WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » Downtown New Bedford 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 Man Charged In Downtown Stabbing http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-man-charged-in-downtown-stabbing/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-man-charged-in-downtown-stabbing/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:30:15 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=49129  

A New Bedford man is charged with assault with intent to murder following a stabbing incident late Friday morning in the Downtown area.  Det. Capt. Steve Vicente says the stabbing happened at School Street and Acushnet Avenue.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-man-charged-in-downtown-stabbing/feed/ 0 Photo - New Bedford Police Area Families Ring In New Year At "City Celebrates" http://wbsm.com/area-families-ring-in-new-year-at-city-celebrates/ http://wbsm.com/area-families-ring-in-new-year-at-city-celebrates/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:15:42 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=44228 City Celebrates is a family-friendly event that brings lots of out-of-towners to Downtown New Bedford, to enjoy, the sights and sounds of New Year's Eve.  Lakeville residents Trudi Wood and her husband are "regulars" at City Celebrates in New Bedford

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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 Ice Art On Display During "City Celebrates" In New Bedford http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/ http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:03:54 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=44216 sun and num

One of the big attractions at "City Celebrates" in New Bedford was ice sculptor Billy Poe of Brookline,  Massachusetts.  Poe used a chain saw to create a moon, the sun, and numbers "two-zero-one-and three" out of three blocks of ice

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]]> http://wbsm.com/ice-art-on-display-during-city-celebrates-in-new-bedford/feed/ 0 tsm Stabbing Suspect Found To Be "Dangerous," Ordered Held Without Bail http://wbsm.com/stabbing-suspect-found-to-be-dangerous-ordered-held-without-bail/ http://wbsm.com/stabbing-suspect-found-to-be-dangerous-ordered-held-without-bail/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:05:32 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=43824 A Judge in New Bedford District Court has declared a city man "a danger to the community."  33 year old Chad Dargis appeared in court Friday for a dangerousness hearing.  He was arrested last Sunday following a stabbing incident at Club 908 Downtown

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]]> http://wbsm.com/stabbing-suspect-found-to-be-dangerous-ordered-held-without-bail/feed/ 0 Suspect Sought In New Bedford Truck Cab Fire http://wbsm.com/suspect-sought-in-truck-cab-fire/ http://wbsm.com/suspect-sought-in-truck-cab-fire/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:26:11 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=43377 Quick work by New Bedford Firefighters helped prevent some major fire damage Wednesday afternoon in the Downtown area.   

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]]> http://wbsm.com/suspect-sought-in-truck-cab-fire/feed/ 0 tsm Man Stabbed In Downtown Club, Suspect Arrested http://wbsm.com/man-stabbed-in-downtown-club-suspect-arrested/ http://wbsm.com/man-stabbed-in-downtown-club-suspect-arrested/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:06:14 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=42978 New Bedford Police make an arrest follwng a stabbing early Sunday in a Downtown club.  Police were called to Club 908 around 1:30am and found a 21 year old New Bedford man who had been stabbed several times

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]]> http://wbsm.com/man-stabbed-in-downtown-club-suspect-arrested/feed/ 0 flickr 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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