moby dick

One of the world’s best known live readings of Herman Melville’s iconic American novel 'Moby-Dick' returns to the New Bedford Whaling Museum on January 4-6.

Authorities have identified the body of a man who was found underwater at a Fairhaven marina earlier this week.

The state Office of Travel and Tourism says a map debuting Monday will include locations across the state with noteworthy connections to the majestic marine mammals.

New Bedford Police have arrested a homeless man after he allegedly broke into a downtown restaurant and stole liquor.

I was reading a Boston Globe article about three different establishments laying claim to being the oldest bar in Boston, and it got me thinking about the same question on the South Coast. After all, in an area where the Quakers had a stronghold, it would be interesting to find out if Abe Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne or Herman Melville drank here...

From Jan. 6 to 8, the Moby Dick Marathon will return for its 21st year at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

A Florida man is arrested in a Dartmouth motel. Dartmouth Police Spokesman Detective Kyle Costa says 44-year-old George Bryan Smelcer of Panama City, Florida, was arrested at the Moby Dick Motel on Route 6 Thursday morning for outstanding warants associated with sex and drug crimes out of Alabama...

A Dartmouth Select Board member is urging action against the many motels and hotels in the town. At Monday night's meeting, Select Board member Shawn McDonald said many of the inns along the Route 6 corridor harbor drug dealers, prostitutes, and other criminals, and he wants to see that practice end...

Hundreds of people shipped off in search of a great white whale this weekend, but from the comfort of inside the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is proud to locally premiere what promises to be a great motion picture, In The Heart Of The Sea. In 1820, crewmen (Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy) aboard the Nantucket Whaleship Essex face a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of mammoth size and strength attacks with force, crippling their ship and leaving them adrift in the ocean... Read M