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New Bedford, MA, United States

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Past articles by Steve:

On such a frigid day, a heart-warming gesture

NEW BEDFORD — With a cold wave bearing down on the region on Thanksgiving Day, an anonymous woman spent much of her day Wednesday looking after those who would be among the most endangered by the cold: the city’s homeless. She did it by quietly going from block to block downtown near the bus terminal, draping warm clothing over parking meters and on trees. Each article of clothing was pinned… → Read More

Protesters take to Faunce Corner Road to criticize Sheriff Hodgson

DARTMOUTH — A group of about 50 activists took to the sidewalks of Faunce Corner Road Friday night to protest the actions of Sheriff Thomas Hodgson → Read More

Dartmouth police tribute to slain officers reaches millions

DARTMOUTH — When several members of the Police Department went to the local cable access studios on Monday to make a light-hearted Lip Sync Challenge video, little did they know they were about to channel the emotions of millions of grief-stricken family members and friends of fallen officers through the phenomenon of social media.The solemn video they instead decided to make was posted… → Read More

BCC bumps fees 3 percent in advance of fall semester

NEW BEDFORD — The Board of Trustees at Bristol Community College has voted to charge students another $120 per year, or $5 a credit, beginning with the fall semester.The board took the vote at its June 11 meeting, according to a press statement released this week.Currently, the total cost of tuition and fees at BCC is $4,776. The new total will be $4,896. BCC said that other institutions in the… → Read More

Event honors Emerging Leaders, retired UMass Dartmouth Chancellor MacCormack

NEW BEDFORD — If Wednesday’s Emerging Leaders event at the Whaling Museum demonstrated one thing, it is that skilled and determined leaders can find very fertile ground for establishing themselves on the SouthCoast.The proceedings were of two kinds: the ninth annual Emerging Leaders program and a tribute to another leader, retired UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack, who five years… → Read More

BayCoast Bank $250K donation boosts zoo's Animal Ambassadors project

NEW BEDFORD — The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society’s Animal Ambassadors project got a major boost Thursday as BayCoast Bank gave the zoo a check for $250,000.Bank employees and president Nicholas Christ, Mayor Jon Mitchell and staff, Zoo Executive Director Keith Lovett and education curator Carrie Hawthorne gathered in the warm spring sun at the site of the new building, near the farm… → Read More

New Bedford's Poseidon still waiting for new home

NEW BEDFORD — Tucked away and out of sight in a city yard, a treasured 14-foot heroic statue celebrating the sea stands on wood timbers awaiting the start of its comeback story as a treasure on the city waterfront.“The Whalemen and Fishermen’s Memorial” statue by the renowned sculptress Anna Vaughan Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) was given by her to the Old Dartmouth Historical Society and to the… → Read More

Noodle Bowl has arrived in downtown New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD — Monday marked the much-anticipated arrival of the Noodle Bowl restaurant at 768 Purchase St., the latest addition to the collection of small restaurants that are creating a favorable reputation for the downtown.The slightly upscale establishment offers a small but elegant menu that has people buzzing on social media.Co-owner Matthew Jezierski said that maintaining quality is the… → Read More

Sweet success: Dorothy Cox Chocolates celebrates 90 years

WAREHAM — Francis Cox Jr. has been going flat-out in his candy factory in the Wareham Industrial Park in the run up to Easter.Keeping the pressure on at Dorothy Cox’s Chocolates is an order of 10,000 chocolate lollipops that he has to get finished by the Tuesday after Easter. A distributor is counting on the shipment to satisfy orders up and down the East Coast.And eight power failures in six… → Read More

Tree removal to mark revival of James Arnold Mansion

NEW BEDFORD — Chainsaws will be on the grounds of the former Wamsutta Club next week as improvements begin to reflect the character of the mansion built by James Arnold in 1821.Landscape architect Paul R.V. Pawlowski has been retained by the nonprofit James Arnold Mansion Inc. to rethink the property that is now mostly an asphalt parking lot. The goal is to bring back (at least part of) the… → Read More

Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey gets major boost from matching grant

NEW BEDFORD — The restoration of the famed schooner Ernestina-Morrissey has received a boost with a $100,000 matching grant from a New York foundation. This takes a serious bite out of the pledge by the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association of $1 million as the nonprofit’s contribution to the $6.3 million project.SEMA Treasurer Louise Croteau said Tuesday that SEMA has $240,000 left to raise… → Read More

Bay State Wind opens New Bedford office in wind power bid

NEW BEDFORD — Bay State Wind officially cut the ribbon on a downtown office Thursday, joining two others in a show of confidence that New Bedford will become the hub of the wind energy business in Massachusetts. Bay State Wind is a partnership with the Danish energy firm Ørsted, formerly Danish Oil and Natural Gas, or DONG, and Eversource. The office is at 628 Pleasant St. Ørsted North American… → Read More

At 70, Pop Casey's hasn't lost a step

ACUSHNET — It was Halloween in 1947 when Isadore “Pete” Castonguay fulfilled a dream and opened a modest restaurant on South Main Street serving such things as hot dogs and hamburgers.That little restaurant has become a legend and landmark in Acushnet, a familiar sight that has been etched on the town’s personality, still going strong after seven decades of family ownership that is rather tricky… → Read More

BCC 'Casino lab,' first of its kind in Massachusetts, officially opens in Taunton

TAUNTON — They call it a casino lab: a room with a wildly colorful carpet and low, indirect lighting with spotlights on the four felt-topped blackjack tables, two poker tables, custom chips, craps table, and roulette wheel.The room is the pride and joy of Bristol Community College’s CATCH Institute and is the first and only school in the state to win the Gaming Commission’s Gaming School… → Read More

Fake $50s turn up at second New Bedford bar

NEW BEDFORD — Police are warning business owners to carefully check money used in transactions after a New Bedford man was charged Tuesday and again Wednesday for passing fake $50 bills at Tilia's Cafe, 1623 Acushnet Ave., and the Whiskey Lounge, 1669 Acushnet Ave.James Richard Rossi, 22, of 82 Phillips Ave., Apt. 2W, New Bedford, will be charged with passing counterfeit notes.Rossi had first… → Read More

New Bedford man charged in stabbing after an argument at his home

NEW BEDFORD — A 24-year-old city man was arrested Wednesday and charged with armed assault with intention to murder in connection with a stabbing at his home.Bacilio Matias of 106 Potomska St., Apt. 2, was charged with stabbing another man at his home, according to police.The victim is a 22-year-old New Bedford man who works with Matias. The two men were arguing when Matias stabbed the victim… → Read More

Webster Bank closes Rockdale Ave. branch in New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD — Webster Bank has closed one of its four local “banking centers,” reflecting the popular trend of mobile banking → Read More

Three finalists chosen for UMass Dartmouth chancellor

BOSTON — Three finalists have been named in the search for a new chancellor at UMass Dartmouth, the search committee announced today.The panel → Read More

DOT will proceed with Middleboro rail route, according to email later retracted

NEW BEDFORD — South Coast Rail, at least for the near future, will consist of two rush-hour trains using the Middleboro rail line, according → Read More

Kitchen fire forces evacuation of Car Barn in New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD — A smoky kitchen fire forced an evacuation of the Car Barn Apartments building in Weld Square on Wednesday afternoon.There were → Read More