restoration

Two of the City's oldest buildings are now undergoing renovations. Local officials and historical preservationists gathered in front of the storied Seaman's Bethel and Mariner's Home Complex on Johnny Cake Hill to break ground on the $2...

The birthplace of Robert's Rules of Order has a savior in an unlikely partnership. The decaying First Baptist Church on William Street has entered a purchase and sale agreement with the Waterfront Historic Area League and Your Theatre, Inc...

A North End attraction is getting a facelift. Mayor Jon Mitchell says work began Wednesday on the duck pond at Brooklawn Park. Speaking on his weekly radio program, Mitchell says the popular spot is undergoing an overhaul, and will be much more accessible to the pond's target audience...

Fairhaven Police are combing through clues after a man stole $300 worth of hair restoration products earlier this week. Sgt. Kevin Kobza says a man walked into the CVS Pharmacy on Route 6 Monday afternoon and stole six boxes of Rogaine...

The largest painting in the country will be getting some much needed preservation. The Whaling Museum has received a $50,000 grant to restore the Purrington-Russel Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage Round the World through the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program.

During his tenure as Interim Superintendent of the New Bedford School District, Michael Shea worked in his old stomping grounds, the Administration Building on County Street that once was New Bedford High School. Now serving as Interim Superintendent for Dartmouth Public Schools, Shea is making good on an initiative to restore the auditorium in the old high school...

As the warmer weather sets in, the Buzzards Bay Coalition is becoming more active in improving several sites. The Coalition is asking for the help of volunteers Thursday, in cleaning up the nearly 20-acre property of the former Acushnet Mill Site in New Bedford...