WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » custom house square http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Bedford, State Officials Break Ground On Downtown Park http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-state-officials-break-ground-on-downtown-park/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-state-officials-break-ground-on-downtown-park/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:50:35 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=68497 In just a few months, the mound of dirt that was once the Custom House Square parking lot will be New Bedford's Central Park on a much smaller scale.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-state-officials-break-ground-on-downtown-park/feed/ 0 tsm - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Downtown Park Business Owners Lukewarm to Custom House Park http://wbsm.com/business-owners-lukewarm-to-custom-house-park/ http://wbsm.com/business-owners-lukewarm-to-custom-house-park/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:37:04 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=65624 With the Custom House Square parking lot closing for good Friday, reaction is mixed on the installation of an urban park in it's stead.

Jack Wetherby, owner of Freestone's City Grill just across the street, thinks of it as a beautification project

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Construction on the new urban park where the Custom House Square parking lot now sits is scheduled to begin Friday. City crews will begin setting up fencing around the site, in preparation for the green space designed by New Bedford native Christopher Reed of Stoss Landscape Urbanism

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]]> http://wbsm.com/area-families-ring-in-new-year-at-city-celebrates/feed/ 0 tsm - Fire and Ice" perform outside Whaling Museum City Plans A New Park For Downtown http://wbsm.com/city-plans-a-new-park-for-downtown/ http://wbsm.com/city-plans-a-new-park-for-downtown/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:53:21 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=42040 Residents and business owners got a final opportunity to weigh-in on plans to turn Custom House Square into a multi-use park. City officials and the Stoss Urban Landscaping group presented a conceptual drawing of the area to the public Tuesday night

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]]> http://wbsm.com/city-plans-a-new-park-for-downtown/feed/ 0 synthguy05,flickr New Bedford Chowder Festival Weekend! http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-chowder-festival-weekend/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-chowder-festival-weekend/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:14:59 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=20619 Here comes the weekend, and once again there's plenty to do on the Southcoast. One event you don't want to miss is Downtown New Bedford Inc's. seventh annual Chowder Festival on Sunday. The festival once again will be at Custom House Square in New Bedford's Historic District starting at noon

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