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The New Bedford Wind Energy Center is hosting several delegations of wind power executives  from Europe and Asia this week, interested in how the offshore wind industry is taking hold in New Bedford.  Managing Director Matt Morrissey tells WBSM News, groups from Hamburg and Cuxhaven, Germany were in the city Monday, taking a close look at what New Bedford has to offer. ...

University of Massachusetts President Robert Caret's bus tour makes a stop in New Bedford on Wednesday. University officials joined Mayor Jon Mitchell for a walking tour of Downtown New Bedford. Then the entourage boarded a Fire Dept. boa...

A member of a committee working on the restoration of Palmers Island in New Bedford Harbor says he's uneasy about blasting planned this month in the harbor for the Marine Commerce Terminal project now under construction.  John "Buddy" Andrade tells WBSM's Mid-Day Live, there could be up to 50 controlled underwater explosions less than 200 yards away from Palmers Island, which is home  to

Environmentalists protesting fossil fuel-burning power plants made a stop in New Bedford Thursday morning, to show their support for wind power, and the Marine Commerce Terminal project in the South End. When completed, the terminal will serve as a staging area for Cape Wind and other offshore wind projects...

The New Bedford delegation that recently traveled to European offshore wind staging sites has formally announced their findings. The delegation reunited Friday, saying New Bedford is on the right track with the Marine Commerce Terminal, as knowledge of red tape and other barriers in Europe is being used to smooth out the process on the homefront...

A ceremonial groundbreaking on a South End pier Monday, marked the start of construction of a $100-million, Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford. Gov. Deval Patrick says offshore wind projects in the U-S will create 20,000 jobs, and some of those jobs will be right here in New Bedford...

Gov. Deval Patrick is set to break the ground on a project whose manager says will be the first facility in the nation designed to support the construction, assembly and deployment of offshore wind projects.        Patrick and Lt. Gov...

A recent trade mission to Europe for the South End Marine Commerce Terminal was the subject of a South Central neighborhood meeting Tuesday.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell , after a five day visit to European cities involved with offshore wind development, is convinced the industry makes sense for his city.  Mitchell and a 30-member delegation of business and government leaders, discussed offshore wind with officials in Germany and Denmark...

A delegation of business and government leaders is making their way through Germany, gathering information about the offshore wind industry in that country.  The delegation is in Hamburg.  Economic Development Director Matt Morrissey says the information from communities in Germany can prove invaluable for New Bedford...