striped suits made in America?
Joseph Abboud Manufacturing Co. thinks so. In a move that
turns the typical globalization story on its head
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
New England hears Mayor’s pitch for city
(NECN: New Bedford, Mass.) - Scott Lang, the mayor of New
Bedford, Massachusetts, joins NECN to talk about new
developments. The city is trying to convince developers that it
is a great place to start or relocate a business
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
Downtown revitalization continues to move ahead
NEW BEDFORD — The Cummings Building, which houses the
popular restaurant No Problemo on Purchase Street, has been sold
to a Martha's Vineyard-based developer that plans to spiff up
the exterior and convert the
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
Rhode Island magazine says New Bedford has turned
itself around
New Bedford is barely a heartbeat from Providence
and Newport, but it feels light years away. Maybe it’s the
parking, which is readily available. Or, perhaps, the shops
peddling antiques and salvaged architectural goods by
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
Winn Cos. lauded for New Bedford preservation
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide
non-profit historic preservation organization dedicated to
preserving the Commonwealth's historic and cultural heritage,
has recognized Winn Development
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
New Bedford waste-to-gas test a success, Ze-gen says
NEW BEDFORD – Preliminary data from its proof-of-concept
facility in New Bedford confirm the efficacy of Ze-gen Inc.’s
waste-to-energy model, the company says. “Our positive
test results are arriving at a time when fossil
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
State life science law holds opportunities for New Bedford
BOSTON — State leaders this week will tout Massachusetts' $1
billion, 10-year life sciences initiative at an international
biotechnology conference in San Diego. Gov. Patrick signed
the bill, more than a year in the
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
More family-friendly activity planned for downtown
If you look forward to AHA! Night every month, here's your
chance to go every week. City Celebrates! is a weekly
celebration of the arts in downtown New Bedford, with live
music, kids' activities, films, galleries
[read more]
Date posted: 7/16/2008
Another promising downtown business opens
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - The Downtown New Bedford business
district will expand again this week with the grand opening of “Vêtu,”
a gift and fine consignment shop located at the corner of Union
Street and Johnny
[read more]
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