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"Like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions, as our roots remain as one"-Anonymous

The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society and Fun107 invite you to the 3rd Annual Red, White & Brew at the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

We're back at it again for the 24th year in a row!  Cans Across the Park, held every year at Buttonwood Park, has continuously helped the United Way of Greater New Bedford stock area food pantries for the holidays.

The New Bedford Wellness Initiative will be holding their monthly Wellness Walk on Saturday and this month it will be dedicated to suicide awareness.

Police are asking the public to help identify a woman found at Buttonwood Park Monday afternoon.

Ruth the elephant is doing much better. Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett says it was touch and go for the pacyderm Friday and Saturday as she was suffering from gastrointestinal stasis. Lovett tells WBSM News that changed Sunday morning when Ruth was finally able to pass much of the blockage in her digestive system...

One of the Buttonwood Park Zoo's biggest residents is sick. For several days, Ruth the Elephant has been dealing with gastrointestinal difficulties. BP Zoo Director Keith Lovett tells WBSM News at this point, Ruth isn't eating anything...

Dozens of families greeted 26 children from New York City at Buttonwood Park Wednesday afternoon as they arrived for their one to two week stay on the Southcoast as part of the Fresh Air Fund summer program.

The New Bedford Police Union Family Fun Festival is next month, and you'll be seeing advertisements for it in an unconventional way. The Police Union is employing former panhandlers through Ed Pacheco's initiative with his business, Places To Go, to wear sandwich board signs promoting the festival...

Organizers of the first annual Walk and Learning Fair Saturday, sponsored by the Physicians Against Opioid Abuse said the event is creating more awareness about the opioid crisis on the Southcoast and the help that's available in the community.  ....