Whaling City

The rally organized by Reverend David Lima in response to Saturday’s chaotic situation in Charlottesville, Virginia took place in front of New Bedford City Hall.

FRANKLIN, N.H. - A New Bedford man is dead after a three-vehicle crash in New Hampshire.
Franklin Police say the crash took place Sunday morning on Route 3A involving a motorcycle, an SUV, and a car.
Preliminary investigation reveals the motorcycle, driven by 37-year-old David Insley III of New Bedfor…

The Whaling City Festival RETURNS to Buttonwood Park this July!

NEW BEDFORD - The City's Park Board is displeased with the sudden revelation that there are preliminary plans for a business park at the current site of the Whaling City Golf Course on Hathaway Road.
Chairman Pete Boswell says he hadn't heard of any such proposal until Wednesday...

Update:  Mayor Jon Mitchell says former President Bill Clinton will visit New Bedford Tuesday to campaign for his wife.  Clinton will speak outside the Buttonwood Park Warming House at 12:05pm Tuesday.
Bill Clinton was in New Bedford once before...

With all the talk recently about 12-year-old Kayla Roncin fueling her Tom's River, New Jersey Little League team to the state championship, a lot has been made about a girl being the star of a baseball team. But as I've pointed out on the air the past few days, it's nothing new in the…

A bittersweet day Sunday as New Bedford bid farewell to the historic whaling ship Charles W. Morgan. The ship capped a port visit that attracted thousands of tourists to the city with a ceremony and performance by Jimmy Buffet tribute band Changes In Latitude...

The 173-year-old whaleship Charles W. Morgan was officially welcomed home to New Bedford Saturday. Speakers including mayor Jon Mitchell, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others hailed the occasion as a glorious day for the city. Mitchell said that was a unique industry, even in its heyday ...

The Standard Times is reporting the City of New Bedford is entrenched in serious negotiations with Foxwoods Casino Resort to build one of the state's three licensed casinos on a familiar site.
The paper says according to sources, Foxwoods and the investment group Crossroads Massachusetts LLC have dec…

Medical marijuana has been approved by voters in Massachusetts, and New Bedford City Council President Steve Martins wants to begin discussions now on how medical marijuana dispencaries might fit in the Whaling Cty.  Martins presented a motion to the City Council to enact an ordinance on where dispe…