New Bedford Police Union

Carnival rides, arts and crafts, one-of-a-kind vendors, your favorite carnival foods and wrestling!

Two events are scheduled in the next two weeks to benefit The New Bedford Police Union's Cycle Team.

The NBPD met disadvantaged children from the area on Saturday to provide them with a special shopping trip to ensure they'll have presents under the tree this year.

The Whaling City Festival RETURNS to Buttonwood Park this July!

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Police Department is spreading holiday cheer to dozens of city children this weekend with a special shopping spree.

Some New Bedford people are hearing the call, and are now trying to handle the feisty panhandler situation. Ed Pacheco started things by providing two panhandlers jobs carrying sign boards. As Pacheco explains on Brian's Beat, others are getting into the act...

When was the last time you played with a hula hoop? If it's been more than 24 hours, you need to get down to Buttonwood Park this weekend for the New Bedford Police Union's Festival. They brought in the big guns with Zerbini Family Circus...

The funeral for slain New York City Police Officer Rafael Ramos is Saturday. Among the thousands of police officers attending is a delegation of about fifty officers from Police Departments here on the Southcoast. New Bedford Police Union President Hank Turgeon organized the local response...

It may not be as large as the Whaling City Festival, but the New Bedford Kids Weekend Carnival at Buttonwood Park is still providing families with some mid-summer fun.

The Park Board has given unanimous approval to a New Bedford Police Union plan to sponsor carnival rides at Buttonwood Park next month. Union President Hank Turgeon tells WBSM News, the union stepped up after the Whaling City Festival announced this week it had cancelled the festival for this year...